Ithaca College Athletics

Dan Raymond, who was named Ithaca's head coach in 2001, has led the Bombers to the program’s most successful era during his first eight seasons as head coach. Ithaca has won 153 games over that span (including a school-record 23 victories in the 2001-02 and 2003-04 seasons), made six appearances in the NCAA playoffs (reaching the second round four times) and advanced to the “sweet 16” for the first time ever.

Raymond is a three-time Empire 8 Coach of the Year. He earned that honor in each of his first two seasons and again in 2005, after leading the Bombers to league titles each year. Ithaca also claimed the NYSWCAA title during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. During his rookie year he was one of only two first-year coaches in the 50-team NCAA playoff field.

Raymond is a former head women’s basketball coach at Cortland and a member of the men’s basketball coaching staff at Ithaca. He spent the 1999-2000 season serving as head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach for the men’s program at Ithaca. Raymond helped lead the Bombers to an 18-10 record and the program’s first ECAC Upstate New York tournament championship.

Raymond came to Ithaca from Le Moyne, where he spent a year as assistant women’s basketball coach. He spent three years coaching at Cortland. After two years as an assistant coach he served as head coach for the 1997-98 season. Raymond led the Red Dragons to a record of 16-11 and a spot in the ECAC playoffs. Cortland lost to eventual champion Ithaca in the semifinals. During his three years at Cortland Raymond helped to recruit and develop the players who would lead the Red Dragons to NCAA playoff appearances in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

A 1997 graduate of Cortland, Raymond received his master’s degree from Le Moyne.