Paul Molinari, a veteran assistant coach who has previously served at three different schools under the legendary Rollie Massimino, begins his ninth season as an assistant at Winthrop and fifth under head coach Randy Peele.
While here at Winthrop he has helped lead the Eagles to five NCAA tournament appearances and a like number of Big South Conference championships.
Molinari, a native of Oneonta, NY, and a 1990 graduate of Villanova with a degree in operations management, has served as an assistant coach at Kent State, his alma mater Villanova, UNLV, Wichita State and Cleveland State. He spent a total of 14 years working under Massimino, including the eight at CSU.
In addition to his coaching, scouting and recruiting duties, Molinari also coordinated the administrative operations of two 14-day European tours during the summers of 1995 and 2001 as well as Winthrop’s jounrey to New Zealand and Austrailia in 2006.
"I am very happy for the opportunity to work with a very successful basketball program," said Molinari. "I look forward to helping Winthrop achieve even greater success in the years ahead."
The son of Karen Molinari and the late Joseph Molinari, Jr., he has a brother, Michael, and a sister, Joanna.
During his 21 years as an assistant, the schools that he has been associated with have appeared in nine NCAA tournaments, including the Elite Eight with Villanova in 1988, and four NIT tourneys. In addition to his coaching duties, Molinari has served as director of the Rollie Massimino Basketball Camp as well as the Shocker Basketball Camp and Coaches Clinic at Wichita State and the Viking Basketball Camp and Coaches Clinic at CSU.
