Dino Presley Position: Assistant Coach Birthdate: 08/31/1969 Experience: Fourth Season Alma Mater: Kutztown (Pa.) '93

A proven recruiter, assistant coach Dino Presley has over 15 years of experience on the college and high school levels. Presley is entering his third season at St. Bonaventure and second under head coach Mark Schmidt.

Presley's knowledge of the east coast has been profitable for St. Bonaventure recently, as six players on the current roster hail from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. Presley's connections throughout college basketball helped the Bonnies land Washington State transfer Chris Matthews and UTEP transfer Maurice Thomas.

Presley's recruiting efforts paid of this past offseason as St. Bonaventure brought in a six-player class that was ranked in the top 50 by Hoop Scoop and recognized by Hoopmasters.com columnist Van Coleman as the 52nd-best class of 2007-08.

Presley served as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County for a season before coming to St. Bonaventure.

He also has been an assistant coach at East Carolina University (2003-05), Towson University (2001-03), Drexel University (1997-01) and Hampton University (1994-95). He spent two seasons as an assistant at Parkway High School in Philadelphia.

Presley's recruiting efforts have yielded several All-Conference players. While at Towson, Presley landed point guard Mike Green who later transferred to Butler. During his time with the Bulldogs, Green was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year and in 2007-08 deemed the league's Player of the Year and Mid-Major All-American. At East Carolina, Presley helped recruit successful student-athletes such as Tom Hammonds, who made the Conference USA All-Freshman Team in 2004-05. Also while at Towson, Presley landed CAA All-Conference selection Lawrence Hamm.

While at Drexel, Presley's success on the recruiting trail translated into wins on the court for the Dragons. Prelsey recruited and coached All-Colonial Athletic Association players Robert Battle, Eric Schneider, Phil Gross and Sean Brooks. In 1998-99, Presley helped Drexel to its sixth 20-win season in seven years.

A native of Philadelphia, Presley graduated from Kutztown (Pa.) University in 1993. He played two seasons at Kutztown under coach Bill Whitney and then began his coaching career as a student assistant under Whitney.

Presley and his wife, Tonya, have a seven-year old daughter, Morgan, and 19-month old son, Bryce.

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