Player Bio: Tim Sweeney - BUCKNELL OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Tim Sweeney

	Last College: Rochester '03
	Position: Assistant Coach

Tim Sweeney begins his first season with the Bucknell men's basketball staff in 2008-09.

Sweeney is a 2003 graduate of the University of Rochester, and for the last two seasons he was an assistant coach at Davidson College, one of the nation's best mid-major programs. In his two seasons on Bob McKillop's staff, Sweeney was part of a Wildcats program that went 58-12, won a pair of Southern Conference titles, and made two NCAA Tournament appearances. This past season, led by Wooden Award finalist Stephen Curry, Davidson advanced all the way to the Elite Eight.

Sweeney was on the Davidson staff as Curry became just the fourth player in NCAA history to score 30 or more points in his first four NCAA Tournament games, joining Clyde Lovellette of Kansas, Jerry Chambers of Utah and Glenn Robinson of Purdue. Curry, the Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player last season, was a second-team All-America selection by The Associated Press, Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News. He finished the campaign ranked fourth nationally in scoring, averaging 25.9 points a game, and set an NCAA record with 162 made 3-pointers.

In addition to his daily game execution, scouting and player development roles, Sweeney coordinated Davidson's underclassman recruiting efforts, co-directed the team's summer camp, managed team travel, coordinated the program's digital scouting system and edited the team newsletter.

From 2003-06, Sweeney was an assistant coach at Rochester, his alma mater. During that time the team produced a 66-16 record and captured University Athletic Association championships in 2004 and 2005. The Yellowjackets advanced to the Division III national title game in 2005 and made it to the Sweet Sixteen in 2004.

As a player at Rochester, Sweeney was a four-year All-UAA guard and team captain as a junior and senior. He helped lead his teams to a combined 77-30 record along with a trip to the Division III Final Four in 2002 and the Sweet Sixteen in 2003. He ranks among the top 10 in school history in assists, 3-point field goals and free-throw percentage. Sweeney was also a three-time UAA All-Academic Team member and served as vice president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He graduated cum laude with a degree in political science.

"Tim has had two great years on the Davidson staff ," Paulsen said. "In my opinion, Bucknell and Davidson are the two smaller, academically focused schools who have proven the ability to win games in the NCAA Tournament in the last several years. I knew Tim as a player at the University of Rochester. He was a very heady point guard, and he did a great job as an assistant at Rochester. He is going to be a dynamic coach on the floor and a dynamic recruiter for us."