HAMPTON, Va. -- Dwayne Killings, a 2003 Hampton University graduate, was recently named the new head men's basketball coach at the University of Albany.  This marks his first head coaching job.

"I want to congratulate Mr. Dwayne Killings on his first head coaching position with the University of Albany," said Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey.  "It's always special to hear stories of our graduates moving up in their chosen professions and I wish him all the success in the world with his first head coaching position."

Killings came to Hampton after starting his college days at the University of Massachusetts.  He played one season at UMass before heading south.

A native of Amherst, Mass., Killings heads to the University of Albany after serving three years as the Associate Head Coach at Marquette University. In his time at Marquette, the Golden Eagles posted two winning seasons and made one appearance in the NCAA Tournament. In 2020, his recruiting class ranked in the top-20 nationally and he coached 2019-20 BIG EAST Player of the Year and AP All-American Markus Howard.

Killings has had two separate NBA stints in his professional career. His first job after college was in 2003 was with the Charlotte Bobcats as a special assistant and assistant video coordinator. Later, Killings spent one year in the NBA D-League as Manager of Basketball Operations.

In between his NBA stints, Killings spent three seasons as Assistant Director of Basketball Operations at Temple University.  In his first stint with the Owls, under head coach Fran Dunphy, Temple won consecutive Atlantic-10 titles in 2007-08 and 2008-09, earning NCAA Tournament bids in the same years.

During his NCAA coaching career, his teams have made seven NCAA Tournament appearances and one appearance in the NIT. He has won three conference tournament titles, two regular-season titles, and coached three conference Players of the Year, including one All-America selection.

In addition to his coaching background, Killings founded Coaches for Action, a working group of 21 minority assistant basketball coaches in the BIG EAST, to challenge the conference's member campuses to sustain their efforts and voices to address social injustice. Killings also served a two-year appointment from 2018-20 on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Ethics Coalition, to promote ethical conduct among NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches through education, leadership, and mentoring. Killings has been an active participant in TopConnect, a professional development organization that helps prepare the next generation of basketball leaders, connecting college basketball coaches with administrators.

Congratulations to Hampton graduate Dwayne Killings!!