NEC Regular Season Champions
NEC Regular Season Champions
Full list of Northeast Conference (NEC) regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1981 and Robert Morris is the program with the most titles (eleven), followed by LIU (seven), and Fairleigh Dickinson (six). Tom Green and Matt Furjanic are the head coaches with the most titles (four each), followed by several others with three each. See also: NEC Tournament Champions
1981-82 (tie) — Fairleigh Dickinson, Donald Freeley // Robert Morris, Matt Furjanic
1982-83 (tie) — Long Island, Paul Lizzo // Robert Morris (2), Matt Furjanic (2)
1983-84 (tie) — Long Island (2), Paul Lizzo (2) // Robert Morris (3), Matt Furjanic (3)
1984-85 — Marist, Matt Furjanic (4)
1985-86 — Fairleigh Dickinson (2), Tom Green
1986-87 — Marist (2), Dave Magarity
1987-88 (tie) — Fairleigh Dickinson (3), Tom Green (2) // Marist (3), Dave Magarity (2)
1988-89 — Robert Morris (4), Jarrett Durham
1989-90 — Robert Morris (5), Jarrett Durham (2)
1990-91 (tie) — Fairleigh Dickinson (4), Tom Green (3) // Saint Francis, Jim Baron
1991-92 — Robert Morris (6), Jarrett Durham (3)
1992-93 — Rider, Kevin Bannon
1993-94 — Rider (2), Kevin Bannon (2)
1994-95 — Rider (3), Kevin Bannon (3)
1995-96 — Mount St. Mary’s, Jim Phelan
1996-97 — Long Island (3), Ray Haskins
1997-98 — Long Island (4), Ray Haskins (2)
1998-99 — UMBC, Tom Sullivan
1999-00 — Central Connecticut, Howie Dickenman
2000-01 — St. Francis (NY), Ron Ganulin
2001-02 — Central Connecticut (2), Howie Dickenman (2)
2002-03 — Wagner, Dereck Whittenburg
2003-04 (tie) — Monmouth, Dave Calloway // St. Francis (NY) (2), Ron Ganulin (2)
2004-05 — Monmouth (2), Dave Calloway (2)
2005-06 — Fairleigh Dickinson (5), Tom Green (4)
2006-07 — Central Connecticut (3), Howie Dickenman (3)
2007-08 — Robert Morris (7), Mike Rice Jr.
2008-09 — Robert Morris (8), Mike Rice Jr. (2)
2009-10 (tie) — Quinnipiac, Tom Moore // Robert Morris (9), Mike Rice Jr. (3)
2010-11 — Long Island (5), Jim Ferry
2011-12 — Long Island (6), Jim Ferry (2)
2012-13 — Robert Morris (10), Andrew Toole
2013-14 — Robert Morris (11), Andrew Toole (2)
2014-15 — St. Francis Brooklyn (3), Glenn Braica
2015-16 — Wagner (2), Bashir Mason
2016-17 — Mount St. Mary’s (2), Jamion Christian
2017-18 — Wagner (3), Bashir Mason (2)
2018-19 (tie) — Fairleigh Dickinson (6), Greg Herenda // Saint Francis (2), Rob Krimmel
2019-20 — Merrimack, Joe Gallo
2020-21 — Wagner (4), Bashir Mason (3)
2021-22 — Bryant, Jared Grasso
2022-23 — Merrimack (2), Joe Gallo (2)
2023-24 (tie) — Central Connecticut (4), Patrick Sellers // Merrimack (3), Joe Gallo (3)
2024-25 — Central Connecticut (5), Patrick Sellers (2)
2025-26 — LIU (7), Rod Strickland
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