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Dave Macedo
| Title: | Head Men's Basketball Coach |
| Phone Number: | 757.455.3313 |
| Email Address: | dmacedo@vwc.edu |
| College: | Wilkes University '96 |
- Received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Wilkes University
- Only the fourth head coach in the 40-year history of the men's basketball program
- Finished his 12th season as head coach at Virginia Wesleyan College, where he has guided the Marlins to a 267-85 record overall, a 165-53 regular-season mark in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) competition and to eight straight NCAA tournament appearances with a 17-7 NCAA tournament record
- Selected as the Virginia College Division Coach of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors in 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12
- Current 76% winning average ranks him No. 1 among all of VWC's men's basketball coaches and one of the highest in the country
- Has guided VWC to Old Dominion Athletic Conference championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 and to five regular-season first-place finishes
- Guided Virginia Wesleyan to a 30-3 record in 2006 and to its first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III national championship in any sport
- Led the Marlins to a 28-5 record and the national runner-up trophy in 2007
- 2005-06 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III National Coach of the Year; Molten/DIII News National Coach of the Year; D3hoops.com National Coach of the Year
- 2005-06 and 2011-12 NABC South Region Coach of the Year and ODAC Coach of the Year
- Macedo-coached teams have set eight of the top nine defensive averages in program history, the top eight marks for three-point field goals made, and the top five totals for points scored in a season
- Spent two years as an assistant basketball coach for VWC, before taking over the head coaching duties
- Prior to coming to VWC, he was a two-year assistant basketball coach at Wilkes University, his alma mater, where the team compiled a 46-11 record, earned two Freedom League championships, one Middle Atlantic Conference championship and made two trips to the NCAA tournament and one Final Four appearance
- A four-year starting point guard for Wilkes, guiding the Colonels to an 89-22 record, two league championships, and two appearances in the NCAA's Elite Eight in 1995 and 1996
- Inducted into the Somerset Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002
Native of Fall River, Massachusetts - He and his wife Kristen are the proud parents of three children; Nolan(5), Lillian(3) and Declan(1)
| The Macedo File |
| Year | GP | Won | Loss | Pct. | League | Pct. | Accomplishments |
| 2001 | 25 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 11-7 | .611 | |
| 2002 | 26 | 16 | 10 | .615 | 14-4 | .777 | |
| 2003 | 27 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 12-6 | .667 | |
| 2004 | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 11-7 | .611 | |
| 2005 | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 13-5 | .722 | Old Dominion Athletic
Conference tournament champion, NCAA 2nd round |
| 2006 | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 17-1 | .944 | Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament champion, NCAA National Champion |
| 2007 | 33 | 28 | 5 | .848 | 17-1 | .944 | NCAA Runner-Up |
| 2008 | 30 | 23 | 7 | .766 | 14-4 | .777 | NCAA 2nd round |
| 2009 | 30 | 17 | 13 | .566 | 7-9 | .437 | Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament champion, NCAA qualifier |
| 2010 | 29 | 23 | 6 | .793 | 12-4 | .750 | NCAA 2nd round |
| 2011 | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 13-3 | .812 | NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 2012 | 31 | 27 | 4 | .870 | 14-2 | .875 | Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament champion, NCAA Elite 8 |
| 12 | 352 | 267 | 85 | .758 | 165-53 | .756 |
