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Oswego State named its new head men’s basketball coach with a pick that will keep the East region coaching carousel spinning.

Adam Stockwell will be the next head coach for Oswego State after spending five seasons at Clarkson. Stockwell replaces Kevin Broderick who left Oswego State for his alma mater Nazareth who replaced retiring head coach Mike Daly. So now it is Clarkson’s turn to search for a new coach.

Stockton becomes the 15th head coach in the 86-year history of Oswego State after guiding Clarkson into postseason play in each of the past three seasons, including the Liberty League tournament title and the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2008. That same season, he went on to garner Coach of the Year accolades. In 2008-2009 the Golden Knights finished with a 15-11 record and reached the Liberty League semifinals for the second straight season as the number four seed, losing to NCAA tournament “Sweet 16” participant St. Lawrence.

Stockwell inherits an Oswego State squad that returns ten letterwinners and went 16-10, 11-5 in the SUNYAC last year. The Lakers finished in a four-way tie for first place and reached the Conference semifinals where they lost to Brockport State.

“We are very excited to welcome Adam as our new basketball coach,” said Director of Athletics Timothy G. Hale in Oswego’s release. “He brings a wealth of experience and success to our campus and we look forward to him continuing our tradition of achievement in this sport.”

Stockwell played collegiately at Division II LeMoyne College, where he was a three-year starter for the Dolphins (1993-1996). He averaged 21.1 points and 5.6 rebounds in his senior season, earning honorable mention All-America status after leading the team to a 24-6 record and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Championship tournament. He graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and was named to the GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) District I All-Academic Team. He was inducted to the LeMoyne College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.

Stockwell grew up just 35 minutes north of the Oswego State campus, graduating from Belleville-Henderson Central School in 1992 as a 2,000 point scorer. Along with father, James, the Stockwells are the only father-son combination in New York State High School basketball history to both score over 2,000 points.