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Kevin Jaskiewicz has been named the interim head coach of the Coast Guard Academy men’s basketball team replacing Pete Barry, who retired after 19 seasons.

“It is an honor to teach and coach at such an outstanding institution,” said Jaskiewicz. “The NEWMAC is a terrific league with great teams and coaches. I am looking forward to putting my years of experience to the test.”

Jaskiewicz, who was an assistant coach with Coast Guard for the past three seasons, has had success coaching at every level of college basketball. He has been part of the Coast Guard coaching staff that won back-to-back New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Tournament championships in 2006-07 and 2007-08 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Bears won a school-record 24 games and advanced all the way to the Elite 8 in 2007-2008.

“We are delighted that Kevin Jaskiewicz has been selected to provide leadership for our men’s basketball team,” said athletic director Ray Cieplik. “He has had significant experience at quality institutions that share our philosophy of developing student athletes, and his knowledge of the sport is respected throughout the region.”

Jaskiewicz was an assistant under coach Glen Miller at Connecticut College from 1993-1999, building the team that made back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 1997-1998 and 1998-99 and advanced to the Final Four in 1999 after compiling a perfect 24-0 record in the regular season. The Camels posted a record of 85-20 during Jaskiewicz’s final four years at Connecticut College.

He then coached with Miller at Brown for seven seasons, 1999-2006, where the duo led the Bears to four straight winning seasons for the first time in the over 100 year history of Brown basketball.

The Bears finished in second place in the Ivy League twice in that four year period. The 2002-2003 team made the school’s first ever trip to the NIT and finished 17-12.

The 1988 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State began his coaching career as head coach at at UConn-Avery Point from 1988-1991 before becoming an assistant coach at Keene State from 1991-1993.