Mitch Buonaguro
# Mitch Buonaguro

Mitch Buonaguro (born December 4, 1953) is an American college basketball coach and current consultant at Saint Rose.

## Coaching career

Buonaguro was an assistant coach under Rollie Massimino for the national champion 1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team.

Buonaguro was the head coach at Fairfield University from 1985 to 1991. During his first season, he coached the Stags to its first MAAC Championship, first berth in NCAA tournament where the Stags faced the Illinois Fighting Illini in the first round; and ended the year with a 24–7 record, the most wins in school history. As a result, his MAAC coaching peers recognized him as the 1985–86 MAAC Coach of the Year. The following season, Buonaguro coached Fairfield through an injury-plagued season to mount an improbable run to its second consecutive MAAC Championship and to earn its second consecutive bid to the NCAA tournament where the Stags faced the top-seeded and eventual national champion Indiana Hoosiers in the first round.

Buonaguro was named the 15th head coach in Siena history on April 8, 2010, after being the lead assistant coach at Siena the past five years for previous coach Fran McCaffery. After posting a 35–59 record in three seasons Buonaguro was dismissed from Siena on March 12, 2013.

In April 2015, Buonaguro re-joined Fairfield as an assistant. Buonaguro was led go from Fairfield in 2019 after head coach Sydney Johnson was fired. Buonaguro became a special consultant for Saint Rose's men's and women's basketball teams.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fairfield Stags (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1985–1991) ||||||
| 1985–86 | Fairfield | 24–7 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I first round |
| 1986–87 | Fairfield | 15–16 | 5–9 | 7th | NCAA Division I first round |
| 1987–88 | Fairfield | 8–20 | 4–10 | 7th | |
| 1988–89 | Fairfield | 7–21 | 2–12 | 8th | |
| 1989–90 | Fairfield | 10–19 | 6–10 | 5th (South) | |
| 1990–91 | Fairfield | 8–20 | 4–12 | 8th | |
| Fairfield: | Fairfield: | 72–103 (.411) | 34–54 (.386) | | |
| Siena Saints (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2010–2013) ||||||
| 2010–11 | Siena | 13–18 | 8–10 | 7th | |
| 2011–12 | Siena | 14–17 | 8–10 | T–6th | |
| 2012–13 | Siena | 8–24 | 4–14 | 9th | |
| Siena: | Siena: | 35–59 (.376) | 20–34(.370) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 107–162 (.398) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
