Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- coachsully@gwu.edu
Sullivan joined the Hartford coaching staff prior to the 2000-01 season and helped turn the Hawks into a powerhouse in the America East Conference. During his tenure, Hartford won four America East regular-season titles and five conference tournament championships, advancing to the postseason 10 times, including six NCAA Tournament appearances, with first-round wins in 2006 and 2008. With Coach Sullivan on the sidelines, the Hawks won more than 300 games, posted seven 20-win seasons and garnered the program's first-ever top-25 ranking, climbing as high as No. 19 in 2010.
While at Hartford, Coach Sullivan helped develop two America East Players of the Year, one Defensive Player of the Year, one Rookie of the Year and three dozen all-conference honorees, as well as the program's first-ever Wooden Award nominee and its first-ever player drafted into the WNBA. The Hawks also excelled in the classroom, receiving four straight nods on the WBCA's Academic Top 25 Honor Roll form 2010-13.
Prior to his time at Hartford, Sullivan was a special education teacher at Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut, where he also coached basketball, soccer, volleyball and track. In his final season at Norwich, his basketball team advanced to the Connecticut LL semifinals.
A native of Norwich, Connecticut, Sullivan earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Connecticut in 1995 and his master's degree in special education from Southern Connecticut State University in 1996. A writing enthusiast in his free time, he published his first book, "The Summer of Calamari," in 2005.
Sullivan and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Holden (14) and Conor (11).
