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Head Coach - Rob McCoy
mccoy_robert@roberts.edu

Coach McCoy is entering his fifth season as the Men’s basketball coach at Roberts Wesleyan College.  A 1981 graduate of Roberts, McCoy was a two-time Ken Curtis Memorial Award winner (1977-78, 78-79).  He was also the Raiders’ Most Valuable Player (1979-80) as well as Senior Athlete of the Year.  Prior to coaching at Roberts,  Coach McCoy taught and coached for the Churchville-Chili School District.  A twenty-two year veteran of elementary education, Rob viewed the prospect of returning to his alma mater in 2001 to coach as a challenging opportunity to make an impact for Christ in the lives of his players and the Roberts community.

In the seven years he served as the men’s varsity coach at Churchville-Chili, the Saints had six consecutive winning seasons including two final four Section V appearances in both A and AA classifications. In the 2000-2001 season, Churchville-Chili won their first Monroe County Division II title.  That same season Coach McCoy was selected Division II Coach of the Year and Churchville-Chili Central School Coach of the Year.  

Coach McCoy and the Raiders had a breakout season in 2005-2006. Roberts finished with 18 wins and a final four appearance at the National Christian College Athletic Association Tournament in Oakland City, Indiana. During his four year tenure Coach McCoy has coached 9 All-AMC North recipients, one All-AMC Freshman Team player, three NCCAA All-Americans, and two NAIA All-Americans.  

Coach McCoy received his M.Ed. from SUNY Brockport.  In addition to his coaching duties at Roberts, Rob also teaches in Freshman Seminar and works with athletic marketing. A native of Kenmore, New York, Rob resides in Scottsville, New York with his wife, Karen, son, Caleb, and daughter, Haley.

  

 

Assistant Coach - Neil Davis

Coach Davis enters his fifth season as assistant coach with Roberts Wesleyan. Coach Davis has previously coached at Gates-Chili and Churchville-Chili HS.

His knowledge and basketball expertise has had a direct influence on the success of the Raider basketball program.

Neil graduated from SUNY at Buffalo State College with a Masters degree and is currently employed with the New York State Office of the Attorney General. Neil presently resides in Chili with his wife and two daughters.

 
Assistant Coach - Elijah Reid
Assistant Coach - Mark Saladzius
Loss to Geneva Closes Out Season
The Raiders had high hopes heading to Geneva for the first round of the NCCAA East Regional playoffs.  Unfortunately, the Raiders fell short of their goal as they could not handle Geneva’s three point shooting. 
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Raiders Finish Strong, Defeat Point Park 93-78
It was Senior Day at the Vollar Athletic Center as Roberts Wesleyan faced off against Point Park University on Saturday afternoon.  Nick Bozzelli, Roberts’ only senior on the squad, started and scored 16 points on 7-10 shooting and pulled down 5 rebounds. 
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Roberts Sweeps Houghton

The Raiders, still stinging from a heartbreaking loss at Daemen on Saturday afternoon, decided to take out their frustration on Houghton Tuesday night and won going away 77 to 50 to keep their hopes alive for the final playoff spot in the AMC north division.  Roberts held Houghton to 19% shooting in the first half and were able to take a 43 to 17 halftime lead. 
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Raiders Falter Down the Stretch at Daemen
The Roberts Wesleyan Raiders had built a 16 point lead with 16:34 remaining but turnovers and missed opportunities hurt down the stretch as Daemen came all the way back to defeat the Raiders 75-71 and take a choke hold on the final AMC playoff spot in the northern division. 
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Roberts Knocks Off First Place Notre Dame
Saturday’s second half comeback at Malone was fresh on the minds of the Raiders as they went into the locker room trailing Notre Dame at halftime 32-25.  The Raiders once again put a strong second half together, this time at the Voller Athletic Center in front of their home fans, and defeated Notre Dame in overtime, 72-66. 
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