Maine Maritime Academy

Craig Dagan at a Glance

• Entering 24th season at Maine Maritime Academy in 2024-25; all-time winningest coach in MMA women's basketball history
• Eight 20-win seasons, including four-straight (not including the COVID shortened-year) going 84-22 during that stretch
• Won his 300th game during the 2018-19 campaign
• Coached teams to four North Atlantic Conference titles (2002-05-23-24)
• Led MMA to five NCAA tournaments (2005-06-07-23-24)
• His squads have finished at the top of the NAC regular-season standings eight times
• Has never missed the NAC Championship Tournament
• Mentored five NAC Players of the Year and five NAC Rookies of the Year
• Produced 24 All-NAC First Team selections
• NAC Coach of the Year four times (2005-22-23-24) and twice named Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (2008-23)

Mariners Accomplishments Under Dagan

• Last season, MMA posted a 22-5 mark and swept through the NAC schedule with a perfect 13-0 conference ledger to repeat as back-to-back conference champions and NCAA tournament participants
• In 2022-23, the Mariners had a 22-7 overall record and a 13-1 in conference worksheet
• The Mariners have been ranked as high as 15th in the nation, which came during the 2006-07 campaign
• The 2006 squad posted 25 victories, including a victory at top-ranked Bowdoin to snap the Polar Bears' home-winning streak at 76 games
• In the previous year, MMA earned a 24-5 overall record, 18-2 conference mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time under Dagan, who was named NAC Coach of the Year
• The Mariners have finished in the top 10 nationally in field goal percentage defense (led NCAA Division III in 2002 and 2019) and scoring defense six times
• MMA has also been ranked No. 1 nationally in rebound margin in 2002, 2004 and 2006 seasons
• Five NAC Rookies of the Year: Alayne Felix, Stacy Jones, Julia Knights, Shelley Gott and Tatum Welch
• Five NAC Players of the Year: Melinda Ogden, Julia Knights, Alyssa Burns (2005-07, 3x)
• Two NAC Tournament Most Valuable Player awards: Kate Lawler, Shelley Gottand
• Thirty different conference all-stars, including 20 All-NAC First Team selections

The Craig Dagan File

• A native of South Berwick, Maine.
• Received an associate's degree from Southern Maine Technical College in 1991, where he played basketball, volleyball and baseball.
• Earned his bachelor's degree in business in 1997 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he played basketball and golf.
• In 2001, he received a master's degree in athletic administration from Springfield College.

Additional Coaching Experience

• Served as the head coach for the MMA women's soccer program from 2001 to 2006, compiling a 45-45-8 record in six seasons.
• Named the NAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year in 2003..
• The team had five-straight NAC playoff appearances and went 43-32-8 (.566) over his last five years.
• First women's soccer coach in MMA history to post three consecutive double-digit win seasons (10-7-1 in both 2004-05 and 10-6-2 in 2006).
• Also led the Mariners golf squad in 2012 and 2013, as MMA recorded its highest finish (3rd place) in the NAC Championships in his final season. 
• On the basketball women's coaching staffs as an assistant at Springfield (Mass.) College for two years and then at UMass for five.
• Helped the Pride and Minutewomen to three NCAA tournaments and more than 130 wins combined.

Coach Dagan Year-by-Year Women's Basketball Record: