David Faucher begins his third season as head coach of the Eagles men's basketball program. He was named head coach in August 2008.
In his first year behind the bench, Faucher guided the Eagles to
their best overall season in history, finishing 18-10 overall. The
Eagles also performed the greatest turnaround in program history
after Faucher had inherited an Eagles program that posted a
7-19 overall mark the previous season.
Along the way, the Eagles won thier first post-season game in 11
years, advancing to the NECC semifinals. The Eagles went on to earn
an invitation to the ECAC Division III New England Championship
Tournament - the first ever appearance for the program.
One in the tournament, the sixth-seeded Eagles didn't
disappoint, surprising third-seeded Westfield State College to
advance in the tournament before bowing out in the
semifinals.
Faucher is well known in not only New Hampshire college basketball circles, but throughout the New England region and at the national level. Faucher spent 20 years with the Dartmouth College men's basketball program, serving 13 years as head coach (1991-2004), preceded by seven years as assistant coach.
During his tenure as head coach, the Big Green compiled an overall record of 136-208 including a high-water mark of 18-8 in 1996-97. Dartmouth posted a 74-108 mark in Ivy League play, including a 10-4 record in both the 1996-97 and 1998-99 seasons.
Faucher spent the previous three years at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H., where he has served as the boys' varsity basketball coach as well as assistant director of development. Under his guidance, the Wildcats posted a three-year record of 42-32 including an 18-8 record in 2006-07, in which the squad qualified for the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class B Championship tournament.
A1972 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Faucher earned a degree in Health Studies/Physical Education. He got his coaching start as an assistant at UNH and later served as head coach for five years at Newmarket (N.H.) High School, four years at Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, N.H. and one year as assistant coach at Merrimack College.
Faucher also directed the Dave Faucher Basketball Camp based in Hanover, N.H. for 19 years. Faucher is also the author of "Baffled Parents Guide to Coaching Youth Basketball," a perennial best-seller in the youth coaching category.
Chris Dorsey enters his third season with the Eagles in 2011-12,
having joined the program in August, 2008. He also serves the
College as head coach of the men's cross country program.
Dorsey is a former associate head coach and standout at Lyndon
State College, is a 2007 Lyndon State graduate with a degree in
exercise science with a concentration in strength and
conditioning.
He was a two-year letter winner and captain with the Hornets, earning First Team Sunrise Conference accolades as well as team most valuable player and Lyndon State male athlete of the year honors in 2006. As a senior that season, Dorsey set a Hornets single season assist record (236), finished second in the nation in assists per game (8.4), and was first nationally in assist/turnover ratio, guiding the squad to a 22-6 overall mark.
Dorsey spent the previous two seasons at Alpena (Michigan) Community College where he was a two-time team captain, MVP, and Eastern Division Michigan Community College Athletic Association all conference selection.
In his one season as associate head coach in 2007, the Hornets posted an 11-12 overall mark, producing two USCAA all-American selections. He also served as the Associate Varsity and Head Junior Varsity Coach at Lyndon Institute High School.
Dorsey also served three years as Summer Camp Coach at Lyndon State and spent two seasons as a student assistant men's basketball coach at Alpena.
In the classroom, Dorsey served one year as adjunct instructor in both "Coaching Methods for Basketball" as well as "Basketball Skills Training: Strength and Conditioning."
A native of Westerville, Ohio, Dorsey resides in Nashua and is pursuing a Master's Degree in sports leadership at Northeastern University.
