Associate Head Coach Matt Lueanu Inducted Into Hall of Fame
11/30/2006 10:43:22 AM | Women's Basketball
JOHNSON, Vt. - Associate Head Women's Basketball Coach Matt Lueanu was recently inducted into the Johnson State College (Vermont) Athletic Hall of Fame. Lueanu, who graduated in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education received the honor for his athletic achievements during and after college. Lueanu played varsity basketball at JSC.
Luneau began his coaching career in 1990 as an assistant boys’ basketball coach at Peoples Academy in Morrisville, Vt. He was an assistant for the men’s team at Johnson State College from 1991-93 and the head boys’ varsity coach at Richford High School in Richford, Vt. from 1992-94.
Luneau moved back to the collegiate ranks as an assistant women’s coach at The College of St. Rose from 1994-97. In his three seasons the Golden Knights recorded an 81-11 mark and made three trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament. In his final season, the team was 29-1 and was ranked number one in the nation.
Luneau spent five seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Siena College. During his tenure with the Saints, the team won the MAAC regular-season championship four times. The 2000-01 team captured the school’s first-ever MAAC Tournament title and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. He recruited both Gunta Basko and Liene Jansone from Latvia. Basko was a two-time conference player of the year (2000-01, 2001-02), while Jansone earned the MAAC Rookie of the Year Award in 2000-01 and the MAAC Player of the Year Award in 2002-03.
Luneau coached for one season as an assistant at Vermont prior to his arrival in Syracuse in 2003.
The 2006 Orange currently owns a record of 2-4 and will resume play on Saturday in the Brown Classic. Syracuse will face Rhode Island at 3 p.m.
