Northwest Florida State College Men's Basketball

DeMeo enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Northwest Florida State College Raiders Mens Basketball program.   In his first season with his own recruiting class Coach DeMeo lead the Raiders to win the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I National Champion title and was awarded the 2015 Spalding NJCAA Division I National Coach of the Year. In his tenure at NWF State College Coach DeMeo has produced an overall record of 82-14 and brought the Raider program first back-to-back Panhandle Conference and Florida College System Activities Association State Tournament Champions in 2015 and 2016. With only one returning player from the 2015 National Championship team, Coach DeMeo led the Raiders to an Elite 8 appearance at the 2016 NJCAA Tournament. Numerous players that Coach DeMeo recruited, coached and developed have been successful in the pros and at the major university level.  While at NWF State College he has helped 17 student-athletes earn Division I scholarships and graduate. Five former players helped lead their Division I teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2015-2016.  His players have played at universities including Cincinnati, Oregon, Kansas State, Wichita State, Florida State and more. Numerous players that he recruited, coached and developed have been drafted by National Basketball Association teams including Charles Jenkins (Golden State Warriors), Ryan Gomes and MarShon Brooks (Boston), Herbert Hill (Utah), and Marcus Douthit (Los Angeles). His recruiting ability, player development, and game preparation earned him the recognition as one of the top-25 assistant coaches in the country by Rivals.com.  Coach DeMeo's student-athletes have also proven to be successful in the classroom as well.  In 2016 alone, Will Pfister was chosen as the Dr. Dale O'Daniel Panhandle Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.  Also, six of his players received Panhandle Conference All-Academic Team honors and four were selected to the FCSAA All-Academic Team.    He brings with him decades of experience, including seventeen years of coaching at the Division-I level.  Teams he has coached have participated in 4 NCAA Tournaments and have made 5 NIT appearances.  Among his wealth of experiences, Coach DeMeo has served as head coach at Monroe Junior College (1993-1995), assistant coach at Iona College (1995-1998), assistant and associate head coach at Providence College (1998-2008), assistant coach at University of Central Florida (2008-2009), head coach at Newberry College (2009-2010), and associate head coach at Hofstra University (2010-2013).  Coach DeMeo is a native of Bayside Queens, New York and earned a bachelors degree in business from State University of New York at Buffalo.