Purchase College - SUNY Men's Basketball

Jack Dignan arrived at Purchase in August 2024. Dignan brings with a wealth of experience across the NCAA Division III landscape, as a coach, a player and as an administrator. Most recently, he enjoyed a two-year stint as head coach at Alfred State College, where he more than doubled his team's win total in year two and was named the 2023-24 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year. Additionally, Dignan coached two players to All-Conference honors, while leading the Pioneers to their first-ever playoff win last season. Before Alfred, he served as an assistant coach for three separate D3 schools - Colby College, Clarkson University and Skyline Conference rival, Sarah Lawrence College from the years of 2016-22. Before he was a coach, Dignan enjoyed a four-year playing career with SUNY Oneonta, serving as a captain, a SAAC representative and SUNYAC All-Academic Team each season. He graduated from the Red Dragons in 2016 with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. Four years later, he collected his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Clarkson. Outside of his duties as head coach, he will be tasked with overseeing a group of first-year athletes as a mentor, helping them adjust and succeed in their first year at Purchase.  

AJ comes to purchase with plenty of local ties Native of Hopewell junction graduated from Millbrook prep in 2019 where he helped lead the basketball team to 2 CHSAA class A championships AJ has vast collegiate experience spanning division 2 and 3 with stops at Roger Williams, Mercy College, and SUNY Cortland. AJ has been an AAU Coach and director for Lightning basketball for the past 3 seasons AJ spent the 23-24’ season as an Assistant coach at local Edgemont HS

Jack Dignan arrived at Purchase in August 2024. Dignan brings with a wealth of experience across the NCAA Division III landscape, as a coach, a player and as an administrator. Most recently, he enjoyed a two-year stint as head coach at Alfred State College, where he more than doubled his team's win total in year two and was named the 2023-24 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year. Additionally, Dignan coached two players to All-Conference honors, while leading the Pioneers to their first-ever playoff win last season. Before Alfred, he served as an assistant coach for three separate D3 schools - Colby College, Clarkson University and Skyline Conference rival, Sarah Lawrence College from the years of 2016-22. Before he was a coach, Dignan enjoyed a four-year playing career with SUNY Oneonta, serving as a captain, a SAAC representative and SUNYAC All-Academic Team each season. He graduated from the Red Dragons in 2016 with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. Four years later, he collected his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Clarkson.