UMass Hires Pat Kelsey As Men's Basketball Coach

BOSTON (CBS) -- The UMass Minutemen have found their next head coach.

UMass hired Winthrop head coach Pat Kelsey to be their 22nd head coach on Tuesday.

"UMass is a national college basketball brand with a proud, powerful tradition," Kelsey said in a release. "As a player in the A-10, I saw first hand what the potential is there. I look forward to the challenge of making UMass a major factor on the national level once again."

The 41-year-old Kelsey helmed the Winthop bench for five seasons before being hired by UMass, guiding the Eagles to a 102-59 record during his stint. They went 26-7 and won the Big South Tournament in 2017, but their season ended with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Butler.

Kelsey previously worked as an assistant at Xavier and Wake Forest before becoming the head coach at Winthrop. He played at Xavier from 1996-98 and helped the Musketeers reach two NCAA Tournaments.

Kelsey takes over at UMass for Derek Kellogg, who was fired earlier this month after nine seasons on the job.