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Patrick Moynihan

Patrick Moynihan is in his fourth season as assistant coach at App State.

In 2021-22, Moynihan helped the Mountaineers to their third consecutive winning seasonĀ for the first time since 1997-2000. The Mountaineers went 19-15, and finished second place in the Sun Belt with 12 wins, the most in the Sun Belt era for wins and conference wins.

In 2020-21, Moynihan played an instrumental role in App State's run to the Sun Belt Tournament title. The Mountaineers won four games in four days to earn the program's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2000. He has seen App State post back-to-back winning records since 2009-10 and 2010-11 and back-to-back non-conference winning records for the first time since 1998-99 and 1999-00. Prior to the start of the season, Moynihan was named to the NABC Under Armour 30 Under 30 Team, which honors 30 of the most outstanding coaches under the age of 30.

During the 2019-20 season, Moynihan helped lead App State to a seven-win turnaround from 11 to 18. The turnaround was the largest for the program since 2008-09 and the Mountaineers' 18 victories were the most for the program since the 2009-10 campaign.

Moynihan joins the Mountaineers after serving as an assistant at Presbyterian for the past two seasons with current App State head coach Dustin Kerns. In his two seasons with the Blue Hose, Moynihan saw PC's win total increase for five to 11 in 2017-18 and from 11 to 20 in 2018-19.

He is no stranger to the Sun Belt, having worked as a graduate assistant at Troy during the 2016-17 season. While with the Trojans, he helped spark a 13-win improvement, culminating in the Sun Belt Tournament title for the Trojans and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Moynihan also worked as a graduate assistant at North Alabama and worked as an assistant coach at Buford High School in Buford, Ga. and with the Atlanta All-Stars AAU.

He graduated from North Georgia in 2013 with a degree in finance and management. Moynihan also was a four-year letterwinner on the North Georgia basketball team.