Pat Flannery (born September 23, 1957) is an American former

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coach. He served as the head men's basketball at

Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley College (LVC, Lebanon Valley, or The Valley) is a private university in Annville, Pennsylvania. History Lebanon Valley College was founded on February 23, 1866, with classes beginning May 7 of that year and its first class grad ...

from 1989 to 1994 and

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from 1994 to 2008. Flannery was born in

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, and attended

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, graduating in 1976. He played college basketball at Bucknell as a

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, leading the Bison to several league championships before graduating in 1980. Flannery led his team, a 14-seed, to a first-round victory in the 2005 NCAA Division I tournament over

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. Bucknell's victory was the first NCAA Tournament win ever for any

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team. In the 2006 regular season the Bison went undefeated in

play. In the 2006 NCAA tournament, the Bison beat

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in the first round for their second consecutive first-round victory. Following the 2007–08 basketball season, Flannery retired after 14 seasons as Bucknell's head coach. He resides in

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, and now works in a fundraising capacity for Bucknell.

Head coaching record

References

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