Experience
2019 – Present: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Southern Illinois University
2017 – 2019: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2011 – 2017: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Minnesota State University
2010 – 2011: Director of Basketball Operations, Loyola University (Chicago)
2008 – 2010: Assistant Coach, Coffeyville CC
2006 – 2008: Graduate Assistant Coach, Wayne State College (NE)
2004 – 2006: Player, Lewis University
2002 – 2004: Player, Harper CC
Education
2008: Wayne State College (NE), Masters, Organizational Management
2006: Lewis University, Bachelors, Sports Management
Personal
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Career Highlights
Has helped lead Southern Illinois to two winning seasons, as well as one Power Five win (Colorado)
In 2019-20 (first-season), helped lead Southern Illinois to a 16-16 overall and 10-8 MVC record
Southern Illinois’s scoring defense finished ranked 14th nationally in 2019-20, as well as 1st in the MVC
In 2017-18 (first season), assisted Milwaukee to 16 overall wins, a five-win improvement over the previous season
From 2012 to 2017, helped lead Minnesota State to a 125-38 (.767) overall record, two Northern Sun Conference Regular Season Championships, two Northern Sun Conference Tournament Championships, and four NCAA Tournament berths
In 2008-09, assisted Coffeyville CC to the KJCCC Regular Season Championship
Has recruited and coached 34 all-conference team selections, as well as seven Freshman/Newcomers of the Year and the 2021-22 MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Pat is a coach that has moved up the ranks organically through his hard work and consistency of success on the floor and recruiting trails. Pat has been a part of successful programs at the junior college, Division II, and Division I levels, which is a result of recruiting and developing more than a dozen all-conference performers during his tenure as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.
News & Media
7/4/19 – Monaghan is Core Piece of Saluki Basketball Reboot (The Southern Illinoisan)