Donald Copeland
| Wagner Seahawks | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| League | Northeast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 11, 1984 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| College | Seton Hall (2002–2006) |
| NBA draft | 2006: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–2015 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2006–2007 | Boulogne-Levallois |
| 2007–2008 | SKS Starogard Gdański |
| 2008 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| 2008–2009 | PGE Turów |
| 2009–2010 | KK Bosna Royal |
| 2010 | Atléticos de San Germán |
| 2010–2011 | Eisbären Bremerhaven |
| 2011 | Atléticos de San Germán |
| 2011 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 2011–2012 | JL Bourg Basket |
| 2012 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 2012 | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 2012–2013 | ZTE KK |
| 2013 | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 2013 | Atléticos de San Germán |
| 2013–2014 | BC Kyiv |
| 2014 | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 2015 | Leones de Ponce |
Coaching | |
| 2015–2017 | Wagner (GA) |
| 2017–2021 | Wagner (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Seton Hall (assistant) |
| 2022–present | Wagner |
| Career highlights | |
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As coach:
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Donald Copeland (born February 11, 1984) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He is the current head coach of the Wagner Seahawks.[1]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Copeland played basketball under Bob Hurley at St. Anthony High School where he helped lead the team to two state titles, while also earning all-state honors in New Jersey.[1] He'd play collegiately at Seton Hall under Louis Orr, and was named a Second Team All-Big East selection in his senior season.[2] He was voted Seton Hall’s Senior Male Athlete of the Year. [3] After graduation, Copeland would play professionally for nine seasons across Europe and in Puerto Rico.[4] He played on two championship teams in Puerto Rico, including as a member of Leones de Ponce in 2015.[5]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]In 2015, Copeland joined the coaching staff at Wagner under Bashir Mason as a graduate assistant before being promoted to a full assistant coach in 2017.[1] In 2021, Copeland returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Kevin Willard for one season, before returning to Wagner to take the head coaching position when Mason departed for the head coaching position at Saint Peter's.[6][7]
Player abuse allegations
[edit | edit source]In September 2025, multiple former Wagner players accused Copeland of abusive behavior in practices; Wagner suspended Copeland while investigating the claims.[8]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Wagner Seahawks (Northeast) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Wagner | 15–13 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Wagner | 17–16 | 7–9 | 6th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Wagner | 14–16 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
| Wagner: | 46–45 (.505) | 21–27 (.438) | |||||||
| Total: | 46–45 (.505) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
[edit | edit source]Copeland is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey. In 2006, Copeland graduated from Seton Hall with a degree in communications and media studies,[3] He earned an MBA degree in 2017 from Wagner while serving on the coaching staff.[5]
References
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Atléticos de San Germán players
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional players
- Basketball players from Jersey City, New Jersey
- BC Kyiv players
- Capitanes de Arecibo players
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Eisbären Bremerhaven players
- JL Bourg Basket players
- KK Bosna Royal players
- Leones de Ponce basketball players
- Metropolitans 92 players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Piratas de Quebradillas players
- Powerade Tigers players
- Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball coaches
- Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball players
- St. Anthony High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Turów Zgorzelec players
- Vaqueros de Bayamón basketball players
- Wagner College alumni
- Wagner Seahawks men's basketball coaches