Daryn Freedman enters his 4th Season as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport. Freedman has more than 25 years of basketball coaching experience at the professional, collegiate and high school levels. 2023-24 will be Coach Freedman’s 17th Season as Head Men’s Basketball Coach in the College, Prep School and High School Ranks. In his first 15 seasons as a Head Coach where his team could win a Conference Championship (the 2020-21 Season was cancelled due to Covid 19), Freedman’s team have captured an amazing 11 Conference Championships! 

At Penn State Greater Allegheny: 

2022-23 Season: The 2022-23 Season was defined by the strong run which led Penn State Greater Allegheny to a PSUAC Men’s Basketball Championship. There were early signs that the team could be special as they had some highly competitive games with 5 of the top NAIA programs in the country early in the season and led D2 Slippery Rock at halftime of their game in November. A big turning point of the season was a 86-83 win at Mont Alto in December. The Championship run began with a home playoff win over New Kensington followed by a thrilling overtime victory at Brandywine. It concluded with a PSUAC Championship at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State with a 82-70 victory over Wilkes Barre. This qualified the team for the USCAA National Championship in Richmond, VA where the team knocked off Defending National Championship Southern Maine in the first round before falling to this year’s National Champion in a game that went down to the wire. 

2021-22 Season: The 2021-22 was a season of building the program which ended with a surprise run to the Conference semifinals. Penn State Greater Allegheny was the only 4 year school in the country that started 5 Freshman for the majority of its games. This led to some Freshman mistakes, but as the Spring Semester started, the team started to hit its groove. Big regular season wins over Carlow and York were highlights. Playoff wins against Shenango at home and Beaver on the road led to a Conference Semifinal game at York, where Greater Allegheny lost to the eventual conference champions in overtime. At the end of the 2021-22 season, there was a definitive goal – Win the 2022-23 PSUAC Championship! 

Prior to Penn State Greater Allegheny: 

Freedman came to Greater Allegheny from Point Park University, where he served 2 seasons as Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach of the NAIA program.  During his time at Point Park, he helped guide the Pioneers to 2 straight River States Conference playoff appearances and brought recruiting classes which included several highly rated high school players and 2 Junior College All-Americans. 

During his career, Freedman spent close to 10 Seasons as an assistant to Hall of Fame Coach John Calipari.   At UMass, Freedman served as a student assistant and practice player for teams that went to the 1994-95 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and 1995-96 NCAA Final Four. 
 
After earning a degree in Sports Management from UMass, Freedman followed Calipari to the Brooklyn/New Jersey Nets where he served as a Coaching Staff assistant and worked in the basketball operations and scouting departments.  From there, Freedman would follow Calipari twice more, first to Philadelphia where he served as his assistant while Calipari was an associate head coach under Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1999-00, and again to the University of Memphis where he served as Director of Basketball Operations. 

Prior to the 2005 – 2006 season, Freedman joined Ron Everhart's Northeastern staff as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach. At Northeastern, Freedman helped put together one of the top ranked recruiting classes in the country. Following a 19-win season, led by future NBA player Jose Juan Barea, Everhart and Freedman headed to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh to rebuild the struggling program. 

At Duquesne, Freedman was recognized as one of the top Mid Major College Basketball recruiters in the country. Duquesne's 2006 recruiting class was rated Top 25 Nationally and led by Atlantic 10 Rookie of The Year Robert Mitchell. Freedman also served as the co-Interim Head Coach for Duquesne's road win over AP Top 25 Boston College during the 2006-07 season. 

Freedman also experienced success as a Head Prep School and High School Boys Basketball Coach in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and has worked as a Head Coach, Clinician and Commissioner at the famed Five-Star Basketball Camp. At Five-Star, Freedman coached several future NBA Stars including Lebron James, Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. 

In addition to his degree from UMass, Freedman earned a Juris Doctorate at Seton Hall Law School in New Jersey. He currently serves as the President and Director of Basketball Stars of America Inc, one of the largest and most successful Youth Basketball Skill Development and Tournament Companies in the country. Freedman and his wife Dana reside in Robinson Township with their children Hannah & Max.