Amherst College Athletics

The 2025-26 campaign marks Dave Macedo’s 26th season at the helm of the Virginia Wesleyan men’s basketball program. He is only the fourth head coach in the 54-year history of the men’s basketball program. Macedo was the first coach to bring home a National Championship to Virginia Wesleyan in 2006, recently became the All-Time Winningest Coach among all ODAC Coaches, active or retired, with 510 career coaching wins, and holds the league's best winning percentage at 72.7%. 

In 2024-25,  Men's Basketball team won the First ECAC Championship in VWU history. They posted a 22-7 record and 12-4 in the conference to secure the #4 seed in the ODAC Championship Tournament. Omari DeVeaux and Amari Moorer both earned All-Conference nods. DeVeaux was named the MVP of the ECAC Tournament. 

In 2023-24, the Men’s Basketball team had a resurgence after losing a key contributor early in the year to injury. Playing in the best conference in the country and one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, the Marlins ran off an impressive 19-9 record leading them back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015. Khai Seargeant led the team with 11.9 points a game earning him a nod on the All-Conference team.

In 2022-23, the Men's Basketball team finished seventh in the ODAC and made it to the quarterfinals of the ODAC tournament. The Marlins posted a 17-9 record and Omari Deveaux was selected to the All-Conference team. 

In 2021-22 the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins advanced to the ODAC Championship game and finished the season as the runners-up to nationally ranked No. 1 Randolph-Macon. The Marlins posted an overall record of 18-10 with a conference record of 12-4. Senior forward Tim Fisher garnered ODAC All-Conference and VaSID All-State honors following the conclusion of the regular season and became the schools All-Time leader in rebounds with 911 passing '06 alum Brandon Adair. 

Throughout his career, Macedo has guided the Marlins to a 510-191 record with a 295-108 mark in ODAC play. He led the Marlins to 11-straight NCAA tournaments, from 2004-05 to 2014-15, one of the longest streaks in NCAA Division III history.

He is one of the most successful coaches in the state of Virginia and at the national level, going 25-10 in the NCAA Tournament since arriving on campus. He took the Marlins to the NCAA Final Four in 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2014-15, while adding another Elite 8 appearance in 2011-12 and additional Sweet 16 seasons in 2010-11, 2012-13, and 2013-14.

In 2015, he was named the Tom Ferguson Memorial Award winner for the Metropolitan Person of the Year in sports.

Macedo led the 2005-06 team to the school’s first national championship, setting a program record with 30 wins, while winning 28 games in a row after starting the season 2-3. He followed that up with an appearance in the national championship game in 2006-07 with a 28-5 record.

His 73% winning percentage ranks him No. 1 among all of Virginia Wesleyan’s men’s basketball coaches and he sits 1st in career winning percentage among the winningest active Division III coaches in the country. He has guided Virginia Wesleyan to ODAC championships in 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2011-12, and 2013-14, as well as seven regular-season first-place finishes.

Prior to assuming the head coach position with the Marlins, he served as the assistant coach for Virginia Wesleyan for two years. He came to VWU from Wilkes University, where he served as an assistant for teams that compiled a 46-11 record, earned two Freedom League championships, one Middle Atlantic Conference title, and made two trips to the NCAA tournament with one Final Four appearance.

He served as the point guard at Wilkes for four seasons, guiding the Colonels to an 89-22 record, two league championships and two Elite 8 appearances coming in 1994-95 and 1995-96.

He is a member of the Somerset Athletic Hall of Fame, inducted on May 4, 2002, and the Wilkes University Hall of Fame, inducted February 7, 2015.

He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wilkes University. He and his wife, Kristen, are the proud parents of three children: Nolan, Alex, and Declan.

Career Highlights
NCAA Champions - 2006
3 NCAA Final Four – 2006, 2007, 2015
4 NCAA Elite 8 – 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015
7 NCAA Sweet 16 – 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
12 NCAA Appearances
13 Seasons with 20+ Wins
5 ODAC Champions – 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014
7 ODAC Regular Season Champions
ECAC Championship - 2024-25
Virginia's All-Time Division III Leader in NCAA Tournament Wins (25-11)
ODAC Coach of the Year – 2006, 2012
State Coach of the Year – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012
D3hoops.com South Region Coach of the Year - 2006, 2012
D3hoops.com National Coach of the Year - 2006
DIII News National Coach of the Year – 2006
NABC South Region Coach of the Year – 2006, 2012
NABC DIII National Coach of the Year - 2006
All-ODAC Honorees - 57
All-State Honorees - 24
All-Region Honorees – 12
All-American Honorees - 3