Wagner College Athletics

Pete Gash joined the Wagner basketball staff in 2021 as an assistant coach.

Gash spent the last 14 years on a Division I bench and arrives on Grymes Hill after spending the previous two seasons at LaSalle University under head coach Ashley Howard. In his role, Gash was responsible for the development of Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year Sherif Kenny.
 
"Pete brings a lot of coaching experience at the Division I level to our team and has made a positive impact on every team he's coached," Mason said. "He knows what it takes to win at this level and will make everyone around him better."
 
Prior to his time at LaSalle, Gash served as an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts. Gash was the lead assistant on staff and in charge of player development. During his time at UMass, he was instrumental in the Development of Luwane Pipkins, who earned Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player honors during the 2018 Season after increasing his scoring average
from 10.2 PPG to 21.1 PPG. 
 
Gash also coached at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, helping the Mocs earn 49 wins in two seasons, a SoCon Championship, and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2016. Gash's first opportunity as an Assistant Coach came at Florida Atlantic. During his time at FAU, the Owls earned the 2011 Sun Belt regular season title, set the program's single season win record (21), and earned a 2011 NIT Appearance.