Coaching Staff

Chris Connolly enters his fourth season as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Elmira College.

Prior to his arrival at EC, Connolly spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach for Division II LeMoyne College where he helped lead the Dolphins to back-to-back 17-win seasons. Prior to LeMoyne, Connolly served as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Hartwick College and three-year Head Men’s Basketball Coach of the Central Region Open Division at the Empire State Games.

Connolly was a four-year letterwinner at Hartwick, where he earned his undergraduate degree in Biology in 1996. He served as team captain in his senior season and helped the Hawks to an NCAA Tournament appearance. In the same season, he was named first-team All-Empire Athletic Association. Connolly also made two appearances in the ECAC Tournament in each of his first two seasons.

In addition to coaching the men’s basketball program, Connolly will also serve as an Administrative Assistant.

Connolly resides in West Elmira with his wife, Jennifer, his daughter, Rhyan, and son, James.

Ryan Mee begins his second season with the Purple and Gold as the Assistant Varsity Men’s Basketball and Head Junior Varsity Men’s Basketball Coach.

Mee graduated from the University of Rochester in 2005 where he was a four year varsity letter winner on the Men's Basketball team.  In his time at Rochester, Mee was part of four NCAA Division III tournament qualifying teams. In his 2004-05 season he helped lead the team to the National Championship game where they finished runner-up. In his time at Rochester, Mee led the team to an overall record of 97-17.

In 2005 he was named the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Hilbert College. In that year the team finished with an overall record of 12-14, and placed fourth in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC). The 12-14 record and fourth place finish in the AMCC, was the best overall finish that Hilbert College had ever had since joining the AMCC.

While at Elmira, Mee will pursue a master’s degree in Education.