Men's Basketball

Bill Raleigh

Bill Raleigh was named as the assistant athletic director full-time in August 2014 and also serves as Chair of the Exercise and Sports Studies and Fitness and Recreational Activities programs.

Raleigh has served as the assistant athletic director in a part-time capacity for 9 years and was promoted to the Chair of Exercise & Sports Science department in 2012.

For 15 years Coach Raleigh guided the Pirates on the basketball court and built the team into a tough, competitive ball club that finished as high as third in the SCAC in his tenure. In 2004-05, Raleigh led the Pirates to their best record ever, 20-7 overall and 11-3 in the SCAC, earning a #1 seed in the conference tournament for the first-time in school history. He captured his second career SCAC Coach of the Year honor and had the SCAC Player of the Year in Aaron Bowser.

Coach Raleigh produced 34 All-SCAC selections during his tenure and coached two 1,000 point scorers. The Pirates have finished in third place in the SCAC twice (2004-05 and 2005-06) under Raleigh and advanced to the SCAC Conference Tournament championship game in 2009.

A graduate from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in business administration, Coach Raleigh earned his juris doctor degree from Seton Hall University's School of Law.

Coach Raleigh came to Southwestern after spending three years as the head men's basketball coach and head golf coach at the University of Dallas (1996-1999). Before his first head coaching position he was an assistant coach for a number of years at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA, as well as an assistant at Washington & Lee in Lexington, VA.

A native of Colts Neck, NJ, Bill now resides in Georgetown with his wife Maureen and two daughters.