Harley Fuller enters his third season on the Siena Men's Basketball staff, including his second year as an assistant coach. The native of nearby Gloversville, New York was promoted to assistant coach on Apr. 9, 2019, after having served the previous season as Siena's Director of Basketball Operations under previous head coach Jamion Christian.
“I was thrilled to have the opportunity to elevate Harley into an assistant coaching role,” said head coach Carmen Maciariello upon Fuller's promotion. “His innate passion and energy for the game have earned our players respect. He will flourish running our skill development program.”
In his first season as an assistant coach, Fuller helped guide the Saints to the program's eighth MAAC Regular Season Championship and sixth MAAC Tournament title. Siena posted a 20-10 overall record including a 15-5 mark in the MAAC, while posting a perfect 14-0 record at the Times Union Center and ending the season on a 10-game winning streak. Fuller aided in the development of MAAC Player of the Year Jalen Pickett, and fellow First Team All-MAAC selection Manny Camper. Serving as Siena's Special Teams Coordinator, the Saints were the MAAC's most efficient team in shot quality following a timeout, according to Simon Gerszberg.
In Fuller’s first season on staff, Siena achieved a 17-16 overall record including an 11-7 mark in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Saints’ 17 wins tied for the most of any MAAC team, and the squad’s nine-win improvement was tied for the 11th best turnaround nationally. Siena finished in a tie for second in the MAAC – placing nine spots higher than their preseason poll prediction – which tied UT Arlington for the largest improvement nationally.
Fuller arrived in Loudonville after spending the 2017-18 season as the director of scouting and analytics at Mount St. Mary’s University under Christian. He developed the scouting reports and crunched the numbers for a Mount St. Mary’s team which posted an 18-14 overall record including a tied for second place finish in the Northeast Conference with a 12-6 league mark.
The Mount led the NEC and ranked 19th nationally in threes (10.1), 34th in turnover margin (+2.7), and 49th in three-point field goal percentage (.379). Additionally, the Mountaineers ranked 15th nationally in fewest fouls (15.4), 26th in fewest turnovers (11.0), and 56th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.27), while also pacing the NEC in averaging 14.0 assists. Fuller also prepared player development strategies for three current professional players: 2017 NEC Player of the Year Junior Robinson (Spain), Greg Alexander (Portugal), and Chris Wray (NBA G League), as well as former Mount player and current UNLV commit Jonah Antonio.
Fuller previously spent two seasons from 2015-17 as an assistant coach locally with the Albany City Rocks AAU program. He coached the U-17 Orange team, while also serving concurrently as the head coach at nearby Mayfield High School. During his return to the Capital Region, Fuller also ran player development programs both in the area and on Long Island for high school and college players.
After starring locally at Broadalbin-Perth High School, Fuller played his first two seasons of collegiate basketball at nearby SUNY Cobleskill, which he led to the 2008 NJCAA Final Four and Region 3 Championship. He was a two-time All-Region 3 and All-Mountain Valley Conference selection while playing for New York State Hall of Fame Head Coach Kevin McCarthy, and currently holds both the school’s career (439) and single-game (13) assists records.
Fuller played his junior season at Division I Florida International University, before concluding his collegiate career at Molloy College, where he averaged 10 points and six assists as a senior, and holds both the program’s single-season (181) and single-game (13) assists benchmarks.
Fuller played professionally for five seasons in both Germany and Argentina, accumulating more than 1,500 points and over 550 assists. He played with Treis Karden (2010-11), Weissenhorn (2011-12), and Giessen (2014-15) in Germany’s 2. Bundesliga, and with 9 De Julio (2012-14) in Argentina’s TNA league.
Fuller is a 2010 graduate of Molloy College, and is currently pursuing his Master of Science in Sport Management at Mount St. Mary’s. He is the proud father of a four year-old son, Grayson.
