Coach Matt Brady guided Marist to a 73-50 record in four seasons, but he chose to leave in March for the top coaching position at James Madison University.

Brady led the program to its first outright MAAC championship and first regular season win in 2006-07. Brady was coach of the year in the league and Marist set a single-season program record with 25 wins.

The task of replacing him isn't as simple as finding the next hot name. No team in the MAAC has a better record than Marist's 37-17 mark in the last three seasons.

The Red Foxes lost to Rider in the postseason tournament in March.

"I'm disappointed we ended here again in the semifinals," Marist coach Matt Brady said after it ended. "We thought that we could make a run here, get to the finals and win the whole thing."

The Red Foxes came close and in fact were close to defeating two of the top three seeds in the league, which would have given them the right to play No. 1 Siena in another rivalry game in the final. But they fell, 76-71, to Rider and Player of the Year Jason Thompson.

In addition to Brady, the Foxes will be hit hard by losses, with freshman Jay Gavin and redshirt sophomore David Devezin the keys to the offense next year, with senior-to-be Ryan Schneider stepping into the spotlight. Gavin and Schneider had big games in the finale, fashioning another preview of what is to come next season.

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