Navigating coronavirus testing and various safety protocols is nerve-wracking. Adjusting to losing players to positive tests and contact tracing is frustrating. Postponements and cancellations arise with a moment’s notice.
Ed DeChellis steered the Navy men’s basketball program through the rough seas of COVID-19 as well as any head coach in college basketball. The Midshipmen faced their share of obstacles and overcame each, compiling a 15-2 overall record and 12-1 mark in the Patriot League.
Navy closed the 2020-21 campaign on a five-game winning streak to capture the Patriot League regular season championship for the first time since 2000.