Anthony Leonelli
Anthony Leonelli
Title: Head Men's Basketball Coach
Phone: (617) 670-4432
Email: aleonelli@fisher.edu

Anthony Leonelli will serve as the Falcon's men's basketball coach in 2021-2022 after coming on board for the abbreviated (1-1) 2020-2021 campaign. He was hired in October of 2020. He came to Fisher from Pine Manor College where he had been named head men's basketball coach in March of 2020 before the school announced it's closing before he was able to coach a game. He also served as the baseball coach at PMC from 2016-2019).

From 2016-2020 he served as the Head Coach and General Manager of the Worcester 78's of the American Basketball Association.

Before his foray into pro basketball Leonelli spent 11 years coaching in the collegiate ranks: spending 2014-16 as the Head Coach at Green Mountain College, 2012-2014 as an assistant at Rhode Island College, 2011-2012 as an assistant at WPI and 2005-2011 as an assistant and recruiting coordinator at Wentworth.

During that time his teams qualified for 3 NCAA tournaments and 2 ECAC tournaments.

Known as a national recruiter and a proponent of up tempo basketball Leonelli has been associated with winning programs his entire career.

At Green Mountain he inherited a 4-win team at a struggling Environmental Liberal Arts school on the verge of closing. In year one they posted a 8-16 record, in year 2 a 21-4 record.

In the ABA Leonelli lead the expansion Worcester franchise to 3 winning seasons out of the gate, including a national ranking as high as #2. The 78s averaged 135.6 points per game during his time at the helm. During that time he sent 7 players overseas.

Leonelli is a sought-after clinician and camp coach and has worked for Hoop Group, Hoop Mountain, Zero Gravity, Five Star, Boston College Basketball Camp and others. He also runs his own camp/clinic business 508 Athletics.

He resides in central Massachusetts with his partner Brittany and their children Ben, Paisley, and Eloise.