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Mark Gilbride as Head Coach at Rensselaer
| Year |
Overall |
Conf. |
Note(s) |
| 2025-26 |
21-6 |
16-2 |
Liberty League Regular Season Champion |
| 2024-25 |
21-6 |
14-4 |
Liberty League Regular Season Champion |
| 2034-24 |
16-11 |
12-6 |
Liberty League Tournament Semifinals |
| 2022-23 |
19-9 |
11-7 |
Liberty League Tournament Finals |
| 2021-22 |
23-6 |
15-3 |
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 |
| 2020-21 |
-- |
-- |
No Season Due to Covid-19 |
| 2019-20 |
24-5 |
17-1 |
School Records for Wins; NCAA Tournament |
| 2018-19 |
15-11 |
10-8 |
Liberty League Tournament |
| 2017-18 |
13-12 |
8-10 |
|
| 2016-17 |
14-11 |
8-8 |
|
| 2015-16 |
12-13 |
6-10 |
|
| 2014-15 |
8-17 |
5-11 |
|
Mark Gilbride joined Rensselaer in August 2014, taking over the program from Mike Griffin, who retired after 30 years at the helm. A native of Topsham, Maine, and a graduate of Bowdoin College, Gilbride has led the Engineers to nine consecutive winning seasons.Â
Rensselaer has enjoyed historic success under Gilbride, highlighted by four Liberty League regular season titles (2020, 2022, 2025, 2026), two NCAA Tournament appearances (2020, 2022), a school-record 24 wins in 2019–20, and a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2021–22. He and his staff were named Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year in 2020, 2022, and 2026, and he was honored as ECAC Division III Coach of the Year in 2022.
 In 2025–26, the Engineers posted a 21–6 record, captured their second consecutive Liberty League regular season title, and advanced to the conference championship game. Andrew Deppe earned First Team All-Liberty League honors, while PJ Scalisi was named to the Second Team.Â
Gilbride has developed multiple award-winning players, including Liberty League Players of the Year Patrick Mahoney (2020) and Jonny Angbazo (2024). Dom Black earned Defensive Player of the Year honors three times (2020, 2022, 2023).Â
The 2021–22 team advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for just the second time in program history, finishing 23–6 and ranked No. 21 in the final D3hoops.com poll. In 2019–20, RPI set program records for overall wins (24–5) and conference victories (17–1), earning an at-large NCAA bid and advancing to the second round.Â
Gilbride holds a 181–107 record at Rensselaer, including 124–70 in Liberty League play, and a 301–158 overall record as a collegiate head coach.
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Prior to RPI, he posted a 75–51 record in five seasons at Clarkson University, achieving the highest winning percentage by a Clarkson coach since 1936. His teams recorded three consecutive winning seasons in Liberty League play, highlighted by a 16–10 (10–6 league) campaign and a semifinal appearance in 2013–14.Â
Before becoming a head coach, Gilbride served as an assistant at Yale University, Stonehill College, and Amherst College, where the 2006–07 team went 30–2 and won the NCAA Championship.Â
A 2002 graduate of Bowdoin College with a degree in economics, Gilbride played point guard for the Polar Bears and served as team captain during his senior season. After concluding his playing career, he began coaching at Bowdoin as an assistant. He later earned his MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2010.
Updated September 2026
