Sean O'Brien ’18 joined the men's basketball staff as the director of operations in October 2021.
O’Brien returns to Hamilton after a stellar playing career for the maroon and white 2014-18. Playing for head coach Matt Langel, O’Brien was a two-year captain and team MVP.
O’Brien scored 1,040 points, grabbed 301 rebounds and dished 335 assists during his four-year career. He set school records for career games played (127) and single-season minutes played (1,159). As a senior, he earned All-Patriot League Third Team honors while ranking fourth nationally in assist-turnover ratio.
After graduating from Colgate, O’Brien played two years professionally overseas. He spent two seasons with Scott’s Laker in Killarney, Ireland, before playing for Rayos de Hermosillo in Hermisillo, Mexico during a shortened 2020 season.
The Lafayette Hill, Pa., native spent the 2020-21 season as a graduate manager at Temple, where he is currently pursuing his master’s degree in business administration.
O’Brien graduated from Colgate in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.
