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Borough of Manhattan Community College Athletics

Barry Gonzalez

Barry Gonzalez enters his second season as the head coach of the Borough of Manhattan Community College women’s basketball program.
 
Season Overall Record Region XV Record CUNYAC Record CUNYAC Playoffs Region 15 Playoffs Playoff Record Awards
2023-24 7-15 7-11 5-5 CUNYAC Semifinals RXV Quarterfinals 0-2
Totals 7-15 (.318) 5-10 (.388) 5-5 (.500) 0-2 (.000)

Gonzalez brings outstanding credentials to the BMCC women’s basketball program, helping Head Coach Tommy Keenan turn around the men’s program the last two seasons after the pandemic with a nine-win turnaround during 2022-23 and leading the program to its first double-digit winning season since 2019-20. He also helped the program produce three CUNYAC All-Star selections for the first time in 21 years while tutoring eight CUNYAC weekly selections (six CUNYAC Rookies of the Week and two CUNYAC Players of the Week). 
 
Gonzalez will step into his first-ever head coaching role at the collegiate level after compiling an overall coaching record of 52-42 (.553) as a high school head coach for men’s and women’s basketball in the New York area. 
 
Before his time at BMCC, Gonzalez was the head coach of the KIPP NYC College Prep High School girl’s basketball program from 2019 to 2021 and previously served as the women’s JV head coach at Riverdale Country School from 2018 to 2019.
 
Gonzalez had a successful tenure as the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at United Nations International School from 2015 to 2018, guiding the Unicorns to 44 victories during his time from 2015 to 2018, leading them to a New York City Athletic League (NYCAL) Championship during the 2016-17 season and a Private School Athletic Association (PSAA) Championship in 2014-15. He also tutored the 2016-17 New York City Athletic League (NYCAL) Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Benjamin Rosow, and served as the Head Men’s Track and Field Coach in 2009.
 
Throughout his coaching career, Gonzalez has been a fixture on the AAU circuit as a Head Coach at Harlem United AAU. He is also a USA Basketball Gold licensed and Track & Field Level 1 Certified Coach and a Latino Association Of Basketball Coaches member.
 
Gonzalez serves as a Senior Examination Specialist with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) with 36 plus years experience as a major federal bank regulator. He earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Fordham University in 1986 and graduated high school from the prestigious Lawrenceville School in 1982.
 
Barry resides in New York as a proud parent of two, with his daughter Ashley a graduate from John Jay and CCNY in 2012 and 2021, and his son Joseph a graduate from Pace University in 2017.