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SMU will have a new men's basketball coach in its first ACC season.

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Gerry McNamara has signed a deal to take over as coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and eventually ascending to associate head coach for the Orange. McNamara's signing was announced by Siena on Friday and makes him a collegiate head coach for the first time. McNamara has been on the Syracuse staff since 2009 — first as a graduate assistant, then more than a decade as an assistant under Jim Boeheim and last season he became associate head coach for the Orange when Adrian Autry took over as head coach.

Gerry McNamara has signed a deal to take over as coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and eventually ascending to associate head coach for the Orange.

Gerry McNamara is the new coach at Siena. He has decided to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and eventually ascending to associate head coach for the Orange. McNamara’s signing was announced by Siena on Friday and makes him a collegiate head coach for the first time. He replaces Siena alum Carmen Maciariello, who was fired after going 68-72 in five seasons at the school. McNamara has been on the Syracuse staff since 2009, going from graduate assistant to assistant to associate head coach. He remains fourth on Syracuse's all-time scoring list.