ELON, N.C. -- Matt Matheny, the head men’s basketball coach at Elon University, has announced the addition of Tim Sweeney to his coaching staff.

“Tim is a blue collar basketball coach,” stated Matheny.  “He’ll role up his sleeves and grind it out on the court, in the recruiting world and in the Elon community.  Tim has a great basketball mind and a great way of imparting that knowledge to the student-athlete.”

Sweeney comes to the Phoenix program following one season with the Bucknell Bison of the Patriot League.  Prior to his year at Bucknell, Sweeney served two seasons with Matheny at Davidson College.  Sweeney began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at the University of Rochester,  his alma mater, for three seasons.

In his two seasons at Davidson, Sweeney was a part of a Wildcats program that went 58-12, won two SoCon titles and made two NCAA Tournament appearances.  In his last year as a member of the Davidson staff, the Wildcats advanced to the Elite Eight where they fell just short of knocking off eventual national champion Kansas.

Sweeney was on the Davidson staff as Stephen Curry became just the fourth player in NCAA history to score 30 or more points in his first four NCAA Tournament games ? joining Clyde Lovellette of Kansas, Jerry Chambers of Utah and Glenn Robinson of Purdue.  Curry went on to be a Second Team All-America selection by The Associated Press, Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News.

In addition to his daily game execution, scouting and player development roles, Sweeney coordinated Davidson’s underclassman recruiting efforts, co-directed the team’s summer camp, managed team travel, coordinated the program’s digital scouting system and edited the team newsletter.

In his time at Rochester (2003-06), the Yellowjackets produced a 66-16 record and captured University Athletic Association championships in 2004 and 2005.  The program advanced to the Division III national title game in 2005 and made it to the Sweet 16 in 2004.

As a player at Rochester, Sweeney was a four-year All-UAA guard and team captain as both a junior and senior.  He helped lead his teams to a combined 77-30 record along with a trip to the Division III Final Four in 2002 and the Sweet 16 n 2003.  He ranks among the top-10 in school history in assists, three-point field goals and free throw percentage.  Sweeney was also a three-time UAA All-Academic Team member and served as vice president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.  He graduated cum laude with a degree in political science in 2003.