Aaron Galletta

Aaron Galletta

Title: Head Coach
Phone: 617-243-2188
Email: agalletta@lasell.edu

Aaron Galletta enters his seventh year at Lasell College, and his sixth season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach. During his first four seasons, Coach Galletta guided the Lasers to a 66-47 record, as well as a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship and NCAA appearance in 2008,  a GNAC regular season title in 2009, and two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Regional Tournament appearances, in 2007 and 2009.  During his tenure, Galletta has also coached six All-Conference players, two Player of the Year honorees, two All-Region players, and one Josten's Trophy Finalist and D3Hoops All-American Honorable Mention.

Coach Galletta brings to the Lasell program a wealth of basketball knowledge garnered as a player and a coach. He graduated from Union College as the all-time leading scorer in 2002, with 1,949 career points.  During his senior year, he led the Dutchmen to the second round of the NCAA tournament. He was named ECAC Upstate NY Player of the Year, NABC All-American Second Team, and was also a D3Hoops Third Team All-American selection. Coach Galletta was also one of ten national finalists for the Jostens Trophy, given to the top Division III male basketball players. Before coming to Lasell, Coach Galletta spent a year as an assistant at Mount St. Mary College, where he helped the team to a 23-8 record, and an ECAC berth.

David Hoffman

David Hoffman

Title: Assistant Coach

Dave Hoffman returns for his third season as an assistant men's basketball coach with Lasell College.  A 2004 graduate of Union College (NY), Coach Hoffman was a member of the 2002 NCAA Tournament and Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA) championship teams. 

After graduating from Union, Hoffman worked at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, providing life-skill training to professional, collegiate and high school athletes across the country for four years.  In addition, he served as the head coach of the Bay State Jaguars from 2006-09, winning the 2009 Massachusetts State Championship.   Hoffman currently works for Metro Lacrosse, a Boston-based non-profit organization as a Program Manager. 

He received his Master's Degree in Sports Leadership from Northeastern University, in 2009.

William Naylor

William Naylor

Title: Assistant Coach

William Naylor begins his second season as an assistant coach for the Lasell men’s basketball program.

Coach Naylor comes to Lasell after three years as the first assistant of the Dean College men’s basketball team, also spending a stint as the interim head coach.  In the 2009-2010 season,  the Bulldogs, the team took home the Region 21 regular and post-season championship and made an appearance in the district championships, losing to the number two program (78-75).

Naylor received his Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing from Providence College, in 2007. 

Andre Johnson

Andre Johnson

Title: Assistant Coach

Andre Johnson begins his second year as an assistant coach with the Lasell men’s basketball program.

The Columbia, MD native came to Lasell after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Behavioral Management from the University of Delaware in 2010.  While at Delaware, Johnson served as a student assistant for the Blue Hens men’s basketball program for three years.

Johnson is currently a graduate student at Boston University, where he will be earning a Master’s of Education in Counseling with a specialization in Sport Psychology, in May of 2012.



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