James Mooney

James Mooney ’06, who is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,793 points, was named the fifth head coach in CMSV men’s basketball history in May 2017 and in his very first season was awarded the Skyline Conference Coach of the Year (2018).

Under Coach Mooney, the Dolphins have seen significant improvements and growth in all areas of the program. Mooney’s Dolphins have been to the Skyline Conference semi-finals two times in five seasons and have made the playoffs three times in 5 seasons. Since 2003, the Dolphins have only been to the semi-finals five times, with Mooney being a part of all five (two as a player, one as an assistant, and two as a head coach).

Mooney has coached two First Team All-Skyline Conference Players, a Second Team All-Skyline Conference player, a Third Team All-Met player, two All-Skyline Sportsmanship players, and the sixteenth 1,000 point scorer in school history. Under Coach Mooney’s tutelage, six players have also continued their playing and academic careers in Europe with one signing a professional contract in Italy. The team has also been recognized three times for the NABC Academic Excellence Award for having a cumulative GPA average of 3.0 or higher and has maintained a team GPA over 2.90 in Mooney’s tenure.

Mooney’s Dolphins are no strangers to strong competition and have faced six different Division I opponents since 2018, which included 3 games that aired on ESPN+. On top of that, the Dolphins travel quite extensively and have played in California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey to name a few.

Prior to CMSV, Mooney has had many different coaching and professional experiences that has ultimately led to the program’s turnaround. Mooney was the head men’s varsity basketball coach at Rye Neck High School and the East Coast Regional Manager for Ultimate Hoops at Life Time Fitness. He also worked at House of Sports in Ardsley, New York as a player developer and was the assistant men’s varsity basketball coach at his alma mater, Iona Prep. There, he helped lead the team to two CHSAA City and State titles, coached six different Division I players and two current NBA players.

As a player, Mooney had an extremely successful and accomplished career. He won a CHSAA City Title with Iona Prep in 2002, is still top 20 in NCAA DIII history for most three-point field goals made per game in a career, and played professionally in Europe for three years. On top of being the all-time leading scorer for CMSV, Mooney also has the school’s highest scoring average in a season (26.2), most three-point field goals made in a season (101), most three-point field goals made in one game (9 – twice), most career steals (233) and scored more than 40 points in a game twice, just to name a few.

Mooney, a Bronx native, now resides in Yonkers, New York with his wife and CMSV alum, Danielle (’05), as well as with their daughter, Kara and two sons, Quinn and Jameson Jordan (J.J.).