North Carolina A&T head men’s basketball coach Montè Ross announced Dorian Long as an assistant coach for the program on June 28, 2023. Long will be responsible for scouting, recruiting and coaching the Aggies guards. Long came to Aggieland after spending the previous five seasons at Marist University.
Long served as an assistant coach with the Red Foxes during his final two seasons with the program after serving as the director of basketball operations (DOBO) for the first three seasons. Long began taking on extra responsibilities during the 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Red Foxes went 12-9 overall and 10-8 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), securing their best record in 13 years. Away from the game, Long became an advisor to Marist’s Black Student Athlete Alliance and joined Marist’s IDEA committee.
Before joining Marist’s staff, Long spent two seasons as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for Lincoln University under head men’s basketball coach and former NBA player Doug Overton. During his tenure, Long recruited five players who made the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) all-rookie team, two All-CIAA standouts and CIAA defensive player of the year, Deaquan Williams.
As the defensive coordinator during the 2017-18 season, Long helped the Lions finish in the top-eight nationally in field goal percentage defense and 3-point percentage defense. Long also served as the program’s academic liaison, increasing the team’s grade point average. Long also spent two seasons (2014-16) at James Madison University as the men’s basketball program’s DOBO.
The Dukes went 19-14 overall and 12-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2014-15, winning a share of the league title for the first time since 1999-00. The following year, the JMU went 21-11 overall and 11-7 in the CAA.
At Washington College, his stop before coming to JMU, Long mentored and developed three All-Centennial Conference players, earning him a promotion to associate head coach. Long’s collegiate coaching career began at his alma mater, Neumann University, where he served as an assistant from 2008-12. While there, he recruited and developed five all-conference players and four 1,000-point scorers.
Before entering the collegiate ranks, Long was the head coach for the Whiz Basketball Club out of Philadelphia for five years. He was also an assistant coach at his high school alma mater, Monsignor Bonner, in Drexel Hill, Pa., for three years. Long also earned an internship at Saint Joseph’s University, working with the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Long is a 2010 Neumann University graduate earning a bachelor of science degree in sports management.
