Guy Rancourt was named to Steve Pikiell[apos]s staff on June 8, 2005. Rancourt, the 1999 City University of New York Athletic Conference Coach of the Year at John Jay College, arrived at Stony Brook following a two-year stint at Florida State as the director of basketball operations under Leonard Hamilton.
As the director of basketball operations, Rancourt was involved with all day-to-day operations of the men[apos]s basketball office. He handled office and team budgetary matters, team travel, academic development, dining and housing contracts and served as the director of the annual Leonard Hamilton basketball camps for boys.
Prior to FSU, he was the head coach and assistant director of athletics at John Jay from 1999 to 2003 and helped the New York City school to unprecedented success on the basketball court. Rancourt led John Jay to a winning record in each of his first three seasons after the team had won only two games the year before his arrival.
Rancourt was one of the nation[apos]s youngest coaches when he became the head coach at John Jay in 1999. He led the Bloodhounds to 13 wins, which marked an 11-win improvement from the previous year, and a quarterfinal round appearance in the conference tournament in his first season. Boasting the nation[apos]s fourth-ranked field goal percentage defense (.379), the 11-game turnaround ranked as the third best in the Division III ranks in 2000. The next season saw John Jay notch a semifinal birth in the conference tournament, which preceded a share of the division championship in 2002. While at John Jay, Rancourt improved John Jay[apos]s victory total in each of those seasons.
Rancourt also performed several administrative duties in his position as assistant director of athletics at John Jay. He was responsible for all scheduling, team travel and accommodations, scheduling of officials and facilities management for each of John Jay[apos]s 12 athletic teams.
Rancourt began his collegiate coaching career at the University of New Haven as an assistant coach from 1997-99. His duties included recruiting, scouting, film exchange and on-court coaching.
The Queens, N.Y., native played high school basketball at Archbishop Molloy High School during the same time former Georgia Tech star Kenny Anderson was there.
Rancourt earned his bachelor[apos]s degree in political science from Western Connecticut State University in 1997. While at Western Connecticut, he helped lead the team to the 1994 ECAC Championship. The Colonials were routinely ranked among the nation[apos]s top teams.
