SUNY Potsdam Athletics

Sherry Dobbs enters his 13th year at the helm of the Bears men's basketball program.

At Potsdam, Dobbs has amassed over 100 victories while leading the Bears to two SUNYAC championships. Under the leadership of Coach Dobbs, Potsdam made back-to-back visits to the NCAA Tournament, advancing as far as the Elite Eight in the 2004-05 season.

Dobbs was named the 2005 SUNYAC Coach of the Year.

"This honor is very much deserved, and given that his peers chose him, makes it even more distinctive," athletic director James Zalacca said. "Coach Dobbs is a true role model for our players."

Prior to Potsdam, Coach Dobbs was an assistant coach at Ithaca College from 1998-2003. He helped the Bombers win the 2001-02 Empire Eight Championship as well as the 1999-2000 ECAC Upstate New York Tournament title.

Prior to his tenure at Ithaca, Dobbs served one year as assistant coach at St. Lawrence University. In that season, the Saints went 24-2 to win the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association title and reach the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals.

Dobbs began his coaching career in 1995, when he served two years as assistant women's basketball coach at SUNY Potsdam. He completed his master's in teaching at Potsdam in 1998. Dobbs earned his bachelor's at SUNY Plattsburgh in 1993 after collecting four varsity letters on the Cardinals' basketball team.