massimino was the head men's basketball coach at keiser university in west palm beach, florida, a position he had held since 2014, and at northwood university from 2004 to 2014. massimino previously served as the head men's basketball coach at stony brook university (1969–1971), villanova university (1973–1992), the university of nevada, las vegas (1992–1994), and cleveland state university (1996–2003).