Derek Kellogg |
Derek Kellogg is the head coach for the University of Massachusetts Men’s Basketball Program. Kellogg joined the Youngstown State staff after two seasons at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., where he worked for Jim Larranaga. The Patriots posted a 19-11 record during the 1998-99 season, captured both the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season and tournament championships and earned an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. Kellogg began his coaching career at his alma mater. He was a graduate assistant and part-time radio broadcaster at UMass for the 1996-97 season. Kellogg also played a season with the Connecticut Skyhawks in the United States Basketball League in 1995. Kellogg, 36 (born June 20, 1973), is a 1995 graduate of Massachusetts with a degree in Real Estate/Finance. In May of 2005, he married Nicole Flory, who graduated from UMass in 1997. The couple welcomed their first child Maximus Antonio Kellogg on April 28, 2008 (five days after he was hired at UMass. Kellogg’s parents George and Ruth Kellogg currently reside in Belchertown, Mass. |
