Casey Stanley returns for his season as assistant coach for Rick Pitino and the Iona College men's basketball program. Stanley returned to his alma mater following 10 seasons at six different NCAA Division I institutions across all levels. The previous three seasons were spent in the Sun Belt Conference at Arkansas State.

Following his hire at Iona, Stanley was named by Silver Waves Media as one of the 50 Most Impactful Mid-Major Assistants, one of three MAAC assistants and one of two from the New York Metropolitan area to be named to the list.

In his first season back, the Maroon & Gold earned a berth into the 2021 NCAA Tournament after improbable four-wins in five-days effort at the MAAC Championship.  Iona posted an 8-4 mark during the regular season due to numerous challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Due to the lack of games played the Gaels - with the second best league winning percentage - climbed out of the nine seed in Atlantic City to win the program's 13th conference tournament crown. Overall, Iona finished 12-6 on the year.

Stanley grew up around the Gaels, frequenting games from a young age with his father, former longtime Iona radio announcer, Gary. He returned with 13 years of experience at the D-I level after also working at Arkansas State (2017-20), UNC-Wilmington (2014-17), Minnesota (2013-14), FIU (2012-13), Louisville (2011-12), Seton Hall (2010-11) and Iona (2008-10).

In three years at Arkansas State under head coach Mike Balado, Stanley helped lead the Red Wolves to an increase in win total each season. He arrived in Jonesboro, Arkansas after three seasons as assistant coach at UNC-Wilmington.

Coaching under head coach Kevin Keatts, Stanley helped lead the Seahawks to postseason play all three years and the team posted a combined record of 72-28 (.720) and a 41-13 (.759) mark in Colonial Athletic Association play. UNCW was a program without a postseason berth the previous eight seasons, but the Seahawks went to the CIT in 2015 before back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017.

The 2016-17 UNC-Wilmington squad won a school-record 29 games as the team led the Colonial Athletic Association and ranked 10th nationally in scoring averaging 85.2 points per game. In 2015-16, the Seahawks were picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll but tied the then school-record with 25 wins and its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005-06.

In his first season at UNCW, Stanley aided in the transformation of the program that finished last in the CAA for the 2013-14 season. The Seahawks won a share of the regular season title and finished with an 18-14 record.

Prior to joining the UNC-Wilmington staff, Stanley served as video coordinator for head coach Richard Pitino at Minnesota. The Gophers went 25-13 in the 2013-14 campaign, winning the NIT title with a 65-63 victory over SMU.

Stanley worked alongside Coach Balado during the 2012-13 season as an assistant coach at FIU. The Panthers posted their first winning season (18-14) in 13 years, the most wins in 15 years and reached the Sun Belt Conference championship game for the first time.

Before joining Richard Pitino at FIU, Stanley served as video coordinator for Rick Pitino at Louisville in the 2011-12 season.

Additionally, Stanley worked for Kevin Willard at Seton Hall in 2010-11 as Coordinator of Basketball Operations. Stanley attended Iona College and worked as Director of Operations for Willard during his time there.

Stanley earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science at Iona in 2008. The Westchester native graduated from Pleasantville High School in 2004.