Temple University Athletics

Men's Basketball

John Linehan
John Linehan
John Linehan is in his second season as a graduate manager with the Temple men's basketball staff after playing professional basketball for 11 years. Linehan is a 2002 graduate of Providence College where he was a standout guard for the Friars.

Linehan holds the NCAA Division I record for career steals with 385, and was a two-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year as well as the 2002 National Defensive Player of the Year. His professional experience includes time spent in the NBA D-League, the CBA and overseas. Linehan has a wealth of coaching experience at the AAU level, and also served as director of his own John Linehan Achieve the Dream Basketball Camp in 2003 and 2004.

Linehan earned a bachelor’s degree in health policy and management from Providence in 2002, and is pursuing his master’s degree in sport business at Temple.