Colby-Sawyer Athletics

Head Coach - Tim Viola
Email -  tim.viola@colby-sawyer.edu
Phone - 603-526-3763

Tim Viola took over the women's basketball program in 2023-24 after being selected as the sixth coach in program history in May of 2023. 

In his first season Viola ended the year with a record of 8-18 overall and a 5-9 GNAC record. The Chargers earned a GNAC Play-In Round appearance ending the year with a loss to Regis. Viola's first collegiate head coaching win came on November 14th against Curry. Viola coached a single CSC Academic All-District selection in 2023-24.

Viola joins Colby-Sawyer following two stints throughout six years as an assistant coach at Assumption College where he was since August 2019. In 2022-23 the Greyhounds finished 27-6 securing the NE10 Regular Season Championship, the programs first ever NCAA Regional Championship and a NCAA Elite Eight Appearance.

Prior to returning to Assumption College, Viola spent a season at Newbury College in 2018-19. He began coaching at the collegiate level in 2015-16 where he spent one season at Fisher College.

Viola received a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and a Minor in Youth Studies at Northpoint Bible College in 2011. He also received his Master of Science in Recreation and Sport Sciences with a concentration in Coaching Education from Ohio University in 2016.
 

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Result
2023-24	8-18	5-9 (GNAC)	GNAC Play-In Round
Total	8-18	5-9 (GNAC)

Assistant Coach - Ben Cushing
Email -   ben.cushing@colby-sawyer.edu

Ben Cushing re-joins the Chargers coaching staff for the 2024-25 season after having been on the staff for the 2022-23 season. Cushing is the Director of Career Development at Coldwell Banker Lifestyle Real Estate. Cushing has been involved as a basketball coach at Kearsarge Regional High School at all levels on both the Girls' and Boys' teams starting in 1988.  Cushing was a co-founder of the Granite State Chargers Women's AAU program.