Hamilton College

Adam Stockwell was named Hamilton College's head men's basketball coach in July 2011. Stockwell is just the fourth person to hold that title since 1951. In 2024-25 he guided the Continentals to a 20-7 record, an NCAA championship at-large bid, and an eighth straight NESCAC postseason appearance. Hank Morgan '25 celebrated one of the most decorated seasons in team history with two all-America team honors and three player of the year awards, including the NESCAC. He also played in the Division III all-star game and was a finalist for the Jostens Trophy. Hamilton earned a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award for the 12th consecutive year and six student-athletes made the NABC Honors Court.

The Adam Stockwell File

Hamilton Head Coach (2011-present)

• 210 wins in 13 seasons
• Four NCAA championship appearances (3rd round in 2018 and 2019; 2nd round in 2023, 1st round in 2025)
• NESCAC title in 2023
• NESCAC runners-up in 2019
• NESCAC Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2023
• 10 NESCAC postseason appearances
• Four 20-win seasons (25-5 in 2018-19; 24-5 in 2017-18; 20-9 in 2022-23, 20-7 in 2024-25)
• Two NABC all-Americans (first team, 2019 and 2025)
• Four NABC all-district team selections
• 15 all-NESCAC team honorees
• Two D3hoops.com all-Americans (2019, 2025)
• Players have racked up eight D3hoops.com all-region team picks 
• Coached the 2020 Jostens Trophy winner
• Coached the 2019 and 2025 NABC Northeast District Player of the Year
• Coached the 2019 and 2025 NESCAC Player of the Year
• Coached the 2025 D3hoops.com Region 1 Player of the Year
• Coached 2022 NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year
• Coached the 2017 NESCAC Rookie of the Year
• 25 wins in 2018-19 are the second-highest single-season total in team history
• In 2019 the Continentals hosted all three rounds of the NESCAC tournament and the first four rounds of the NCAA tourney for the first time
• Started the 2018-19 season 13-0 and was ranked as high as third before finishing at No. 15 in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 poll
• Started the 2017-18 season 15-0 and finished at No. 11 in the final D3hoops.com poll
• 23 on the NABC Honors Court since 2019
• One student-athlete was one of 10 men's basketball players across all NCAA divisions named to the 2014 Allstate NABC Good Works Team for his exemplary community service endeavors

Oswego State Head Coach (2009-11)

• In 2010-11 guided the Lakers to a 24-5 record, a SUNYAC regular season title with a 17-1 record, and the second round of the NCAA championship
• Named the 2011 NABC East District Coach of the Year, SUNYAC Coach of the Year and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Upstate Coach of the Year
• Coached a first team all-American and SUNYAC Player of the Year

Clarkson Head Coach (2004-09)

• Guided the Golden Knights to three straight postseason appearances for the first time in program history
• In 2007-08 Clarkson upset the top two seeds in the Liberty League tournament, captured its first league championship and earned the first NCAA tournament bid in team history
• Stockwell and his assistants were named the league's 2008 Coaching Staff of the Year
• Made the league championship semifinals again in 2009
• Directed the Golden Knights to the 2007 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Upstate Region championship

Other Coaching Experience

• Assistant at Canisius College (1999-2004)
• Assistant at Penn State-Behrend (1998-99)
• Assistant at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse (1997-98)

Student-Athlete at Le Moyne

• Inducted into Le Moyne College's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007
• Scored 1,458 points at Division II Le Moyne from 1992 to 1996 and as of 2011 was still 10th on the Dolphins' all-time scoring list
• When he was a team captain in 1995-96, he averaged 21.1 points per game as Le Moyne tied the record for the best season in program history at 24-6, won the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) tournament and played in the NCAA tournament
• In 1996 made the all-Northeast Region team, the all-NECC first team and the academic all-district team

Other Information

• Played professional men's basketball in Northern Ireland's St. Gall's Basketball Association in 1996-97
• Stockwell and his father, James, are the only father and son in the history of New York high school basketball that have scored 2,000 or more career points apiece
• Stockwell played for Belleville-Henderson High School and grew up in Ellisburg
• James played at Union Academy of Belleville for former Hamilton Head Coach Tom Murphy when that team set a national record with 83 straight wins
• Graduated from Le Moyne with a degree in economics and earned his master's degree in business administration from Canisius
• He and his wife Emily have a daughter, Katherine (21), and a son, Jameson (18)