KEVIN DOWNEY JOINS BASKETBALL STAFF

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Dec. 11, 2006) -- Kevin Downey, former basketball standout at Canisius College, has been added to the men's basketball staff at Nazareth as an assistant coach. Downey replaces Jake Steck, who will take a job in New Jersey at the end of December.

Downey completed his college career last year as Canisius' sixth all-time scorer with 1,583 points. He started every game of his four-year career (116 overall) and ranks second all-time in three-point field goals made with 185. He earned an undergraduate degree in Biology and a Master's degree in Business Adminstration.

A native of Livonia, N.Y., Downey was a scholastic standout at Livonia High, where he played for his father, the late Tom Downey. As a senior at Livonia in 2000-01, Downey was the all-Greater Rochester co-Player of the Year in leading the Bulldogs to the Section Five Class B title and a 23-1 overall record.

Downey's mother, Linda Downey, was Nazareth's women's volleyball coach for four seasons (1999-2002) and has been the coach at the University of Rochester for the past four seasons. His sister, Christa, was a three-time first-team All-American in volleyball for Nazareth from 2000 through 2002.