EASTON, Mass. – The Stonehill men's basketball team opens the 2025-2026 campaign on Monday, November 3 hosting Thomas College at Merkert Gymnasium before making the trip out to Wintrust Arena on Friday, November 7 at 7 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY vs. THOMAS COLLEGE
This is the first meeting between Stonehill and Thomas College. Thomas College is an NCAA Division III institution and member of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC). Last season, the Terriers posted a 7-16 overall record and a 4-9 mark in NAC play under fourth year Head Coach Marquis Mason-Pollard.
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SERIES HISTORY vs. DEPAUL
The Skyhawks make their first trip in program history to DePaul University on Friday, November 7 at 7 p.m. at the Wintrust Arena. DePaul went 14-20 last season and 4-16 in the Big East. The Blue Demons are coached by second year Head Coach Chris Holtmann. Holtmann was a two-time Naismith National Coach of the Year Finalist and three-time conference Coach of the Year, including the 2017 Big East Coach of the Year.
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THIRD IN 2025-2026 NEC PRE-SEASON COACHES POLL
The Skyhawks were selected to finish third in the 2025-2026 NEC Pre-Season Poll after making their first appearance in the NEC Championship Tournament last season. Stonehill earned the fifth season in the 2024-2025 championship tournament following a 15-17 overall record and a 7-9 mark in league play. The Skyhawks fell to fourth-seed FDU, 71-56, in Hackensack, New Jersey on March 5.
KOFFI PRE-SEASON ALL-NEC
Returning for his sophomore season,
Hermann Koffi was named to the 2025-2026 NEC Pre-Season All-Conference Team. In his first year in Easton, the Canadian native earned All-NEC Second Team honors and was named to the NEC All-Rookie Team. Koffi appeared in all 32 games and starting 27 averaging 9.4 points per game and shooting a solid 74.2% from the free throw line, while leading the Skyhawks in minutes – averaging 32.3 per game.
NEW FACES
The Skyhawks welcome nine newcomers to the Stonehill campus – including eight transfers:
William Batchelder (Sr., Holy Cross),
Raymond Espinal-Guzman (Gr., Sacred Heart),
Davante Hackett (Jr., Brock University),
Anthony Holden (Gr., Maryville),
Cory Lovell (Jr. Hercum College),
Trenton Ruth (So., Coffeyville C.C.),
Rex Sunderland (Sr., New Hampshire) and
Ridvan Tutic (Jr., Maine).
Additionally, the Skyhawks welcomed two new coaches to the coaching staff: assistant coaches
Tom Bonacum and
Josh Einhorn. Bonacum joins the Skyhawks after spending the past five seasons with former Iona and FDU Head Coach Tobin Anderson. Bonacum helped guide the Gaels to back-to-back MAAC Championship game appearances. Einhorn joins Stonehill after a year under legendary Brandeis Head Coach Jean Bain helping to lead to the Judges reach 28
th in Division III rankings.
HONORING A LEGEND: MIKE ALLOCCO '73
This season the Stonehill men's basketball team will be wearing patches on their shooting shirts in memory of Mike Allocco '73, who passed away in early September. Allocco was a legend on the basketball court during his playing days during his play days as the program's first All-American and program's all-time leading scorer with 2,399 points. A three-time All-American, Allocco went on to be drafted by the Capital Bullets, now the Washington Wizards, and was inducted into the Stonehill College Hall of Fame in 1989 and currently remains Stonehill's all-time leading scorer.
STINSON RETURNS
Senior
Chas Stinson returns for his senior season. The only player to appear and start in all 32 games last season, Stinson led the Skyhawks picking the pocket of opponents, a season-best 54 times and was fourth amongst NEC leaders in steals. Stinson finished fourth on the team with 264 points and second in rebounds with 159.
MEUSER MINUTES
Appearing and starting in 31 games, senior
Ethan Meuser led the Skyhawks with 27 blocks in 2024-2025 and was fifth amongst NEC leaders. In addition, Meuser was second amongst team leaders in three-point percentage, knocking down 46-116 (.397).
HERRION'S RETURN
Bill Herrion returns for his second season on Coach Kraus' staff. Herrion most recently coached at the University of New Hampshire up until 2023 after 18 years at the helm of the Wildcats program. Herrion began an 18-year run as the head coach of New Hampshire in 2005 after a short stint as the associate head coach at the University of Arkansas. In his time at UNH, he accumulated a 227-303 (.428) record, the winningest coach in Wildcat history. His 394 wins between his head coaching stints at UNH and at Drexel stands as the all-time mark in America East history.
THE CHRIS KRAUS '06 FILE
Stonehill Head Men's Basketball Coach
Chris Kraus enters his 13
th season at the helm of the Skyhawk men's basketball team and has had role in over a quarter of men's basketball games in the program's 77-year history. Kraus became the 14
th head coach of the Skyhawks in July of 2013 after spending three seasons as an assistant coach under David McLaughlin. As an assistant coach he helped guide the Skyhawks to 2011-12 NE-10 Championship and NCAA Division II East Regional title. A 2006 alumni of Stonehill, Kraus is one of 51 head coaches coaching their alma mater in NCAA Division I in 2025-2026. The longest tenured head coach in program history, Kraus is also the first Canadian-born head coach to lead the Skyhawks and one of two Canadian head coaches in NCAA Division I (Pacific's Dave Smart is the other). On November 15, 2024 against New Orleans, Kraus participated in his 500th game associated with the College (student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach), then on November 27, 2024 against Marquette it marked his 300th game as head coach. As the program's all-time program leader in games coached surpassing Raymond Pepin (312) and David McLaughlin (288), Kraus is also on of four head coaches in program history to reach the 100-win mark.
Head Coach Years Wins
David McLaughlin 2003-13 189
Raymond Pepin 1984-95 171
Chris Kraus 2013-present 163
Tom J. Folliard 1 978-1984 101
