UMass Lowell Athletics

Jon Iati is in his third season as assistant coach at UMass Lowell in 2023-24. He comes to Lowell following eight years on staff at his alma mater and fellow America East Conference institution, UAlbany.

After serving as an assistant coach for the Great Danes since 2012, he was promoted to associate head coach in 2017 and would go onto be ranked the No. 2 assistant in the league by Stadium.com. During his tenure, the team won three America East Championships and one regular-season title, and earned its first ever NCAA Tournament victory in 2014. The York, Pa. native recruited nine America East All-Conference honorees, including the league’s 2016 Rookie of the Year. 
 
Before heading back to familiar turf, Iati was the director of basketball operations for Quinnipiac from 2008-12 where he helped recruit nine Northeast Conference selections and the 2010 Northeast Conference Player of the Year. The Bobcats also won their first regular-season championship and earned their first post-season berth in school history while he was on staff.
 
As a student-athlete, Iati helped lead the Great Danes to back-to-back America East Championships and their first NCAA Tournament appearances in school history in 2006-07. The 2004 America East Rookie of the Year was inducted into the UAlbany Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the 2006 team in 2017.
 
He graduated from UAlbany with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2007 and a master’s degree in liberal studies in 2009.