Basketball
Originally coached by Mike Murphy, the basketball team was one of the CIA's flagship intercollegiate sports programs when the college joined the Hudson Valley Athletic Conference in 2004. Serge Nalywayko then guided the team in 2006 and 2007 (with help from assistant coach and CIA student Jeff Wilk). Current coach Sean Furey took the reins in 2008, with his father Ted Furey serving as the assistant.
That year also turned out to be the most successful season yet for the basketball team. In 2008, the CIA Steels finished the regular season with a 6-7 record, 3-3 in the conference, and for the first time ever qualified for the conference post-season tournament, as the #4 seed. Steels captain Dan Jackson was named to the HVMAC All-Conference team.
The 2009 team followed up their first post-season birth with a second, again claiming the #4 seed for the post-season tournament, finishing the regular season at 6-7. The season highlight was a December victory over Berkeley College, the previous year's regular season champion! BPS student Victor Lane and AOS student Corey Johnson were named to the All-Conference team.
2010 was a solid season with the team finishing with a 5-10 record and a fifth place finish in the conference. Though it was the first time in three seasons under Coach Furey that the Steels did not make the post-season tournament, there were indeed some bright spots with many of the top contributors returning for the 2011–2012 season.
More information about the CIA Steels Basketball team:
The Culinary Institute of America's basketball team in action versus Vassar College (01/08/11) and Pratt Institute (02/06/11). The CIA Steels compete in the Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference, finishing in fifth place for the 2010–11 season. The team is led by Head Coach Sean Furey.
