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Now we know the rest of the story – at least when it comes to former Centenary men’s basketball coach Chris Dorsey.
Dorsey announced his departure from the Gents in early May after his eighth season as head coach, saying he left “to pursue other opportunities.” However, his wife Morgan, the Centenary women’s soccer coach, remained on the Kings Highway campus.
Monday, the dots connected when Grambling basketball coach Patrick Crarey introduced Dorsey as the Tigers’ associate head coach.
Dorsey enters the NCAA Division I ranks in a program that made its first NCAA Tournament appearance two seasons ago, the same time when Dorsey’s Gents reached the Division III NCAA Tournament. After both programs stumbled to losing seasons, their first in several years, in 2024-25, Grambling’s Donte’ Jackson jumped to fellow Southwestern Athletic Conference member Alabama State as head coach, and Crarey replaced him. Then Dorsey departed the Gents’ program. Monday revealed why.
“Coach Dorsey is one of the best basketball minds in all of college basketball,” said Crarey. “His ability to teach players and coaches, is unmatched. For the last eight years he has been a championship-winning collegiate head coach in the state of Louisiana. He will help us with recruiting and relationships in our home state. We are very excited to welcome Coach Dorsey and his family to Grambling.”
Across 11 seasons, Dorsey has consistently built winning cultures and delivered championship-level results at every stop.
Most recently, at Centenary he became the winningest coach in the school’s NCAA Division III era. He surpassed 100 career wins and led the Gents to their first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in over 40 years in 2020, then captured a second SCAC title in 2024—making him the only coach in program history with multiple championships. His teams earned NCAA Tournament bids in both title seasons and reached five consecutive SCAC Final Fours
Under his leadership, Centenary produced at least one all-conference player every season — 25 total — along with one SCAC Player of the Year and two SCAC Rookies of the Year. His teams posted a dominant 76 percent home winning rate from 2020–2024 (51–16), and he engineered two of the longest winning streaks in school history (10 games each). Dorsey was named SCAC Coach of the Year in 2020.Before Centenary, Dorsey was the head coach at his alma mater, Lyndon State College, from 2014 to 2017. He guided the program to two North Atlantic Conference (NAC) semifinal appearances (2015 and 2017), while producing one NAC Player of the Year, two Rookies of the Year, and five All-Conference selections.
From 2008 to 2012, Dorsey served as associate head coach at Daniel Webster College. He helped lead the team to a single-season record 21 wins while directing an offense that led the conference in field goal percentage, three-point percentage, and overall offensive efficiency.