Chris Pompey enters his third year on head coach Kevin Willard's staff at Seton Hall. He was added in May of 2010 after spending four seasons as an assistant coach with New Mexico State.

Highly regarded as a top recruiter, Pompey brought in the student-athletes that guided the Aggies to three 20-win seasons, a pair of Western Athletic Conference titles and and appearances in the 2007 and 2010 NCAA Tournaments.

In his first year at NM State, Pompey helped recruit a Top-20 class, which included Parade Fourth Team All-American, and current Pirate Herb Pope. Rivals.com rated it third-best among mid-major schools in the nation.

Pompey spent six seasons at Hartford before becoming an assistant at Hampton. In just under a month as an assistant at Hampton, Pompey helped bring in a Top-50 recruiting class.

At Hartford, Pompey helped build the Hawks into one of the premiere teams in the America East Conference. Hartford had the second-best turnaround in the country from 2001-02. The Hawks reached the semifinals of the America East Conference Championships three times (2002, 2003, 2004).

While at Hartford, Pompey was recognized as one of the top mid-major assistant coaches in the country by the Hoop Scoop from 2003 to 2006, while serving as the primary recruiting coordinator for the program. Pompey was also responsible for coaching the wing/forward positions and helped six players earn All-Conference accolades during his tenure.

Before joining the Hartford staff in 2000, Pompey spent eight years as the founder, director and head coach of the DC Stars AAU basketball program in Washington, D.C. Under his leadership, the DC Stars became nationally recognized as one of the premiere AAU programs in the country. From 1992 to 2000, Pompey and the DC Stars coached and developed over 100 athletes who moved on to play at the Division I level. In 1998, Pompey led the first 17-and-under team from Washington, D.C. to the championship game of the Bob Gibbon's Tournament of Champions in North Carolina. Two years later, the DC Stars took home the title at the 2000 Footstopper's Hoop Classic in Washington, D.C.

Pompey has been a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches since 2000 and has worked with programs such as the Boys and Girls Club and the Morgan Wooten Basketball Camps.

A 1984 Pittsburgh graduate, Pompey was a member of the Panthers' football program and a teammate of Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino.