Harford Community College Athletics

Michael Seney has taken a rising program and catapulted it to new heights. In his four years at the helm, the Fighting Owls reached the NJCAA National Tournament for the first time in school history and did so in back-to-back years, won a quartet of NJCAA Region 20 Championships and the program’s first four Md Juco Tournament Championships.

Since his first season, Seney has lead the team to a 66-0 record against conference opponents earning him four consecutive MDJUCO championships. In 2017-18, he was voted the conference coaches association Coach of the Year for the third consecutive.

The 2016-17 team earned an at-large bid into the NJCAA National Tournament thanks to being ranked #11 in the country where the Fighting Owls defeated Texas powerhouse San Jacinto in the first round of the tournament before falling to the eventual national champions.

Seney garnered MD JUCO Co-Coach of the Year honors after leading the 2015-16 Fighting Owls to an undefeated conference record while winning the dozen games by a 49.2 points per game average. Since taking over the Harford women’s basketball program, Seney has guided his team to a perfect 32-0 record against teams in the conference.

Seney mentored a pair of MD JUCO First-Team All-Conference performers in Mia Fitts and Daisa Harris in 2015-16. Harris leads the nation in assists (8.0 apg) and ranks fifth with 4.2 steals per game. Overall on the season, the Fighting Owls lead the nation in scoring (95.1), rebounding (53.3), assists (21.6) and steals (17.0).

In 2014-15, Seney took over a deep and talented roster that he helped recruit and guided the Fighting Owls to their first MD JUCO Tournament Championship and second-straight NJCAA Division I Region XX Championship. Harford finished the season with a then school-record 26 wins, and Seney was at the helm of the team during a 21-2 finish to the best season in program history. 

The Fighting Owls made their third-straight MD JUCO Tournament Final, but topped Hagerstown, 67-59, to win the 2015 MD JUCO Crown. Seney then led the team to its third-straight Region XX Championship with a 69-59 victory over rival Baltimore City. His only two losses on the season came against ASA, on the road in the regular season and at home in the District C Championship Game. 

Seney joined the Fighting Owl family as the assistant coach of the women’s basketball team during the 2013-14 season. He helped guide the team to its third-best record in school history and the program’s first NJCAA Region XX Championship. 

The Fighting Owls posted a 23-6 record in his first season, where he worked with the post players and recruiting, as well as game day management and practice plans. Seney has AAU coaching experience in Delaware. 

Seney played football at Nichols College, an NCAA Division III school in Massachusetts before transferring to Wilmington University. Seney’s brother, Malachi, was a guard on the men’s team from 2012-15.    
  

Year	Record
2017-18	27-3
2016-17	29-4
2015-16	27-3
2014-15	21-2
Total	104-12