Dave Klatsky will be entering his second season as an assistant coach with the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s basketball team in 2008-09. He is involved in practice planning, player development, scouting, game preparation, and many other facets of the program.
During his first season on the staff in 2007-08, Klatsky helped guide the Ducks to an overall record of 23-6. Stevens finished the year ranked fifth in the NCAA East Region and shared the Empire 8 regular-season title with Ithaca College. The team also went on to win it’s first-ever ECAC Metro championship.
Klatsky owns a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with dual concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School). He graduated in May of 2003.
While at Penn, Klatsky helped the Quakers men’s basketball team earn berths to the NCAA Tournament in 1999-2000, 2001-02, and 2002-03. An Ivy League Academic Scholar-Athlete in 2000-01, Klatsky set Penn’s single-season assist record that same season. He led the Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio three straight seasons (2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03). Klatsky’s basketball career also includes a silver medal at the 2003 Jewish Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.
Since February of 2006, Klatsky has been employed as an equity list trader for Knight Securities in Jersey City, N.J. Prior to that, he worked as an equity analyst for Merrill Lynch at the World Financial Center in New York City.
