Gerry Alaimo

James Gerald Alaimo was an American basketball player and coach at Brown University and an administrator at Providence College.

Playing A native of Torrington, Connecticut, Alaimo played Center for the Brown Bears men's basketball varsity basketball team from 1955 to 1958. Over three seasons, he averaged 14.1 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. He scored a then school record 38 points in an upset victory over Penn his junior season. After graduating, Alaimo served in the United States Army and worked in the insurance industry. From 1964 to 1969, he was the men's basketball coach at Middlebury College, where he compiled a 21–91 record. His best season came in 1968–69, when his team went 10–14. In 1969, he was appointed varsity basketball coach at Brown. The Bears had winning records in 1972–73, 1973–74, and 1974–75 – the first time that Brown had ever had three straight winning seasons. On February 28, 1978, with the Bears in last place in the Ivy League, Alaimo resigned effective at the end of the season. His overall record at Brown was 88–145.

Administrator After leaving Brown, Alaimo was named director of intramurals and recreation at Providence College by athletic director Dave Gavitt. In 1983, Gavitt's successor, Lou Lamoriello, promoted Alaimo to assistant athletics director. From 1995 until his retirement in 2001, he was the school's senior associate athletics director. In 2004, he received the Bill Cawley Award from Words Unlimited, the Rhode Island association of sportswriters and sportscasters. In 2011, he was inducted into the Providence College Athletics Hall of Fame.