Paul Corsaro

Paul Gregory Corsaro (born March 24, 1989) Six former IU Indianapolis basketball players brought forth a lawsuit against him and the university on December 18, 2025, alleging physical and emotional abuse.

Early life Corsaro attended Roncalli High School in Indiana where he was a top basketball and football athlete, being named a first-team All-South basketball player as a senior while finishing as the basketball team's all-time leading scorer. He began his college career at Youngstown State University playing football in 2008, starting one game at quarterback that year.

Corsaro transferred to the University of Indianapolis in 2009 and played both football and basketball. He won three varsity letters and played with both teams from 2009 to 2012, although he missed his senior year of basketball due to injury. Corsaro graduated in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in communications and later received a master's degree in business administration in 2014.

Coaching career Corsaro became a graduate assistant with the Indianapolis basketball program in 2012 and remained an assistant through 2016, when he was promoted to associate head coach. They also reached the NCAA tournament four straight times from 2013 to 2016 and had their first appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in 2014–15. He then served as an assistant coach for the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons from 2018 to 2020, as the team had 32 wins in two seasons. He served four seasons in the position and helped the team compile a record of 79–37 during that time, which included two conference championships. He was the NABC Midwest Coach of the Year and the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Coach of the Year for the 2022–23 season, in which he led the team to a program-record 26 wins and helped them have a top seed in the NCAA tournament. He was later fired by the university for issues relating to alleged mistreatment of players; there is currently an ongoing lawsuit regarding this matter.

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