Hempstead, NY - Hofstra University Head Men's Basketball Coach Joe Mihalich will add another huge accomplishment to his highly-successful career as the Pride's sixth-year head coach will be inducted into the Niagara Falls Sports Hall of Fame later this year. 

The induction dinner will be held on October 13 at the Como Restaurant in Niagara Falls, New York. 

Mihalich will be one of nine inductees this year. 

Now in his sixth season at the helm of the Hofstra Men's Basketball program in 2018-19, Joe Mihalich has engineered a strong resurgence of the Pride during his tenure. Mihalich has already captured 88 wins while at Hofstra, an average of nearly 18 victories per season in Hempstead. During his 20 years as a head coach he has 353 career victories. 

Mihalich has led Hofstra to 78 wins over the past four seasons and the Pride has averaged more than 17 wins a season since Mihalich took over a program coming off a seven-win campaign. Since taking over the team he has led Hofstra to a pair of postseason appearances, including a spot in the NIT in 2015-16. 

Mihalich came to Hofstra after leading the Niagara University from 1998-2013. During that time he won 265 games, earned a pair of NCAA Tournament berths and made three National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearances.

A model of consistency, Mihalich won at least 17 games 11 times in his 15 seasons at Niagara and led the Purple Eagles to a win in the 2006-07 NCAA Tournament over Florida A&M and the 2003-04 NIT over Troy State.

The Purple Eagles advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time under Mihalich in 2005, earning a 14-seed in Niagara's first tournament appearance in 35 years. The team went 20-10 on its way to its first-ever MAAC Championship and Mihalich was rewarded with conference Coach of the Year accolades.