Faisal Khan enters his seventh season of his second term on the Hofstra Women's Basketball staff in 2018-19 and the fifth campaign in his new role as associate head coach. Previously, Khan was an assistant coach with the Pride from 2008-10 before returning to the program in 2012.
Khan earned a promotion before the 2014-15 season and helped guide Hofstra to a 20-win season and an appearance in the WNIT in his first year as an associate head coach. A key member of Head Coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey’s staff, Khan helped craft the game-plans and strategy that contributed to Hofstra’s second-ever win over a nationally ranked program when the Pride bested No. 23 James Madison on the road. Hofstra also advanced to the CAA Championship title game for the first time since joining the league and qualified for the fourth WNIT appearance in program history. In addition, Ashunae Durant won the CAA Rookie of the Year Award and was named the Metropolitan Rookie of the Year and Full Court’s Mid-Major Freshman of the Year.
In 2015-16, the Pride earned its second consecutive 20-win season, posting a 25-9 record, including a 14-1 mark at home. Hofstra earned a berth to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) for the second straight season, advancing through the first three rounds before falling in the quarterfinals. Khan helped the Pride back to the CAA Quarterfinals in 2016-17 with Ashunae Durant earning All-CAA Second-Team honors.
In his first season back at Hofstra, Khan was part of a staff that helped develop Candace Bond into the 2013-14 Colonial Athletic Association’s Defensive Player of the. During that time, Shante Evans earned her third consecutive CAA First-Team selection and was named All-Met First Team for the third straight season after setting Hofstra career records for points and rebounds and the league record for total rebounds.
Khan’s guidance has also helped his student-athletes succeed off the court, with Anma Onyeuku being named to the All-CAA Academic squad in 2014 and Olivia Askin and Aleana Leon earning the honors in 2017. In addition, Sydni Epps was selected as the CAA’s National SAAC representative in 2016.
Khan has also worked with the Hofstra staff to participate in numerous charitable endeavors, such as the serving food at the Mary Brennan INN, volunteering at California Ave Elementary School, and organizing clinics with the Special Olympics New York, Long Island Region.
During Khan's first stint at Hofstra, the Pride won 36 games in his two seasons. The successful run culminated with an appearance in the WNIT second round during the 2009-10 season. Hofstra advanced to the second round with a stunning 76-68 road win over Big Ten member Penn State.
Khan returned to Hofstra with nearly a decade of experience coaching collegiate women's basketball, including five seasons at UNC Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina. During his time with the Bulldogs, Khan was part of a staff that took over a team that won one game in 2001-02 and by his second season the team won 19 games, and would go on to win 18, 15 and 21 in subsequent seasons. In his final four seasons there, the program averaged more than 18 wins a season and in 2006-07 captured its first-ever Big South title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to his stint at UNC Asheville, Khan spent one season each at Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) and West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, West Virginia). During his one season at Shepherd the Rams won 19 games and at West Virginia Wesleyan, the team advanced to the conference quarterfinals and won 10 conference contests.
Khan also has extensive basketball experience at other levels as well. He has previously served as the head coach for the Maryland Waves AAU team in Baltimore, Maryland, and for the San Francisco Waldorf School, as an assistant girls' basketball coach at Seton-Keough High School in Baltimore and worked as a student manager with the University of Maryland men's basketball program. He attended law school at the University of Baltimore in the fall of 2000 before eventually deferring to pursue a career in coaching collegiate basketball.
A 1999 graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County with a degree in social work and a minor psychology, Khan has also worked as a programs manager with Peace Players International in South Africa and as a social work intern with the Springfield Psychiatric State Hospital in Carroll County, Maryland.
