Aaron Ettinger returns for his fourth season as Susquehanna's women's basketball assistant coach for the 2024-25 season under Gabby Holko. The Selinsgrove native is in his fourth term with Susquehanna, serving as an assistant coach between both the women's and men's programs since 2010, interspersed with runs as a head coach at the junior high and high school levels. He is also Susquehanna's women's golf head coach.
Ettinger previously served as an assistant coach under men's head coach Frank Marcinek, first from 2010 to 2012 and then again from 2015 to 2017. He also returned to the sidelines for the women's basketball team for the 2019-20 season, helping the team to a 15-10 finish. SU also claimed the Susquehanna Trailways Tip-Off Tournament title and produced one All-Landmark Conference Second Team selection. He rejoined the program for the 2022-23 season.Â
After the 2020-21 season was canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, Ettinger, an elementary school teacher for the Selinsgrove Area School District, picked up the clipboard to run the girls basketball program at Selinsgrove High School. In his one year leading the Seals the team produced 14 wins, their highest win total in ten years and doubling their win total from the previous season, while gathering three all-conference selections, a MaxPreps Top 25 ranking for AAAAA in Pennsylvania, and the District 4 Coaches Sportsmanship Award.
In his two stints with the SU men's basketball program, Ettinger helped lead the team to back-to-back trips to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Tournament in 2016 and 2017, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2017. The 2015-16 squad also notched a program-record 24 victories. He aided in the mentoring of one All-American, one Landmark Player of the Year, one Landmark Rookie Player of the Year, and nine All-Landmark picks over his two stints while being part of the 2015-16 Landmark Coaching Staff of the Year.
Ettinger was the head coach of the boys' varsity basketball team at Midd-West High School from 2013 to 2015. He coached three Daily Item All-Star and three Susquehanna Valley All-Star Game selections as well as one All-Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference pick. In two seasons, the Mustangs matched the win total from the previous four seasons combined. Ettinger was selected to be the head coach of the Senior Class All-Star Game for the Susquehanna Valley All-Stars.
He guided the Cen-Penn Storm AAU Team to a 25-8 record and five tournament championships in his two-year tenure (2010-12). Cen-Penn Storm qualified for the national tournament during his second season at the helm. Ettinger also served as the junior high head boys' basketball coach for the Midd-West School District from 2008 to 2010.
Ettinger has also honed his coaching skills as a skill development coach, previously at CoachUp (2018) and now at PhD Hoops since 2019. Additionally, He has worked various basketball camps at Duke University, Purdue University, Bucknell University, University of Pennsylvania, and Susquehanna. He owns a USA Basketball Gold coaching certification.Â
When he's not on the court, Ettinger is a second-grade teacher for the Selinsgrove Area School District, a position he has held since 2019. Previously, he was a fifth-grade teacher from 2016 to 2019. He started his teaching career as a third-grade teacher in the Shikellamy Area School District between 2009 and 2016.
Ettinger earned his B.S in elementary education from Bloomsburg University in 2009, adding a M.Ed. with a specialization in classroom technology from Wilkes University in 2014.Â
Susquehanna University
- Women's Basketball Assistant Coach (2019-21, 2022-Pres.)
- Men's Basketball Assistant Coach (2010-12, 2015-17)
Selinsgrove High School
- Girls Basketball Head Coach (2021-22)
Midd-West School District
- High School Boys Basketball Head Coach (2013-15)
- Junior High School Boys Basketball Head Coach (2008-10)
Cen-Penn Storm (AAU)
