• Player
• Varsity Seasons: 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74
• Number: 30
• Position: G
• Height: 6' 4“
• Weight: 175 lbs.
• Hometown: West Hempstead, NY
• High School: Malverne
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: none
• Birthdate: June 16, 1952

• Scored 1,235 points for UM's varsity team. See where he ranks on the UMass 1,000 point scorers list
• Led the team in rebounding in each of his three varsity years, 9.5 average overall
• Named to the Yankee Conference First Team in each of his three years
• Jersey #30 retired on Feb. 18, 2004

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Skinner and UMass Athletic Director John McCutcheon, at his number retirement ceremony

• Team Captain and All-America honorable mention selection
• NABC All-District First Team selection
• Averaged a double-double, with 18.8 points and 11.0 rebounds. Shot 62% from the field
• Started all 26 games
• Led Massachusetts to a second-consecutive Yankee Conference title
• Led the Yankee in scoring at 18.7 ppg, and led the team in rebounding (10.9 rpg)
• Recorded the first triple-double in school history, against St. Peter's, on 12/28/1973, with 27 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists. (UMass would not see another triple-double until Stephane Lasme's on 11/22/2006.) The 27 points also set his career high.

• Led UM to the Yankee Conference title
• Led the team in scoring (14.9 ppg) and rebounding (8.8 rpg)
• NABC All-District First Team selection

• First on the team in rebounding (8.7 rpg), second in scoring (13.3 ppg)

• Compiled a 426-375 record across 26 seasons at Rhode Island, Boston College, and Kennesaw State
• Year-by-year results

• Hired as the head coach at Kennesaw in 2015.
• News: Skinner Hopes to Continue Winning Ways in College (5/3/2016)
• Stepped down from after the conclusion of the 2018-19 season. KSU went 41–84 overall, 23–35 in conference, in his four seasons.¹⁾

Spent two seasons as the associate head coach at Bryant, under head coach Tim O'Shea. (O'Shea worked on Skinner's staffs during Skinner's entire time at URI, and his first four years at Boston College.)

Record as a head coach at BC & URI (22 seasons):

• Hired as coach of the Eagles on April 17, 1997.
• Big East Coach of the Year in 2000-01 and 2004-05.
• Boston College moved from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) after the 2004-05 season.
• As a BC coach, Skinner was 10-4 (.714) against his alma mater.
• Released from BC on March 30, 2010.
• Skinner's bio page on BC's site.

• Head coach for nine seasons (1988-89 through 1996-97) at Rhode Island.
• Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 1991-92.
• Assistant coach for four seasons 1986-88 to Tom Penders, 1984-86 to Brendan Malone.

As a URI coach, Skinner was 2-18 (.100) against his alma mater. 18 of those 20 games were against UMass coach John Calipari.

• Assistant Coach for the Red Foxes, 1982-84

• Joventut (Barcelona, Spain), 1980-81
• Philadelphia 76ers, 1979-80
• New Jersey Nets/Philadelphia 76ers, 1978-79
• New Jersey Nets/Detroit Pistons, 1977-78
• New York Nets (NBA), 1976-77
• New York Nets (ABA), 1974-76²⁾
• Selected in both the NBA and ABA Drafts in 1974³⁾⁴⁾
• Was a teammate of Julius Erving for 175 games in pro ball, mostly with the Nets.⁵⁾⁶⁾ Together they won the ABA title in 1976.⁷⁾

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• Inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.⁸⁾
• Skinner speaks with Rhody Vault about playing with Julius Erving

Skinner made something of a cameo in the film Good Will Hunting. A Boston Globe article, about how he was close to being named the coach at Boston College, hangs on the wall in the background.

Al Skinner