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Will Armishaw

Will Armishaw joined the Exeter community in the summer of 2025 as an assistant coach for the boys’ varsity basketball program.

Prior to Exeter, he spent two seasons (2023-2025) with the University of Massachusetts Boston’s men’s basketball program as an assistant coach. In his 2nd year at UMass Boston, he helped lead the program to a 7-win improvement and their first home playoff game since the 2017-2018 season. During his time in Boston, he helped develop an NABC Region 2 Rookie of the Year, a Little East Conference Rookie of the Year, and two Little East Conference All-League selections.

Armishaw joined the UMass Boston staff after holding a similar position at the University of Southern Maine (2021-2023). At Southern Maine, he helped guide the 2022-2023 team to the program’s most single season wins since the 1990-1991 season. In his two years there, he aided in the development of two Little East Conference All-League selections, one Little East Conference All-Defense selection, two Little East Conference All-Academic honorees, and one NABC Honors Court member.

Before Southern Maine, he spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine (2014-2021). While at St. Joe’s, he helped lead the program to four 18+ win seasons, and national statistical recognition during the 2018-2019 season, when the team finished 6th in Division III in per game scoring average, 1st in the country in three-point field goal percentage, and 2nd nationally in assists per game.

Overall, he developed 11 Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-League selections, one Great Northeast Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and one NABC All-Region selection. Academically, he aided in the growth of 13 NABC Honors Court members, two CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees, and one CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Armishaw is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maine.