Bashir Mason enters his fourth season as head coach of the Peacocks in 2025-26. Mason, one of the most decorated young coaches in the country and a Jersey City native, was named the 16th head coach of the Saint Peter's University men's basketball program on April 12, 2022.

In three seasons leading the Peacocks, he has a 45-48 record with a career mark of 210-178 over 13 coaching seasons. During the 2024-25 season, Mason earned his 200th career coaching victory with a win over Saint Elizabeth on November 20, 2024.

Mason has had an immediate impact on the Peacocks' program in his first three seasons. In 2023-24, he guided Saint Peter’s to its second MAAC Championship in three years and the program’s fifth-ever MAAC title. The Peacocks, picked to finish in 10th place in 2023-24, finished in a three-way tie for third place during the regular season with a 12-8 conference mark. In the MAAC Tournament, the fifth-seeded Peacocks defeated No. 4 Rider in the quarterfinals, upset top seed Quinnipiac in the semifinals, and took home the title with a 68-63 victory over No. 2-seed Fairfield. Mason led Saint Peter’s to a 19-14 overall record and the program's fifth NCAA Tournament appearance.

During Mason’s first season in 2022-23, the Peacocks finished 10th during the regular season. Saint Peter’s again made noise in the MAAC Tournament, knocking off seventh-seeded Fairfield in the first round. Mason’s squad upset No. 2 Rider in the quarterfinals, becoming the first No. 10-seed in MAAC Tournament history to reach the semifinals.

Mason didn't travel far to take up his current post after orchestrating an extremely successful decade at Wagner as the Seahawks' head coach. He led the team to three Northeast Conference (NEC) regular-season titles while posting a 165-130 record over that span in Staten Island. Mason became just the second coach in the conference's 40-year history to win three Jim Phelan Coach of the Year honors during that time. 

In 2021-22, Mason led the Seahawks to a 21-6 overall record and an appearance in the NEC title game, marking the third time during his tenure and ninth time in program history that Wagner won 20 or more games in one season. The 2021-22 Seahawks were the first team in NEC history to boast four All-NEC players, led by NEC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-NEC selection Alex Morales, while Will Martinez and Raekwon Rogers earned Second Team honors and Elijah Ford picked up Third Team accolades. Zaire Williams also picked up a spot on the All-Rookie Team. Mason also took home hardware by season's end, as he was named the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) District 15 Coach of the Year.

Wagner's 15 conference wins in 2021-22 also matched the most in program history. Its 14 consecutive victories set the record for the longest winning streak for a Seahawks team under Mason and was the longest winning streak for a Wagner squad since winning 16 straight during the 1978-79 season under P.J. Carlesimo. Wagner's 13-0 start in NEC play was two wins short of the conference record for longest unbeaten streak to start a season and represented the first time an NEC squad won 13 straight games in over a decade. Wagner's win over Fairleigh Dickinson marked the 100th career victory in conference play for Mason, who became the 11th coach in NEC history to reach the century mark; he also earned his 150th overall victory against Fairfield this past season. Wagner also appeared in the NEC Tournament title game for the third time in his tenure as head coach (2017-18, 2015-16).

Mason has been named the Jim Phelan NEC Coach of the Year three times, most recently after the 2020-21 season, where he helped the Seahawks post a 13-5 record in NEC play while dealing with the logistical challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also took home that honor after the 2015-16 and 2017-18 campaigns, leading Wagner to the regular-season NEC conference title and tournament title game in both seasons.

The Seahawks have appeared in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in three seasons under Mason, including the memorable 2015-16 installment of the tournament when he led Wagner to a 79-75 victory over top-seeded St. Bonaventure in the opening round. It was the first non-conference tournament postseason victory for Wagner in program history.

Mason heads to Saint Peter's with a laundry list of national accolades, being named a finalist for the Ben Jobe Award as the top minority Division I head coach four times (2020-21, 2017-18, 2015-16, 2012-13), a finalist for the Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year award three times (2021-22, 2020-21, 2017-18) and was the NABC District 18 Coach of the Year in 2017-18.

The fastest coach to win 100 games in Seahawks history, Mason coached 21 All-NEC selections during his tenure, in addition to having eight student-athletes claim All-NEC Tournament accolades as well as six were named to the prestigious NABC (NABC) First and Second Team All-District. Most recently, Mason coached two-time NEC Player of the Year and 2022 NEC Defensive Player of the Year Alex Morales.

The 2020-21 season marked the first time Wagner has ever won NEC Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year in the same season, and was also the first time since 2007-2008 that two Seahawks earned First Team All-NEC honors. 

Upon his hire at Wagner, Mason was the youngest head coach at the Division I level when he was brought on staff in March of 2012. Prior to being named the head coach, Mason was a two-year assistant with the Seahawks under now University of Connecticut head coach Dan Hurley.

Academically, Mason coached a total of 17 Academic All-NEC selections and has helped every player who exhausted their eligibility at Wagner earn their degree.

Mason is no stranger to the MAAC, arriving at Wagner after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Marist College for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. He began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, St. Benedict's Prep of Newark, under Hurley, during the 2007-2008 season. As coach of the school's prep team, the Gray Bees won the New Jersey State Prep A Title. 

After playing under Hurley in high school, Mason went on to enjoy an outstanding four-year career as a member of the Drexel University basketball team. A four-year starter, Mason was a stellar player for the Dragons with 1,000 points and nearly 500 assists in his career. He was also a dynamic defense player, being the first player in conference history to be named to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) All-Defensive team and was also the first player in league history to be named Defensive Player of the year following the 2003-04 season.

Mason led Drexel in assists and steals in all four of his seasons and graduated second on the Dragons' all-time steals list (226) and fourth on its all-time assists list (471). As a senior, Mason led the Dragons to wins over Saint Joseph's, Villanova, Syracuse and Temple en route to a 23-9 record and a berth in the NIT.

In 2007, Mason graduated from Drexel with a Bachelor's Degree in sports management. After earning a Master's Degree of Science in education from Wagner in December of 2013, he was honored by his alma mater with inclusion in the Drexel Magazine's '40 Under 40' list.