Saints Alum Joins Bench: Siena head coach Fran McCaffery announced the hiring of former Saint Carmen Maciariello as Director of Basketball Operations. As a player, Maciariello played for Siena in 2000-01 and helped lead Louis Orr’s squad to the Metro Atlantic regular-season championship. Maciariello started his career as a guard for New Hampshire for three seasons before transferring to Siena. Maciariello played professionally in Italy for three seasons, sitting out most of 2002 with a torn ACL. Last season he was head coach for the Albany City Rocks 17 and under team. [10/11/05]