List of Providence College alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Providence College.

Entertainment and communications

 * David Angell – Emmy Award-winning television producer, victim of the September 11 attacks (was a passenger of American Airlines Flight 11)
 * Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN, former Friars basketball player
 * David R. Colburn – author and professor of history
 * Wally Dunn – Broadway actor, most recently appeared in Gypsy and Spamalot
 * Brett Epstein – actor, playwright
 * Matt Farley – musician
 * Peter Farrelly – film director, screenwriter, and producer
 * Janeane Garofalo – actress, comedian
 * Caryn James (as Caryn A. Fuoroli) – film and television critic, novelist
 * Mike Leonard – television journalist on NBC's Today Show
 * James O'Brien – film director, screenwriter, and producer
 * John O'Hurley – actor, television host
 * Sean McAdam – sportswriter covering the Boston Red Sox
 * Edward Scanlon – Executive Vice President (retired) of NBC
 * Paul G. Tremblay – author
 * Joseph Ungaro – newspaper journalist

Business

 * Brian Burke – President of Hockey Operations of the Pittsburgh Penguins, former Friars ice hockey player
 * Rich Gotham – President of Boston Celtics
 * Karen Ignagni – President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans
 * Lou Lamoriello – General Manager of the New York Islanders
 * John Marinatto – former Commissioner of the Big East Conference
 * Arthur F. Ryan – former Chairman and CEO of Prudential Insurance Company of America
 * Jack Tretton – former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America

Politics and law

 * Scott Avedisian – Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island
 * Michael Napolitano ‐ Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island
 * Peter J. Barnes – Member of New Jersey State Parole Board, former New Jersey State Senator
 * Jack Brennan – former chief of staff to Richard Nixon
 * Frank Caprio – chief judge of Providence Municipal Court
 * Arn Chorn-Pond – international human rights activist
 * Jasiel Correia – former Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts
 * Richard M. Daley – Former Mayor of Chicago
 * Richard J. Daronco – former United States federal judge
 * Tom Dart – Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois
 * Frank Devlin – former senior counsel to ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas
 * Armando Diaz – Marshal of Italy, World War 1 commander (Providence College's first alumnus)
 * Chris Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
 * Thomas J. Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
 * Benjamin Downing – currently the youngest Massachusetts State Senator
 * John H. Fanning – former National Labor Relations Board Chair
 * Joseph J. Fauliso – former Lt. Governor of Connecticut
 * Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston, former Friars basketball player
 * Charles J. Fogarty – former Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
 * John E. Fogarty – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island
 * Anthony D. Galluccio – former Massachusetts State Senator
 * Maureen McKenna Goldberg – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
 * Sheila Harrington – Massachusetts State Representative for the First Middlesex District
 * Patrick J. Kennedy – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island, son of former United States Senator Ted Kennedy
 * Kieran Lalor – founder of Eternal Vigilance Society and Iraq Vets for Congress
 * J. Howard McGrath – former United States Attorney General and United States Senator representing Rhode Island
 * William D. Mullins – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and baseball player
 * M. Teresa Paiva-Weed – President of the Rhode Island State Senate
 * Michael F. Rush – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
 * John Shea – former member of Connecticut House of Representatives
 * Fernand St. Germain – former United States Representative from Rhode Island
 * William J. Sullivan – former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
 * Robert Tiernan – former United States Representative from Rhode Island

Academia

 * Roy Peter Clark – Vice President and Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute
 * Hank Foley – President of New York Institute of Technology
 * Mark Stephen Jendrysik – Political Science and Public Administration Chair, University of North Dakota
 * Timothy J. Kehoe – Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
 * Clark R. McCauley – Professor of Science and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College
 * Edward J. McElroy – President of American Federation of Teachers, Vice President of AFL-CIO
 * Austin Sarat – Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College

Medicine

 * Robert Gallo – biomedical researcher known for the discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Religious life

 * Joseph Augustine Di Noia – named Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Benedict XVI.; currently the highest-ranking Dominican in the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O. P. – Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Auki, The Solomon Islands since 2016.
 * Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. – Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky (1982-2007)
 * Brian Shanley, O.P. – President of Providence College

Men's basketball

 * Marvin Barnes – former NBA and ABA all-star player
 * Ben Bentil (born 1995) - Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Ira Bowman – former NBA player
 * Marques Bragg – former NBA player
 * Marshon Brooks – NBA player with New Jersey Nets
 * Troy Brown – former NBA player
 * Marty Conlon – former NBA player
 * Austin Croshere – former NBA player
 * Sharaud Curry – international professional basketball player
 * Ernie DiGregorio – former NBA player
 * Billy Donovan – current head coach of Chicago Bulls. Former head coach of Oklahoma City Thunder, and two-time NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship head coach of Florida Gators men's basketball
 * Marcus Douthit – NBA and international professional basketball player
 * Kris Dunn – current NBA player, Utah Jazz
 * Weyinmi Efejuku – international professional basketball player
 * Johnny Egan – former NBA player and coach
 * Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston
 * Rubén Garcés – former NBA and international professional basketball player
 * Ryan Gomes – NBA player with Los Angeles D-Fenders
 * Joe Hassett – former NBA player
 * Herbert Hill – NBA and international professional basketball player
 * Jonathan Kale – international professional basketball player
 * Tuukka Kotti – international professional basketball player
 * Māris Ļaksa – international professional basketball player
 * Jim Larranaga – head coach of Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
 * John Linehan – international professional basketball player
 * Erron Maxey – international professional basketball player
 * Ken McDonald – head coach of the Austin Spurs
 * Donnie McGrath – international professional basketball player
 * Eric Murdock – former NBA player
 * Richard Pitino – head basketball coach for University of Minnesota
 * Mike Riordan – former NBA player
 * Karim Shabazz – international professional basketball player
 * God Shammgod – former NBA player
 * Abdul Shamsid-Deen – former international professional basketball player
 * Dickey Simpkins – former NBA player
 * Michael Smith – former NBA player
 * Kevin Stacom – former NBA player
 * Jamel Thomas – former NBA player
 * John Thompson – former Basketball Hall of Fame head coach of Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
 * Otis Thorpe – former NBA all-star player
 * Jimmy Walker – former NBA all-star player
 * Franklin Western – international professional basketball player
 * Lenny Wilkens – Basketball Hall of Fame coach and player
 * Eric Williams – former NBA player
 * Jeff Xavier – international professional basketball player

Women's basketball

 * Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN

Men's ice hockey

 * Noel Acciari
 * Tim Army
 * Brian Burke – President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Rich Costello
 * Craig Darby
 * John Ferguson, Jr.
 * Rob Gaudreau
 * Hal Gill
 * Jon Gillies - Goaltender, New Jersey Devils
 * Paul Guay
 * Joe Hulbig
 * Dave Kelly
 * Regan Kelly
 * Kurt Kleinendorst
 * Jim Korn
 * Jeff Mason
 * Colin McDonald
 * Bob Nicholson
 * Gaetano Orlando
 * Fernando Pisani
 * Steve Rooney
 * Nolan Schaefer
 * Jeff Serowik
 * Peter Taglianetti
 * Brandon Tanev - Forward, Seattle Kraken
 * Chris Terreri
 * Chris Therien
 * Randy Velischek
 * Ron Wilson
 * Pete Zingoni

Women's ice hockey

 * Chris Bailey – member of the 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
 * Laurie Baker – member of the 1997 and 2000 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
 * Alana Blahoski – member of the 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 US women's Olympic ice hockey team; Olympic gold medalist
 * Lisa Brown-Miller – member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1997 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 women's Olympic ice hockey team; Olympic gold medalist; former head coach of Princeton University's women's ice hockey team
 * Sara Decosta (born 1977) – member of the 2000 and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
 * Cammi Granato – member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist; member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto; broadcaster during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for NBC Sports
 * Mari Pehkonen – member of the 2006 and 2007 Finland women's national ice hockey team
 * Karen Thatcher – member of the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, Olympic silver medalist

Baseball

 * John McDonald
 * Lou Merloni
 * William D. Mullins
 * Birdie Tebbetts

Track and field

 * Mary Cullen – 2006 NCAA Champion, Irish long distance runner
 * Martin Fagan – Irish Olympic distance runner
 * Roisin McGettigan – Olympic 3000m steeplechase runner
 * Emily Sisson – Olympian, holds the record for fastest American woman's marathon
 * Geoff Smith – won Boston Marathon in 1984 and 1985
 * Kim Smith – four-time NCAA Champion, Olympic distance runner for New Zealand
 * John Treacy – 1984 silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Football

 * Charles Avedisian – former New York Football Giants player
 * Hank Soar – former New York Football Giants player and American League umpire

Men's soccer

 * Chaka Daley
 * Chris Konopka
 * Ryan Maduro – All-American
 * Julian Gressel
 * Mac Steeves
 * Karl Anderson
 * Brendan McSorley