For the 6th time in 7 years, HVCC won their season opener for 2019-2020, as well as their home opener on November 8, 2019 which was also Long’s 100th win at the helm. On November 16, the Vikings came from down 15 with under 8 minutes left and 7 with just a little over a minute left to beat Rockland CC in overtime by a score of 103-93, giving Long 500 career victories as a college head coach. HVCC secured the 4 seed and a first-round bye in the 2020 NJCAA Region 3 tournament and beat Corning in the quarterfinals 91-66, marking the first time in a decade that HVCC made it to the Region 3 semi-finals. The Vikings lost to the second nationally ranked team, Mohawk Valley, in the NJCAA Region 3 Final Four to end their season at 23-8.