DJ Damazo has joined the Grinnell College men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach.
Damazo comes to Grinnell from the University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, where as head coach he brought the team from a 3-17 mark his first season to 12-11 in 2019-20. Additionally, the Patriots ranked fifth in all of NCAA Division III in scoring.
Prior to that, Damazo was an assistant at his alma mater, Blackhawk High School in Beaver Falls, Pa., and also a graduate assistant at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa.
Damazo graduated from Geneva College in Pennsylvania where he was a two-year starter on the men’s basketball team and gained a bachelor’s degree in Human Services. In 2016, Damazo earned a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Eastern University.
Damazo and his wife, Kristland, have two sons, Malachi and Simeon.
