America East

Bryant Basketball Staff Update

 Bryant men’s basketball head coach Jamion Christian announced the additions of Harley Fuller, Brian Merritt, Bruce Shingler and Derrick Wall to the Bulldog coaching staff. “I am extremely excited about working with this group of men as all of our passions are aligned in building Bryant basketball into one of the most dominant teams in the America East,” Christian said. “I

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OFFICIAL: Christian named Head Basketball Coach at Bryant

Bryant University President Ross Gittell, Ph.D. and Vice President of Athletics and Recreation Bill Smith are pleased to announce the naming of Jamion Christian as the head men’s basketball coach at the university.  The 10th head coach in program history, Christian comes to Bryant from Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Professional Basketball League along with prior head coaching positions at George

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Vermont adds Estes as Director of Basketball Operations

Cioffi Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Becker announced that Braeden Estes has joined his staff as director of basketball operations. “I’m really excited to add Braeden to our staff,” Becker said. “He has experience in this league as a manager for Bill Herrion at New Hampshire, and a lot of overall experience for this position, so he’s going to be a

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Albany Basketball Staff Update

The University at Albany men’s basketball team has announced the hiring of Jaylen Bond, Kian Boroujerdi, and Sanjit Shelukar for the 2024-25 season. Bond will serve as an assistant coach, Boroujerdi will serve as the team’s director of basketball operations, and Shelukar joins as a graduate assistant.  Bond joins the Great Danes after serving two

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O’Grady promoted to Assistant Basketball Coach at Vermont

Cioffi Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Becker has announced that Derryk O’Grady ’17 has been promoted to assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 season. O’Grady will be entering his 12th season with the Vermont men’s basketball program. “I’m really excited for Derryk’s promotion to assistant coach,” said Becker. “He’s been a big part of our program. Starting as a student

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Miller added to New Hampshire Basketball Staff

University of New Hampshire men’s basketball head coach Nathan Davis  announced the addition of assistant coach Matt Miller to the staff for the 2024-25 season. “I am excited to welcome Matt to the Wildcat basketball family,” Davis said. “He brings tremendous experience and knowledge to our program and will be a great asset to helping develop our students-athletes both

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Schmidt joins Bryant Basketball Staff

Bryant men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli Jr. announced the addition of Nick Schmidt to the coaching staff for the upcoming 2024-25 season.  “Nick Schmidt comes with deep basketball bloodlines with his father being one of the best coaches and people in college basketball.  Nick has forged his own path in his coaching career, developing

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Bryant adds Daly as Assistant Basketball Coach

Bryant men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli Jr. announced the addition of Ryan Daly to the coaching staff for the upcoming 2024-25 season.  Daly comes to Smithfield after spending the last two seasons at UAlbany.  “Ryan Daly is from a legendary Philadelphia basketball family,” Martelli said. “He was a relentless worker as a player and

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Cole promoted to Associate Head Coach at Bryant

Bryant men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli Jr. announced the promotion of Chris Cole to Associate Head Coach on Wednesday afternoon. Cole came to Smithfield in April of 2018 and has served as an assistant coach at Bryant for the last six seasons. The Alexandria, Va., native has helped the Bulldogs become one of the

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Bryant’s Grasso arrested

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) According to a report from GoLocal, Bryant College head men’s basketball coach Jared Grasso was arrested by Smithfield, RI police on October 1st, and charged with “Failure to Stop for Accident Resulting in Damage to Vehicle.” Grasso is due for arraignment on Oct. 24 in Third Division District Court. The arrest

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