Grant Billmeier

Grant Billmeier

NJIT Highlanders
Position	Head coach
League	America East Conference
Personal information
Born	(1984-10-06) October 6, 1984 (age 40) Pennington, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
High school	St. Patrick (Hillside, New Jersey)
College	Seton Hall (2003–2007)
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Playing career	2007–2009
Position	Center
Coaching career	2010–present
Career history
As player:
2007–2008	s.Oliver Würzburg
2008–2009	AD Vagos
As coach:
2010–2014	Seton Hall (DBO)
2014–2015	Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant)
2015–2022	Seton Hall (assistant)
2022–2023	Maryland (assistant)
2023–present	NJIT

Grant Billmeier (born October 6, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach of the NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team. ^[1]

Playing career

The 6'10" Billmeier played high school basketball at both The Pennington School and St. Patrick before playing college basketball at Seton Hall under Louis Orr and Bobby Gonzalez. ^[2] He appeared in 106 games for the Pirates. ^[3]

After graduation, Billmeier played professionally in Germany with s.Oliver Würzburg and in Portugal for AD Vagos. ^[4]

Coaching career

Billmeier began his coaching career at his alma mater in 2010 as the director of basketball operations under Kevin Willard, a role he served in until 2014 when he joined the coaching staff at Fairleigh Dickinson for a single season. ^[5] He'd return to Seton Hall as a full assistant coach, where he'd be part of five NCAA tournament squads with the Pirates as well as the 2016 Big East Tournament championship team and 2019–20 Big East regular season co-championship team. ^[6] When Willard accepted the head coaching position at Maryland, Billmeier joined him as an assistant coach. ^[7]

On April 5, 2023, Billmeier was named the head coach at NJIT, replacing Brian Kennedy. ^{[8] [9]}

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NJIT (America East Conference)(2023–present)
2023–24	NJIT	7–21	3–13	9th
2024–25	NJIT	5–24	2–12	9th
NJIT:		12–45 (.211)	5–25 (.167)
Total:		12–45 (.211)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Awards

• Robin Cunningham Award for best academics
• Richie Regan Award
• All-State Second Team selection (H.S.) ^[2]

References

1. "Grant Billmeier - Head Coach - Staff Directory". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics.
2. Grant Billmeier Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Seton Hall University. Accessed September 16, 2007.
3. "Grant Billmeier College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
4. News, Community. "Grant Billmeier making basketball a career". Community News.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. "Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". FDU Knights Athletics.
6. "Grant Billmeier - Men's Basketball Coach". Seton Hall University Athletics.
7. "Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory". University of Maryland Athletics.
8. "Grant Billmeier returning home as NJIT's new basketball coach". Asbury Park Press.
9. "Grant Billmeier Named NJIT Men's Basketball Head Coach". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics.

External links

• Seton Hall Pirates profile Archived 2019-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Scout.com report
• ChicagoSports Rivals report