Jared Grasso

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Jared Grasso
Biographical details
Born (1980-05-11) May 11, 1980 (age 43)
Syosset, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1998–2002 Quinnipiac
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2003 Hofstra (assistant)
2003–2005 Hartford (assistant)
2005–2006Quinnipiac (assistant)
2006–2009 Fordham (assistant)
2009–2010Fordham (interim HC)
2010–2011 Iona (assistant)
2011–2018Iona (associate HC)
2018–2023 Bryant
Head coaching record
Overall80–89 (.473)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NEC regular season (2022)
NEC tournament (2022)
Awards
NEC Coach of the Year (2022)

Jared Keith Grasso (born May 11, 1980) is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Bryant Bulldogs men's basketball team from 2018 to 2023.

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Playing career

Grasso was a four year starter and two time captain at Quinnipiac, where he ranks sixth all-time in assists, sixth all-time in three-point field goals, and sixth all-time in minutes played. [1] [2] He graduated in 2002 as Quinnipiac's second 1,000-point scorer in its Division I era and was inducted into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014. [3]

Coaching career

After graduation, Grasso joined the coaching staff at Hofstra, where he was a graduate assistant for the 2002–03 season before moving on to Hartford for a two-year assistant coaching stint. He returned to his alma mater Quinnipiac for a season as an assistant coach before becoming an assistant coach under Dereck Whittenburg at Fordham. [4] [5]

When Whittenburg was fired on December 3, 2009, Grasso took over head coaching duties on an interim basis for the Rams for the remainder of the season. At 29 years old Grasso was then the youngest Division 1 coach in the country. [4] [6]

Grasso was not retained by Fordham on a full-time basis, and joined Tim Cluess's staff at Iona as the Associate Head Men’s Basketball coach for the 2010-2011 season. During his 8 years at Iona the Gaels appeared in five NCAA tournaments, and 3 NITs. In addition, Iona won four MAAC conference tournament titles, along with four MAAC regular season titles. [1]

On April 2, 2018, Grasso was named the 8th head coach in Bryant men's basketball history, and the second in the Division I era, replacing Tim O'Shea. [7]

Grasso led the Bulldogs to one of the nation's biggest turnarounds. The Bulldogs were the only team in the nation to triple its win total. Grasso was recognized as a finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award as the nation's top first-year head coach.

In the 2020–21 season Grasso was named the USBWA District 1 Coach of the Year, while leading Bryant to its best record in the program's D1 history.

In the 2021–2022 season Grasso was named NEC Coach of the Year, while leading Bryant to its best season in program history, winning 22 games and winning the regular season and conference tournament titles.

On September 29, 2023, it was reported that Grasso was on leave from Bryant University. [8] [9] Two days after the report, on October 1, Grasso was charged with a hit-and-run in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. [10] Charges were dropped on November 8 and Grasso resigned as the Bryant head coach on November 13. [11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2009–2010)
2009–10 Fordham*
Fordham:– (–)– (–)
Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference)(2018–2022)
2018–19 Bryant 10–207–118th
2019–20 Bryant 15–177–11T–7th
2020–21 Bryant 15–710–42nd CBI Quarterfinals
2021–22 Bryant 22–1016–21st NCAA Division I First Four
Bryant Bulldogs (America East Conference)(2022–2023)
2022–23 Bryant 17–138–8T–4th
Bryant:79–67 (.541)48–36 (.571)
Total:79–67 (.541)

      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

*Denotes interim head coach

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References

  1. 1 2 "Official Website of Iona College Athletics". www.icgaels.com.
  2. ↑ "Quinnipiac Men's Basketball Leaders - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Jared Grasso (2014) – Hall of Fame".
  4. 1 2 "Jared Grasso – Men's Basketball Coach".
  5. ↑ "JARED GRASSO NAMED ASSISTANT MEN??S BASKETBALL COACH AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY". Fordham University.
  6. ↑ "Fordham fires basketball coach in 7th season".
  7. ↑ "Bryant Athletics announces Jared Grasso as next men's basketball head coach" (Press release). Smithfield, Rhode Island: Bryant University. 2 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bryant basketball coach Jared Grasso is on leave from the program. No reason given". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  9. ↑ Donovan, Trilly (2023-09-29). "Sources: Bryant's Grasso Taking Leave of Absence". Burner Ball. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  10. ↑ "Suspended Bryant coach Jared Grasso facing charge after car crash". Providence Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  11. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (November 13, 2023). "Bryant coach Jared Grasso resigning after leave of absence". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
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