Jared Grasso

Teams coached: Fordham Rams, Bryant Bulldogs
Fordham record: 1-22 (.043)
Bryant record: 79-67 (.541)
Overall record: 80-89 (.473)

Jared Grasso
Born May 11, 1980
Hometown: Syosset, New York
Alma Mater: Quinnipiac University (BA, 2002)
Four-year starter and two-year captain for head coach Joe DeSantis at Quinnipiac
Started coaching right away, spending one year as a grad manager at Hofstra under Tom Pecora and then two years as one of Larry Harrison’s assistants at Hartford
Two more assistant roles included one year at alma mater Quinnipiac under DeSantis and then three years as an assistant at Fordham under Dereck Whittenburg
- Five games into the 2009-10 season, Whittenburg was fired and Grasso was elevated to interim head coach; he went 1-22 in 23 games at the helm
Hired in 2010 to be an assistant at Iona under Tim Cluess; elevated to associate head coach a year later
Named the new head coach at Bryant in April 2018; through five seasons he has an overall record of 79-67
- After reaching the CBI in 2021, he led the Bulldogs to their first-ever NEC title in 2022; Grasso was named NEC COY, then led the team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time after winning the NEC Tournament
- In September 2023, the University confirmed that Grasso was on a leave of absence from the program but did not provide any other details; in November he officially resigned as head coach
Returned to coaching in 2024 when he was named head boys’ coach at The Knox School, a private school on Long Island, NY