Jared Grasso

Jared Grasso (born May 11, 1980)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach (currently on leave)
Current team: Bryant Bulldogs
Current conference: America East Conference
Fordham record: 1-22 (.043)
Bryant record: 79-67 (.541)
Overall record: 80-89 (.473)

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Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2018-present Bryant
2011-2018 Iona (assoc. HC)
2010-2011 Iona (asst)
2009-2010 Fordham (interim HC)
2006-2009 Fordham (asst)
2005-2006 Quinnipiac (asst)
2003-2005 Hartford (asst)
2002-2003 Hofstra (grad. asst)

Jared Grasso Facts

  • 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
  • Along with his wife, Andrea, has one son

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