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]
| NJIT Highlanders | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | America East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 6, 1984 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 |
Playing career
editThe 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
editBillmeier 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
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJIT (America East Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | NJIT | 7–21 | 3–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2024–25 | NJIT | 2–9 | 0–0 | ||||||
| NJIT: | 9–30 (.231) | 3–13 (.188) | |||||||
| Total: | 9–30 (.231) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Awards
edit- Robin Cunningham Award for best academics
- Richie Regan Award
- All-State Second Team selection (H.S.)[2]
References
edit- ^ "Grant Billmeier - Head Coach - Staff Directory". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics.
- ^ a b Grant Billmeier Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Seton Hall University. Accessed September 16, 2007.
- ^ "Grant Billmeier College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ News, Community. "Grant Billmeier making basketball a career". Community News.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". FDU Knights Athletics.
- ^ "Grant Billmeier - Men's Basketball Coach". Seton Hall University Athletics.
- ^ "Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory". University of Maryland Athletics.
- ^ "Grant Billmeier returning home as NJIT's new basketball coach". Asbury Park Press.
- ^ "Grant Billmeier Named NJIT Men's Basketball Head Coach". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics.