RYAN GRANDITS QUICK BIO
No stranger to Mike MacDonald-led basketball teams, Ryan Grandits returns for his fifth season as a member of the Daemen coaching staff in 2020-21. After serving as a graduate assistant for one season, Grandits has risen to become the program's top assistant. He is involved with all aspects of the program, including on-floor coaching, scouting of opponents and recruiting.
In the first four seasons of Grandits' coaching tenure, he has aided in the development of eight players who have generated 14 all-conference selections, and played a role in leading the Wildcats to 89 wins - tied for the most victories in any four-year period in team history. Team accomplishments in this span include the 2018-19 East Coast Conference regular season championship and two NCAA tournament berths (2019, 2020).
His contributions to Daemen's success have not gone unnoticed. In 2019, Grandits was named to the Under Armour National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 30-Under-30 Team, a collection of the most outstanding men's college basketball coaches under the age of 30.
Before beginning his coaching career, Grandits completed a four-year collegiate playing career. He spent three seasons at Division III Medaille College, including two playing for MacDonald. The two reunited at Daemen for the 2015-16 season with Grandits utilizing his final year of eligibility as a graduate transfer. In his one season playing for the Wildcats, Grandits helped the team to a 19-10 overall record by appearing in 27 games and averaging 7.8 points and 4.1 rebounds. Including his time at Medaille, Grandits played in 107 college games, including 53 as a starter, and totaled 902 points and 421 rebounds.
Grandits is a 2015 graduate of Medaille where he earned a bachelors degree in sport management. He added a masters degree in international business from Daemen in 2017.
