College of Alabama assistant coach Bryan Hodgson has been employed as head coach of the Arkansas State College males’s basketball program, Vice Chancellor of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Purinton introduced Wednesday (March 22).
Hodgson involves A-State after spending the final 4 seasons with Alabama. He additionally coached on the College of Buffalo (2015-19), Midland (Texas) Junior Faculty (2013-15), Jamestown (NY) Group Faculty (2010-13) and Fredonia State (NY) College (2007-10). He turns into the seventeenth head coach in A-State program historical past.
“Following a nationwide search, which attracted many highly-qualified candidates throughout the nation, we’re excited to announce Bryan Hodgson as our head males’s basketball coach,” mentioned Purinton. “We visited with quite a lot of excellent coaches from a number of ranges, however we finally recognized Bryan as the right match for our program and group.
“He possesses well-rounded expertise with a profitable teaching and recruiting background. Bryan has additionally been very concerned with all operational elements of collegiate applications whereas working his manner from a junior school coach to the best stage of Division I. I had the chance to work with him at Alabama and get to know him as a coach and particular person. He’s a powerful communicator who cares deeply about his student-athletes and places them in the perfect place to succeed on the court docket and within the classroom.
An introductory press convention open to the general public will probably be held early subsequent week on a day to be introduced at a later time.
Not too long ago rated because the second highest recruiter nationally by 247Sports.com, Hodgson performed a task in recruiting top-15 courses every of the final 4 seasons in Tuscaloosa. Alabama, a high total seed on this 12 months’s NCAA Males’s Basketball Event, has posted a 92-41 document, advancing to the Candy 16 twice in three-straight appearances on the NCAA Event since Hodgson joined head coach Nate Oats in Tuscaloosa. In complete, Hodgson brings 15-plus seasons of collegiate teaching expertise to Jonesboro, together with six of the final seven NCAA Tournaments and a mixed 15-2 document in Division I convention tournaments.
“I’m each thrilled and honored to be the pinnacle males’s basketball coach at Arkansas State,” mentioned Hodgson. “I wish to thank Jeff Purinton, Dr. (Chuck) Welch and Dr. (Todd) Shields for this improbable alternative and entrusting me to steer this program.
“I’m wanting ahead to working with the excellent administration, coaches and student-athletes at Arkansas State, in addition to being very concerned within the Jonesboro group. Together with my workers and our gamers, we are going to work tirelessly to construct the success, profile and model of A-State Basketball.”
Arkansas State College System President Chuck Welch mentioned there was widespread curiosity within the job and a number of other worthy candidates had been into account.
“Our deliberations at all times led us again to Bryan Hodgson. We heard from head coaches and school basketball analysts throughout the nation, and so they all mentioned the identical factor, ‘Bryan Hodgson is the true deal, he’s a world-class expertise evaluator and recruiter, and he is able to lead his personal program.’ His dedication to analytics and robust communication abilities actually satisfied me that Bryan Hodgson is the best man to be our subsequent head basketball coach,” Welch mentioned.
Alabama completed the 2020-21 marketing campaign ranked fifth within the remaining Related Press ballot, highest in program historical past on the time. The Crimson Tide’s 26 total wins had been the second-most at school historical past, whereas the Candy 16 look within the 2021 NCAA Event was the primary for Alabama in 17 years. Alabama clinched its first common season title in 19 years and captured the SEC Event title for the primary time in 30 years.
Along with rating as one of many high recruiters in collegiate basketball, Hodgson was named to The Athletic’s Prime-25 up-and-coming coaches and one of many high 50 Most Impactful Excessive Main Assistant Coaches. He was invited to take part within the prestigious 2020 TopConnect Seminar which identifies the highest assistants within the nation and connects them with mid-major athletic administrators. Beforehand, Hodgson was one among 30 assistant coaches named to the 2016 Underneath Armour 30-under-30 Workforce by the Nationwide Affiliation of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
A western New York native, Hodgson served as an assistant coach from 2010-13 at Jamestown Group Faculty. In his time at JCC, he coached 14 gamers who obtained scholarships to four-year colleges after their commencement whereas 9 had been all-region gamers.
Hodgson performed collegiately for 2 seasons at Jamestown CC, serving as a two-year captain, earlier than heading to Fredonia State. Whereas at Fredonia State, he served as an assistant coach and earned his undergraduate diploma in sports activities administration in 2011. He later earned his masters diploma in training from the College of the Southwest in 2015.