Grant Billmeier
NJIT Highlanders
PositionHead coach
LeagueAmerica East Conference
Personal information
Born (1984-10-06) October 6, 1984
Pennington, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
High schoolSt. Patrick
(Hillside, New Jersey)
CollegeSeton Hall (2003–2007)
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–2009
PositionCenter
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As player:
2007–2008s.Oliver Würzburg
2008–2009AD Vagos
As coach:
2010–2014Seton Hall (DBO)
2014–2015Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant)
2015–2022Seton Hall (assistant)
2022–2023Maryland (assistant}
2023–presentNJIT

Grant Billmeier (born October 6, 1984) is a former American professional basketball player and current head coach of the NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team.[1]

Playing career

The 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

Billmeier 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

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
NJIT (America East Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 NJIT 4–100–2
NJIT: 4–10 (.286)0–2 (.000)
Total:4–10 (.286)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Awards

  • Robin Cunningham Award for best academics
  • Richie Regan Award
  • All-State Second Team selection (H.S.)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Grant Billmeier - Head Coach - Staff Directory". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics.
  2. 1 2 Grant Billmeier Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Seton Hall University. Accessed September 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Grant Billmeier College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ News, Community. "Grant Billmeier making basketball a career". Community News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". FDU Knights Athletics.
  6. ↑ "Grant Billmeier - Men's Basketball Coach". Seton Hall University Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory". University of Maryland Athletics.
  8. ↑ "Grant Billmeier returning home as NJIT's new basketball coach". Asbury Park Press.
  9. ↑ "Grant Billmeier Named NJIT Men's Basketball Head Coach". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics.
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