(September 5, 2006) ?C Jared Grasso, a former assistant men??s basketball coach at Quinnipiac University, has been named assistant men??s basketball coach at Fordham University it was announced today by head coach Dereck Whittenburg. Grasso replaces Alex Groothuis who resigned to pursue other interests.
??Jared Grasso is one of the up-and-coming young coaches in the profession,?? said Whittenburg. ??I??ve known Jared from the Northeast Conference when I coached at Wagner. He was one of the top players at Quinnipiac and I think he is a wonderful addition to the program.??
Grasso served as an assistant at Quinnipiac University, his alma mater, this past year, where his responsibilities included recruiting, scouting opponents, and organizing daily practices
Prior to his stay at Quinnipiac, Grasso was an assistant coach at the University of Hartford for two years after serving as a graduate assistant at Hofstra University in 2002-03.
A four-year starter and two-year captain at Quinnipiac at shooting guard, Grasso currently ranks 22nd on the Bobcats?? all-time scoring list with 1,134 career points. He is fifth on the all-time list in assists with 404 and ranks fourth all-time in three-point field goals with 216. He graduated from Quinnipiac with a degree in mass communications in May 2002.
A native of Syosset, NY, Grasso attended St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, NY from 1994-98. He earned honorable mention All-American honors as a senior at St. Anthony's after averaging 23 points, seven rebounds and eight assists per game.
Fordham opens the 2006-07 season on Friday, November 10th as the Rams host Sacred Heart University in the Rose Hill Gym before traveling to Nashville to participate in the Preseason NIT. The Rams will be led into the season by Whittenburg, who is entering his fourth year at Fordham. He returns a plethora of talent from last year??s team, including junior Bryant Dunston, a 2006 First Team All-Atlantic selection.
