Grant Billmeier
{{short description|American basketball coach}}
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| position = Head coach
| height_ft = 6
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| league = America East Conference
| team = NJIT Highlanders
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Pennington, New Jersey, U.S.
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| nationality = American
| high_school = St. Patrick
(Hillside, New Jersey)
| college = Seton Hall (2003–2007)
| draft_year = 2007
| draft_league = NBA
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 2009
| career_position = Center
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| coach_start = 2010
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| years1 = 2007–2008
| team1 = s.Oliver Würzburg
| years2 = 2008–2009
| team2 = AD Vagos
| cyears1 = 2010–2014
| cteam1 = Seton Hall (DBO)
| cyears2 = 2014–2015
| cteam2 = Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2015–2022
| cteam3 = Seton Hall (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2022–2023
| cteam4 = Maryland (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2023–present
| cteam5 = NJIT
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://njithighlanders.com/staff-directory/grant-billmeier/354|title=Grant Billmeier - Head Coach - Staff Directory|website=New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics}}
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.[http://www.shupirates.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=52792&SPID=5500&DB_OEM_ID=12600&ATCLID=669922&Q_SEASON=2006 Grant Billmeier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709214851/http://www.shupirates.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=52792&SPID=5500&DB_OEM_ID=12600&ATCLID=669922&Q_SEASON=2006# |date=July 9, 2011 }}, Seton Hall University. Accessed September 16, 2007. He appeared in 106 games for the Pirates.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/grant-billmeier-1.html|title=Grant Billmeier College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}
After graduation, Billmeier played professionally in Germany with s.Oliver Würzburg and in Portugal for AD Vagos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.communitynews.org/archives/grant-billmeier-making-basketball-a-career/article_d60eca06-d643-5006-ba09-dba3682e0a83.html|title=Grant Billmeier making basketball a career|first=Community|last=News|website=Community News}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://fduknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/grant-billmeier/455|title=Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches|website=FDU Knights Athletics}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://shupirates.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/grant-billmeier/20|title=Grant Billmeier - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Seton Hall University Athletics}} When Willard accepted the head coaching position at Maryland, Billmeier joined him as an assistant coach.{{Cite web|url=https://umterps.com/staff-directory/grant-billmeier/4093|title=Grant Billmeier - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory|website=University of Maryland Athletics}}
On April 5, 2023, Billmeier was named the head coach at NJIT, replacing Brian Kennedy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2023/04/05/grant-billmeier-returning-home-as-njits-new-basketball-coach/70055955007/|title=Grant Billmeier returning home as NJIT's new basketball coach|website=Asbury Park Press}}{{Cite web|url=https://njithighlanders.com/news/2023/4/6/grant-billmeier-named-njit-mens-basketball-head-coach.aspx|title=Grant Billmeier Named NJIT Men's Basketball Head Coach|website=New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics}}
Head coaching record
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| conference=America East Conference
| startyear =2023
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season= 2023–24
| name= NJIT
| overall= 7–21
| conference= 3–13
| confstanding= 9th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season= 2024–25
| name= NJIT
| overall= 6–25
| conference= 3–13
| confstanding= 9th
| postseason=
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = NJIT
| overall = {{winpct|13|46|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|6|26|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|13|46|record=y}}
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Awards
References
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External links
- [https://shupirates.com/staff-directory/grant-billmeier/75 Seton Hall Pirates profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027013833/https://shupirates.com/staff-directory/grant-billmeier/75 |date=2019-10-27 }}
- [http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=440&p=8&c=1&nid=2206875 Scout.com report]
- [http://chicagosports.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=6238&Sport=2 ChicagoSports Rivals report]
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