Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Akron |
Conference | MAC |
Record | 11–18 (.379) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1987-04-03) April 3, 1987 (age 37) |
Alma mater | Saint Joseph's University |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2009–2011 | Providence (GA) |
2011–2013 | St. Bonaventure (asst.) |
2013–2015 | Loyola (MD) (asst.) |
2015–2017 | Florida (Video Coord.) |
2017–2022 | Dayton (asst.) |
2022–2023 | Illinois (asst.) |
2023–present | Akron |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 11–18 (.379) |
Ryan Gensler is an American women's basketball coach. He is currently the women's basketball head coach at the University of Akron.
Early life and education
Gensler is a native of Syracuse, New York. He attended high school at Christian Brothers Academy where he played basketball and football. He received a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in business from Saint Joseph's University in 2009. He earned a master's degree in education from Providence College while working as a graduate assistant and director of basketball operations for the women's basketball team.
Coaching career
He served as an assistant coach on the women's basketball staff at St. Bonaventure and Loyola (MD) before taking a position as video coordinator at Florida. He returned to the Atlantic 10 in 2017 as an assistant coach at Dayton under head coach Shauna Green, with whom he had worked at Providence while she was an assistant. He moved with Green to Illinois in 2022 when she accepted the head coaching position there.
Akron
On March 29, 2023, he accepted the position as the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Akron.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Akron (Mid-American Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023–24 | Akron | 11–18 | 6–12 | T–9th | |||||
Akron: | 11–18 (.379) | 6–12 (.333) | |||||||
Total: | 11–18 (.379) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
He and his wife, Leanna, have two sons.
References
- "Akron Names Gensler Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, George (March 29, 2023). "University of Akron chooses Ryan Gensler as next women's basketball coach". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ Joblonski, David (March 29, 2023). "New Dayton women's assistant knows A-10 well". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ "Ryan Gensler". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- "Ryan Gensler". University of Dayton Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- Daniels, Matt (July 3, 2017). "Illini women's basketball loses assistant coach". Champaign News-Gazette. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- Cohn, Stephen (March 29, 2023). "Illinois assistant Ryan Gensler named Akron head coach". SBNation. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Akron Athletics.
- "Ryan Gensler". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
External links
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- Living people
- Akron Zips women's basketball coaches
- Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball coaches
- Dayton Flyers women's basketball coaches
- Florida Gators women's basketball coaches
- St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball coaches
- Providence Friars women's basketball coaches
- Saint Joseph's University alumni
- Sportspeople from Syracuse, New York
- American women's basketball coaches
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- 1987 births