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COLLEGE PARK, MD – A member of Kevin Willard’s staff at Seton Hall for 11 seasons, helping lead the Pirates to two Big East Championships, Grant Billmeier joined Willard’s staff on Tuesday.
Ranked second in a poll of top assistant coaches in the BIG EAST by his peers in a 2020 Stadium survey, Billmeier was Seton Hall’s associate head coach for the 2021-22 season where they reached the NCAA Tournament and defeated two top-10 teams.
A 2007 graduate of Seton Hall, Billmeier was an assistant coach on Willard’s staff from 2015-21, the Director of Basketball Operations in 2013-14 and the Coordinator of Basketball Operations from 2010-13, with a one year stint as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2014-15. Overall, Billmeier has been a part of seven NCAA Tournament teams as a player of staff member.
“I am excited that Grant will be joining us at Maryland,” said Willard. “I have known and worked with Grant for many years. He has a championship background and experience in developing some of the most skilled bigmen in the country. He has strong recruiting connections in the Northeast and nationally and will help bring some of the best talent to College Park. We welcome, Grant and his family to Maryland.”
“Continuing to work alongside Coach Willard is very special to me,” said Billmeier. “We have won together and built a winning culture together. Being able to do that at Maryland is something I am very excited about. I can’t wait to get started recruiting the newest Terps and helping the players develop into some of the best in the Big Ten and the country.”
Billmeier had a hand in both the 2020 Big East Regular Season Championship and the 2016 Big East Tournament Championships, both the program’s first since 1993. Together, Willard and Billmeier have finished top-four in the Big East on six occasions and have posted 26…
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