University of Georgia Men's Basketball

It was a different type of Selection Sunday for Georgia Basketball in 2022. While the college basketball universe was focused on the release of the NCAA Tour...

Atlanta native Antonio Reynolds Dean was named Associate Head Coach for the Georgia Bulldogs on April 12, 2022. From his time as a standout post player at one of Georgia’s premier high school programs to the anchor of the winningest class in his college alma mater’s history to stops throughout his coaching career, Reynolds Dean’s career has consistently featured winning teams and postseason play. That trend has continued in Athens as the Bulldogs displayed considerable growth in each of the past three campaigns. Georgia upped its win total by 10 victories from 2022 to 2023, the second-largest regular-season increase of any Power Conference team. In 2024, the Bulldogs made their first postseason appearance since 2017 and advanced to the NIT semifinals. Last spring, Georgia earned its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2015 and recorded a second consecutive 20-win effort. Dean spent five seasons at Clemson from 2017-22, helping the Tigers to a pair of NCAA Tournament bids and an NIT appearance. He also helped coach Rhode Island to an NCAA Tournament bid in 2017 and Northeastern to a pair of NIT invites in 2010 and 2013. In his first season at Clemson, the Tigers equaled the school record for victories, posting a 25-10 mark and advancing to the “Sweet 16” round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament for the first time in more than two decades. Clemson reached the NIT’s round of 16 and finished 20-14 in 2019, just the sixth time in school history the Tigers recorded back-to-back 20-win campaig

Assistant coach Darryl Hardin, who has built a reputation as a premier player development coach over the past decade, joined the Georgia Basketball staff in ...

Patrick Blake joined the Georgia Bulldogs in the summer of 2023 as an assistant coach after enjoying success at every stop of his 13-year college coaching career. Most recently, Blake served as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky from 2019-23 and at Coastal Carolina from 2015-19. During his tenure, both programs established their single-season records for points scored. Blake also enjoyed a stellar run at Chipola College, including leading the Indians to the “Elite Eight” of the 2014 NJCAA Tournament. Blake helped Eastern Kentucky become one of the nation’s highest scoring teams in his final three seasons. The Colonels paced their conference in scoring offense in each of those years, finishing eighth nationally in 2020-21 (81.8 ppg) in EKU’s final season in the Ohio Valley Conference. EKU led the Atlantic Sun offensively in both 2021-22 (79.3 ppg) and 2022-23 (78.6 ppg). Blake played an integral role in Eastern Kentucky signing its highest rated group of recruits in the internet age in 2022. That class of Colonels ranked No. 65 nationally by 247Sports, higher than eight Power conference programs. The group included the EKU’s first-ever ESPN four-star prospect and the program’s first Kentucky Mr. Basketball since 1980. The scoring and recruiting translated into winning by the Colonels. Eastern Kentucky led all Division I men’s basketball teams in Kentucky with 23 victories in 2022-23 after notching 22 Ws in 2020-21. During Blake’s four seasons in Richmond, the Colonels reac

Todd Abernethy, who helped Florida Atlantic to NCAA Tournament bids two of the three years prior to his arrival in Athens including reaching the 2023 Final Four, was named assistant coach for the Georgia Bulldogs in May 2025. Abernethy spent the previous six seasons coaching at FAU during the Owls’ most successful stretch in program history, including postseason bids each of the past four seasons. He is returning to his roots in the SEC. Abernethy sports eight seasons of experience at Ole Miss, four as a player from 2003-07 and four as an assistant coach from 2014-18. In fact, White was an assistant coach on the Rebels’ staff during Abernethy’s sophomore, junior and senior seasons. “I’m incredibly excited to reunite with Coach White and to return to the SEC,” Abernethy said. “Coach White made a huge impact on me as a player and has continued to do so throughout my career. He was instrumental in my development and played a huge part in me becoming an All-SEC guard as a senior. It’s no secret that the SEC is the best league in the country, and I’m thrilled to be back.” All told, 10 of 11 teams Abernethy has coached finished .500 or better and six have advanced to postseason play. Those squads have combined to produce 13 all-conference honorees – three at Ole Miss, two at Trinity International and eight at FAU. Abernethy helped recruit and develop standouts such as Alijah Martin, Johnell Davis and Vladislav Goldin with the Owls. FAU recorded a winning record in each of Abernethy