Chandler Graves enters his second season at Rhode Island in 2024-25. He joined the staff as the director of basketball operations in August of 2023.
Graves came to Rhode Island from Northern Illinois, where he spent the 2022-23 season as a graduate assistant video coordinator for head coach Rashon Burno. Before that, Graves spent a season at UC Santa Barbara under head coach Joe Pasternack, assisting in all aspects of the Gauchos program, including video and player development.
In coming to Rhode Island, Graves is working with head coach Archie Miller for the second time in his career. He was a student manager for two seasons with Miller at Indiana, where Graves also interned for one year with Indiana Director of Athletic Performance Clif Marshall.
A native of Connersville, Ind., Graves also interned at DistinXion, A Zeller Family Program, under former Notre Dame basketball standout Luke Zeller.
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Graves earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana in Sport Marketing and Management. He also has his master’s degree from UC Santa Barbara in Education.
updated 6/4/2024
