SMITHFIELD, RI –   Bryant University head men’s basketball coach Max Good has announced the hiring of Deshon Gaither as assistant men’s basketball coach.  The announcement was made today by Coach Good and Interim Director of Athletics John Ruppert. 

Deshon Gaither begins his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach with the Bulldogs in 2005.  Arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, Gaither was an assistant coach for the past season with the Carolina Thunder / Krunk of the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the past season.  During his time in Charlotte, he served as an advanced player scout for the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats was well as International teams in France and Belguim.

Prior to arriving at Charlotte, Gaither was the head assistant basketball coach in Guelph, Ontario with the Ontario Professional Basketball League (OPBA).  Guelph went 36-0 en route to the OPBA Championship.

A native of South Bend, Indian, Gaither is a graduate of Mount St. Clare College in Clinton,  Iowa where he earned defensive MVP honors as a member of the men’s basketball team and earned academic all-conference and Dean’s List honors while also competing as a member of the Mount St. Clare College track & field team.

Following graduation, Gaither served as an assistant coach at Mount St. Clare from 1998-99 and again in 2001-02, as well as Marycrest International University in Davenport, IA from 1999-01.

In June of 2002, Gaither was named the head coach of the Barat College (DePaul University) men’s basketball team in Lake Forest, IL.  During his two-year stay at Barat, Gaither was responsible for all recruiting, travel, planning team schedules, and coordinating academic progress of the student-athletes.