Bryan Forbes joins the UMary bench as the new assistant coach for the Marauders for the 2024-25 season. UMary head coach Jack Nelson selected the Lone Tree, IA, native as the Marauders assistant coach after he served as the head assistant coach at Briar Cliff University.
While at BCU, Forbes helped lead the Chargers to a Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season championship in the 2021-2022 season and a NAIA national tournament appearance. He coached two All-Americans, and the team held a GPA of 3.49 over his five years.
The Iowa native also coached for two years at East Tennessee State University as a graduate assistant, where the team compiled a record of 49-19.
Bryan Forbes played basketball at BCU from 2013-17, where he was a two-time All-American and a four-time all-GPAC honoree. Forbes was named the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year his junior season when he recorded team bests in blocks (30), steals (69) and defensive rebounds (244). He led the GPAC and was sixth in the NAIA in steals, 18th in total rebounds and seventh in the GPAC in blocks.
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Forbes was a member and starter on three straight NAIA National Tournament teams from 2015-17 and an Elite Eight appearance in 2016. The 2015-16 team posted a 32-4 record and set school records for wins and wins in a row (18). Forbes led the team in rebounds, steals, blocks and was second in scoring for the record-breaking team. Forbes and the Chargers were GPAC Champions in 2015-16 and 2016-17.Â
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