Just over a month after resigning from his job as NCAA Division III Centenary’s men’s basketball coach, Chris Dorsey has landed at Division I Grambling State as associate head coach for coach Patrick Crarey.
Dorsey had lots of success during his eight years as the Gents’ boss, but his last team was 6-19 overall and 4-12 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. He surpassed 100 career wins (108-91) and led the Gents to their first conference championship in over 40 years in 2020, then captured a second SCAC title in 2024, making him the only coach in program history with multiple championships. He was 69-53 in the league and his teams earned NCAA DIII Tournament bids in both title seasons and reached five consecutive SCAC Final Fours.
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“Coach Dorsey is one of the best basketball minds in all of college basketball,” Crarey said in a release. “His ability to teach players and coaches is unmatched. For the last eight years he has been a championship-winning collegiate head coach in the state of Louisiana; he will help us with recruiting and relationships in our home state. We are very excited to welcome coach Dorsey and his family to Grambling.”
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Former Centenary coach Chris Dorsey has been named associate head coach of Grambling’s men’s basketball program.
The 2020 SCAC Coach of the Year at Centenary, Dorsey was the coach at his alma mater, Lyndon State College, from 2014-17. He guided the program to two North Atlantic Conference semifinal appearances (2015 and 2017), while producing one NAC Player of the Year, two Rookies of the Year and five All-Conference selections.
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Dorsey resides in Shreveport with his wife, Morgan, Centenary’s women’s soccer coach, and their three children.
Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
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