Bryan Hodgson (born 1987) is an American
college basketball
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coach who is currently serving as an assistant coach for the
Alabama Crimson Tide
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.
Early life
Hodgson was born at
Olean General Hospital in 1987 to a teenage mother. After his mother's boyfriend placed him on top of a wood stove when he was only a year old, Hodgson was placed in foster care. He was adopted by Larry and Rebecca Hodgson.
Raised as a part of a large family in the
Western New York
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communities of
Bolivar and then later
Jamestown, he graduated from
Jamestown High School where he was a member of the Red Raider varsity basketball team.
College career
Hodgson played collegiately at
Jamestown Community College
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, a
NJCAA
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Region III program, where he served as team captain for two seasons before earning an associate degree in
Social Studies. Continuing his education at
Fredonia State, Hodgson earned a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in
Sports Management
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.
Coaching career
Getting his coaching career started as a student assistant at the Fredonia State, Hodgson spent his summers working the basketball camp circuit where he has worked the prestigious camps at Duke, Maryland, West Virginia, Syracuse, and Michigan State.
Before joining the staff at the
University at Buffalo
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, Hodgson spent time coaching in the NJCAA at his alma mater Jamestown CC as well as
Midland College
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and the I-90 AAU travel team. During this time he helped many of his athletes move on to NCAA Division-I programs.
Hodgson joined head coach
Nate Oats
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Education and playing career
Oa ...
's staff at
Alabama
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in 2019 as the lead recruiter.
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References
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1987 births
Living people
Junior college men's basketball coaches in the United States
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Basketball coaches from New York (state)
Buffalo Bulls men's basketball coaches
Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coaches
State University of New York at Fredonia alumni
Jamestown Community College alumni
American adoptees
Burn survivors