Bryan Hodgson (born 1987) is an American

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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

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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

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, a

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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

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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

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, Hodgson spent time coaching in the NJCAA at his alma mater Jamestown CC as well as

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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

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's staff at

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in 2019 as the lead recruiter.

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