Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- ryan.whalen@shu.edu
- Phone:
- (973) 761-9603
- Alma Mater:
- Saint Joseph's '08
Ryan Whalen serves as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Seton Hall men's basketball program, a postion he was promoted to in August 2014. Originally hired at Seton Hall in 2010 as a video coordinator, Whalen has also been the Pirates Coordinator of Basketball Operations and the Director of Player Development. Combined with his one season as a video coordinator at Iona College in 2009-10, Whalen has been on head coach Kevin Willard's staff for over seven years.
In his current role, Whalen is in charge of day-to-day operations of the program, heads up non-conference scheduling, manages the scheduling of practices, serves as academic liaison and coordinates community service initatives. He was a part of Seton Hall's historic 2015-16 campaign that ended with the 2016 BIG EAST Tournament championship.
A 2008 graduate of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pa., Whalen first landed a spot as an administrative assistant and video coordinator at Towson University under head coach Pat Kennedy. During the 2008-09 season, Whalen was responsible for coordinating game tape exchange and managing the Tigers’ student managers. While at Saint Joseph’s, Whalen played two years of Junior Varsity basketball before being named a student assistant coach by head coach Phil Martelli.
Having developed a broad basketball background, Whalen has also had stints with the Hoop Group and the Philadelphia 76ers. He served as a part of the staff for a number of Hoop Group events before being named the Assistant Director of Elite Camps in 2009. In this role, Whalen helped recruit campers, organize and run a camp that included 70 high school teams. As an intern for the 76ers in the summer of 2007, he assisted coaches, players and team executives with day-to-day operations and during the NBA draft process.
Whalen’s camp experience includes time as a counselor at the Duke University, Saint Joseph’s University and Bob Hurley basketball camps. He has also worked closely with his father, Joe Whalen, a long time area high school coach in running his own camp.
Whalen is a graduate of Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, N.J. where he lettered in basketball (shooting guard) and football (wide receiver and defensive back). He also was a member of a Jersey City Boys Club AAU basketball team that won five straight New Jersey state titles.
Ryan and his wife, the former Amy Iuliano, were married in 2012 and together have two sons, Colin Joseph, born in May 2014, and Christopher Ryan, born in May 2016.
