Ryan Whalen - Men's Basketball Coach - Seton Hall University Athletics

Ryan Whalen

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Assistant Coach

Ryan Whalen enters his third season as an assistant coach at Seton Hall. He is in his second stint on staff in South Orange where he served multiple roles for the Pirates from 2010-16 under Kevin Willard.

Whalen will be entering his sixth season as an assistant coach under Shaheen Holloway. When including his six years with Holloway on staff at Seton Hall from 2010-16, this will be Whalen's 11th season working alongside the Pirates' first-year head coach. Following two seasons in his first assistant coaching role at Eastern Kentucky, Whalen joined the Peacocks in 2018-19 and he helped take the program to new heights. Saint Peter's registered three-consecutive seasons with 10-plus MAAC victories (2019-22), won the 2022 MAAC Tournament championship and advanced to the Elite Eight during Whalen's tenure.

With the Pirates, Whalen served in various roles. The West Long Branch,, N.J. native was the Director of Basketball Operations during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons when the Pirates won the 2016 BIG EAST Tournament. He worked his way up to DOBO after starting as the Pirates' video coordinator in 2010-11, followed by director of player development and coordinator of basketball operations. Before Seton Hall, Whalen worked in the same capacity under former Pirate head coach Kevin Willard at Iona in 2009-10.

A 2008 graduate of Saint Joseph's, Whalen played two years of junior varsity basketball for the Hawks before being named a student assistant coach by head coach Phil Martelli.

Whalen first landed a spot as an administrative assistant and video coordinator at Towson University under head coach Pat Kennedy in 2008-09. He was responsible for coordinating game tape exchange and managing the Tigers' student managers.

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 Amy, were married in 2012 and have two sons, Colin and Christopher, and a daughter, Emma.