{"id":794650,"date":"2026-07-12T02:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794650\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T02:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T02:34:14","slug":"fsw-hires-david-grace-as-new-mens-basketball-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794650\/","title":{"rendered":"FSW hires David Grace as new Men’s Basketball head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

FSW hires David Grace as new Men’s Basketball head coach<\/p>\n

Florida Southwestern has hired a new Men’s Basketball Coach, with former UCLA Assistant David Grace becoming the fourth head coach in program history.<\/p>\n

\"Bradley<\/a>FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

Lonzo Ball, Jaimie Jaquez Jr., Norman Powell.<\/p>\n

These are just a few of the names that David Grace has recruited and developed, but now he\u2019ll be working with FSW\u2019s finest as their new Men\u2019s Basketball head coach.<\/p>\n

FSW Men\u2019s Basketball Head Coach David Grace said, “We\u2019ve got a great group coming and I\u2019m really excited for the opportunity, but we\u2019re going to raise banners here or I wouldn\u2019t have come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Grace brings a rich history of basketball experience to Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s coached collegiately for over 25 seasons, with 14 of them at the Division I level, and he\u2019s worked with 21 future NBA players.<\/p>\n

So, what brings him to the JUCO level?<\/p>\n

Grace said, \u201cThis is a gold mine. It\u2019s the premier JUCO in the country and I like to think of it as the UCLA of JUCO. We\u2019re going to bring in top-level talent, we\u2019ll have Division I players on our roster, so it\u2019s going to be an exciting time. I want everybody to come out and support us.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a few years since the Bucs have achieved national success, but Coach Grace is ready to restore FSW to that standard.<\/p>\n

Grace said, \u201cWe want to win national titles, we want to put new literature on the wall. We want to hang banners, we want to sell out this place, and we want to have great kids and we want to just be mentors for them, love on them, give them discipline, give them a vision where they can after their years here move on to the next level at the four-year schools and then to the NBA. You know, there\u2019s been an NBA player that\u2019s come through here before, so we want to make more of those.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Grace will be getting straight to work as he prepares his team, with the start of the season just a few months away.<\/p>\n

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