Ryan Devlin begins his fourth season as an assistant coach with the College of Southern Idaho men’s basketball program, while coaching under the 2011 NJCAA National Coach of the Year, Steve Gosar.
Devlin has been with the Golden Eagles for three seasons, holding a record of 90-16, while also winning the 2011 NJCAA National Championship in Hutchinson, Kansas, by defeating Midland (TX) College 72-64. The Eagles were led the whole season by the 2011 National Player of the Year, Pierre Jackson, who is now attending Baylor University. Devlin has also won back-to-back regular season and conference tournament championships in Region 18 for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. In the three seasons thus far Devlin has been able to coach 18 student- athletes that are now attending NCAA Division I programs.
Coach Devlin has also coached back-to-back Player’s of the Year in Region 18, Pierre Jackson and Fabyon Harris (Texas A&M) and four All-Americans: Pierre Jackson (1st Team), Fabyon Harris (1st Team), Jerrold Brooks (2nd Team/Southern Miss.) and Ralph Guthrie (Honorable Mention/Towson).
Devlin brings energy and enthusiasm to the court as he enters his 8th season of coaching. He began his coaching career at Bowling Brook Preparatory School in Keymar, Maryland. He later advanced to assistant coach at Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown, MD where he coached under Terry Truax, a longtime Division I coach, and assistant of Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. When Truax left the program, Devlin took over as interim head coach, improving the team’s record from 8-22 to 23-8 in one season. Because of this turn around, he caught the attention of Stu Vetter, two-time national high school coach of the year and Hall of Fame high school coach, and was offered a position on his coaching staff at Montrose Christian School, home of Kevin Durant.
It was at Montrose where Devlin sharpened his recruiting skills by bringing in top prospects from the United States and Africa, including Mouphtaou Yarou (10th ranked high school player in the country in 2009 and attending Villanova University), Terrence Ross (top 25 player in the country in 2010 and was the 8th pick overall in the 2012 NBA Draft going to the Toronto Raptors), and Justin Anderson (2011 Top 30 player in the country, 2011 Boost Mobile Elite 24 MVP and is attending the University of Virginia).
During his time at Montrose they compiled a record of 21-3 and were ranked #1 by the Washington Post, finishing 6th in the country by USA Today, and participated in the inaugural ESPN RISE National High School Invite.
Devlin earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He resides in Twin Falls with his wife, Erin who also works at CSI as the Graduation Retention Coordinator.
