Jean Bain enters his seventh season
at New Hampshire as an assistant coach under head coach Bill
Herrion. In his time with the Wildcats he has distinguished himself
as a dedicated recruiter and in-game coach. One of his primary
duties is off- and on-campus recruiting. He is also involved
heavily in scouting reports and game preparations for UNH
opponents, as well as video breakdowns of games and practices.
On the practice floor, he works
closely with the team’s perimeter players and has seen the
fruits of his labor come full circle through the careers of Tyrone
Conley and current senior Alvin Abreu (Lynn,
Mass.). Last season, Conley picked up America East Second-Team
honors as a senior after earning conference All-Rookie status in
2008. As for Abreu, he has been just as successful, as he was named
to the America East All-Conference Second Team, while also earning
collegehoops.net Mid-Major All-America honorable mention status in
2010.
Prior to his stint at UNH, Bain was an assistant coach at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute. There he was in charge of tracking the
progress of student-athletes, the recruitment of qualified
prospects, film exchange and fundraising. He served as the
Assistant Director of the WPI Summer Basketball Camp. While
at WPI, Bain helped guide the regular season champion Engineers to
a record of 24-4. The Engineers were tournament champions of the
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference
(NEWMAC) and made an appearance in the Division III Sweet
Sixteen.
A 2002 graduate of Northeastern University, Bain played under
current Duquesne head coach Ron Everhart and current Kansas State
head coach Frank Martin. While playing at Northeastern, Bain was
selected as the America East Rookie of the Year in 1999. In 2002 he
was named an America East All-Conference guard and team MVP. He was
also a two-year captain.
Bain is an active member of the National Association of Basketball
Coaches (NABC), as well as the Black Coaches Association
(BCA).
