UA Fort Smith Athletics

    Ryan Price begins his second season as assistant men's basketball coach at UA Fort Smith. 
    At UA Fort Smith, Price will be recruiting coordinator and will coach guards. He also will be in charge of scheduling and team travel and will assist with monitoring academics and scouting. 
    Price is a native of Roanoke, Va., and is the son of current Lamar University assistant coach Tic Price, who previously was assistant coach at North Texas State and head coach at McNeese State, Memphis and New Orleans. 
    He is a 2002 graduate of William Fleming High School, where he earned All-District and All-Region honors. He played three seasons at McNeese State before finishing his collegiate playing career at NCAA Division II Henderson State. 
    While at McNeese State, Price was named McNeese State’s Newcomer of the Year as a freshman and was a three-time Defensive Player of the Year for the Cowboys – a feat accomplished only once before in school history by NBA Hall of Famer and former Detroit Piston Joe Dumars. 
    During his only season at Henderson State, Price, who played guard, started 32 games and averaged eight points and 3.7 rebounds per game. He helped lead the Reddies to a 23-9 win-loss record, the Gulf South Conference West Division championship and the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament. 
    Price was a student assistant coach at Henderson State during the fall of 2007 while completing his bachelor’s degree in general studies before joining the coaching staff at NCAA Division II Gannon University in Erie, Pa. 
    During his two seasons at Gannon, Price helped guide the Golden Knights to a combined 56-9 win-loss record. The Golden Knights finished 30-4 this past season, won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship, won the Atlantic Region Championship and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II national tournament. 
    At Gannon, Price was in charge of recruiting, coaching post players and monitoring academics.