Bryant’s Grasso resigning after leave of lack

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Personnel WriterNov 13, 2023, 10:42 AM ET

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• Graduate of University of Delaware.Bryant males’s basketball coach Jared Grasso, who has actually been on a leave of lack because September, is resigning from his position.Grasso released a statement to ESPN revealing his choice.

  “It is with mixed emotions that I reveal my resignation as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Bryant University,” the declaration said.”My function as a daddy and hubby is everything to me. The rigors of a coach’s lifestyle and 3 young kids can make that exceptionally difficult. My mental and physical health should come first at this time.”” For the last 25 years I have chased this game non-stop with a results-oriented frame of mind,”

  the declaration continued.” My obsession and discipline with work, competitors and winning championships remains in my blood. However for now my psychological health and surgically fixed back need to be tended to.”Grasso started his leave of absence in late September, with the school supplying no additional information on the thinking behind the leave. The Providence Journal reported it was unassociated to Grasso’s health or that of his household members.In early October, Grasso was apprehended for failure to stop for an accident resulting in damage to a lorry, a misdemeanor charge.

  Those charges were dismissed last week.Grasso, 43, took over at Bryant in 2018 after 8 seasons under Tim Cluess at Iona. He directed the Bulldogs to an NCAA tournament quote and Northeast Conference regular-season and conference competition titles in 2022, a season after finishing 2nd in the league.Phil Martelli Jr., who was the associate head coach under Grasso, has actually been working as the program’s acting head coach. Bryant began the season 1-2, with a win over NAIA school Fisher and single-digit losses to Manhattan and Rutgers.