Ryan Gensler

Ryan Gensler
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Akron
Conference	MAC
Record	11–18 (.379)
Biographical details
Born	April 3, 1987 (age 37)
Alma mater	Saint Joseph's University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2009–2011	Providence (GA)
2011–2013	St. Bonaventure (asst.)
2013–2015	Loyola (MD) (asst.)
2015–2017	Florida (Video Coord.)
2017–2022	Dayton (asst.)
2022–2023	Illinois (asst.)
2023–present	Akron
Head coaching record
Overall	11–18 (.379)

Ryan Gensler is an American women's basketball coach. He is currently the women's basketball head coach at the University of Akron.^[1]

Early life and education

Gensler is a native of Syracuse, New York.^[2] He attended high school at Christian Brothers Academy where he played basketball and football.^[3] He received a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in business from Saint Joseph's University in 2009.^[4] He earned a master's degree in education from Providence College while working as a graduate assistant and director of basketball operations for the women's basketball team.^[5]

Coaching career

He served as an assistant coach on the women's basketball staff at St. Bonaventure and Loyola (MD) before taking a position as video coordinator at Florida.^[2] He returned to the Atlantic 10 in 2017 as an assistant coach at Dayton under head coach Shauna Green, with whom he had worked at Providence while she was an assistant.^[3] He moved with Green to Illinois in 2022 when she accepted the head coaching position there.^[6]^[7]

Akron

On March 29, 2023, he accepted the position as the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Akron.^[2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Akron (Mid-American Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24^[8]	Akron	11–18	6–12	T–9th
Akron:		11–18 (.379)	6–12 (.333)
Total:		11–18 (.379)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Personal life

He and his wife, Leanna, have two sons.^[9]^[4]

References

^ "Akron Names Gensler Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Thomas, George (March 29, 2023). "University of Akron chooses Ryan Gensler as next women's basketball coach". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Joblonski, David (March 29, 2023). "New Dayton women's assistant knows A-10 well". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Ryan Gensler". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ "Ryan Gensler". University of Dayton Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ Daniels, Matt (July 3, 2017). "Illini women's basketball loses assistant coach". Champaign News-Gazette. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ Cohn, Stephen (March 29, 2023). "Illinois assistant Ryan Gensler named Akron head coach". SBNation. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Akron Athletics.
^ "Ryan Gensler". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

External links

Akron Zips coaching bio

[1] "Akron Names Gensler Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[ABJ-2] Thomas, George (March 29, 2023). "University of Akron chooses Ryan Gensler as next women's basketball coach". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[DDN-3] Joblonski, David (March 29, 2023). "New Dayton women's assistant knows A-10 well". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[Akron-4] "Ryan Gensler". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[5] "Ryan Gensler". University of Dayton Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[6] Daniels, Matt (July 3, 2017). "Illini women's basketball loses assistant coach". Champaign News-Gazette. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[7] Cohn, Stephen (March 29, 2023). "Illinois assistant Ryan Gensler named Akron head coach". SBNation. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

[8] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Akron Athletics.

[9] "Ryan Gensler". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

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