Providence College Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kim English announced today (June 2) the hiring of Ryan Gomes ’05 as an assistant coach.
“We are elated to announce the return of Ryan Gomes to Providence College as an assistant coach,” English said. “Ryan is an all-time PC and BIG EAST great! After a long and prosperous career in the NBA, he is the perfect addition to help our student athletes understand what it takes to have success here at Providence and beyond. Ryan’s basketball chops are obvious, they go without mentioning, but what stood out about Ryan as we went through this process was the profound impact he has made on so many throughout out his career at PC, Boston, Minnesota, OKC, Los Angeles Clippers and Portland. We are beyond excited to welcome Ryan, Danielle, Ryelle and Skyler back to Friartown.”
Most recently, Gomes was a player development coach with the Portland Trail Blazers from 2023-25. Prior to working for the Trail Blazers, Gomes was a head coach for Overtime Elite (2021-23).
He began his coaching career in 2016 as assistant coach for the Long Island Nets of the NBA D-League. After coaching with the Nets, Gomes spent two years as a college basketball analyst for CBS Sports from 2019-21.
During his career coaching, Gomes has helped develop a number of NBA players, including Duop Reath, Jabari Walker, Tyler Smith, Alex Sarr, Rob Dillingham, Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson and Dominick Barlow.
Gomes returns to his alma mater as one of the top players to ever play at Providence. In four seasons for the Friars, he scored a school record 2,138 points (18.4 ppg) while shooting over 50 percent from the field and playing in 116 games. He also grabbed 1,028 rebounds (8.9 rpg) over his career. Gomes is one of just two players in Providence history to score at least 2,000 points and register 1,000 or more rebounds. During his junior season, he averaged 18.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game which earned him consensus First Team All-America honors. Gomes helped pace the Friars to a 20-9 mark and a NCAA Tournament berth in 2004. As a senior in 2005, he led the BIG EAST in scoring at 21.6 ppg. Gomes also was named a Honorable Mention All-American in 2005. A two-time First Team All-BIG EAST selection (2004 and 2005), he was inducted into the Providence College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.
In 2005, Gomes was 50th overall pick (second round) in the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics. Gomes played two seasons for the Celtics before moving on to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers and the Oklahoma City Thunder in his NBA career. Over the course of nine years, Gomes spent eight seasons in the NBA, playing in 487 games and averaging 10.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists.
Gomes also played professionally for Artland Dragons (2012) in Quakenbruck, Germany and Baskonia (2014) in Gasteiz, Spain before finishing his career with the Los Angeles D-Fenders (2016) in the NBA D-League.
He earned several honors in his professional career, including NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2006), NBA D-League Impact Player of the Year (2016) and All-NBA D-League Third Team (2016).
A native of Danbury, Conn., Gomes and his wife, Danielle, have two daughters, Ryelle and Skyler.
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