Ron Jirsa
Jirsa in 2009 as Minnesota assistant coach.
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| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Radford |
| Conference | Big South |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 21, 1959 New London, Connecticut |
| Alma mater |
Gettysburg College (B.A., 1981) University of Tulsa (M.A., 1987) |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1981 | Gettysburg |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1983 | Connecticut College (asst.) |
| 1983–1984 | Delaware (asst.) |
| 1984–1985 | VCU (grad. asst.) |
| 1985–1988 | Tulsa (asst.) |
| 1988–1989 | Belmont Abbey (asst.) |
| 1990–1991 | Gardner-Webb (asst.) |
| 1991–1994 | Tulsa (asst.) |
| 1994–1995 | Tulsa (assoc. HC) |
| 1995–1997 | Georgia (assoc. HC) |
| 1997–1999 | Georgia |
| 1999–2003 | Dayton (asst.) |
| 2003–2007 | Marshall |
| 2007–2013 | Minnesota (asst.) |
| 2013–2014 | Bethel (MN) (RC) |
| 2014–2015 | Tennessee Tech (asst.) |
| 2015–present | Radford (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 78–104 |
Ronald Howard "Ron" Jirsa (born December 21, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Radford. He has previously been the head coach at the University of Georgia and Marshall University.
Ronald Howard Jirsa was born in New London, Connecticut and grew up in nearby Ledyard. After graduating from Ledyard High School in 1977, Jirsa attended Gettysburg College. A member of the basketball team, Jirsa graduated from Gettysburg in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology.
He bounced around as an assistant coach, but had two significant stints at the University of Tulsa, first under J. D. Barnett from 1985 to 1988 and second under Tubby Smith from 1991 to 1993. Jirsa completing his Master of Arts degree in athletic administration at Tulsa in 1987 while assistant coach. Smith promoted Jirsa to associate head coach in 1994, and Jirsa followed Smith to the University of Georgia.
When Smith departed for the University of Kentucky in 1997, Jirsa remained at Georgia and became head coach. Although Jirsa led Georgia to third place in the 1998 National Invitation Tournament title in his first season, he was fired in 1999 after going 35-30.
Jirsa moved to Dayton and was an assistant for four seasons there before getting another head coaching job at Marshall. Jirsa was fired after four seasons at Marshall, going 43-74. Most recently, he served under Tubby Smith as an assistant at the University of Minnesota. On March 25, 2013, it was announced that Smith, along with his entire staff had been relieved as coaches at Minnesota.
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