Ryan Odom
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UMBC |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 21–13 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 11, 1974 Durham, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1996 | Hampden-Sydney |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1997 | South Florida (GA) |
| 1997–1999 | Furman (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | UNC Asheville (asst.) |
| 2000–2003 | American (asst.) |
| 2003–2010 | Virginia Tech (asst.) |
| 2010–2015 | Charlotte (asst./assoc.) |
| 2015 | Charlotte (Interim HC) |
| 2015–2016 | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| 2016–present | UMBC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–34 |
Ryan Odom (born July 11, 1974) is an American men's college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team. He was previously the head coach of the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears. Odom served as the interim head coach of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team from January 6 until March 15, 2015. In this capacity, he replaced Alan Major when Major went on a medical leave of absence to deal with chronic health issues.
Odom was a four-year starter at Hampden-Sydney, serving as team captain his senior year. He left the Tigers ranking the school's all-time leader in three-point field goals, and fourth in assists.
Odom began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at South Florida. He also had stops as an assistant coach with Furman, UNC Asheville, and American, before spending seven years on Seth Greenberg's staff at Virginia Tech. In 2010, he joined the coaching staff of Charlotte, serving as an assistant for five years, including being interim head coach. Odom was relieved of his coaching duties on March 16, 2015 when Major and the university mutually agreed to part ways, and his staff was not retained. Odom compiled an overall record of 8-11 as Charlotte's interim coach.
After Charlotte, Odom accepted the job at Lenoir-Rhyne, leading the Bears to the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II tournament in his only season at the helm, before accepting the head coaching position at Division I UMBC, replacing Aki Thomas.
In his first season at the helm of the Retrievers, Odom orchestrated a 14-win improvement over the team's 7–25 season the previous year to a 21–13 overall record, and fifth place finish in the America East Conference. The 21 wins are second-most in school history. For its efforts, UMBC accepted a bid to the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, where it won its first round matchup against Fairfield for the first postseason win in program history, and defeated St. Francis (PA) to advance to the CIT quarterfinals before falling to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the semifinals.
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