University of Georgia Athletics
Antonio Reynolds Dean - Men's Basketball
Antonio Reynolds Dean
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
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Atlanta native Antonio Reynolds Dean was named the Bulldogs’ Associate Head Coach in April 2022.
From his time as a standout post player at one of Georgia’s premier high school programs to the anchor of the winningest class in his college program’s history to stops throughout his coaching career, Reynolds Dean’s career has consistently featured winning teams and postseason play.
Reynolds Dean, who in 2026 was named one of the most influential high major assistant coaches in college basketball by Silver Waves Media, has played a considerable roll in Georgia Basketball’s significant growth since his arrival. The Bulldogs upped their win total by 10 victories from 2022 to 2023, the second-largest regular-season increase of any Power Conference team that season. In 2024, Georgia made its first postseason appearance since 2017 and advanced to the NIT semifinals. The following winter, the Bulldogs earned their first NCAA Tournament bid since 2016, doing so while playing a nation-leading eight regular-season games against top-10 opponents. Most recently, Georgia captured a school-record 22 regular-season victories – the Bulldogs’ third-straight 20-win campaign – and secured back-to-back NCAA invites for the first time since 2001-02.
Prior to arriving in Athens, Reynolds Dean spent five seasons at Clemson from 2017-22, where he helped the Tigers to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and an NIT appearance. He also helped coach Rhode Island to the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and Northeastern to a pair of NIT invites in 2010 and 2013.
Individually, post players have thrived under Reynolds Dean. While at Rhode Island, he worked with Hassan Martin, the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017. In 2020 and 2021, Aamir Simms led Clemson in points, boards and assists – the only player ever in ACC history to do so twice.
In his first season at Clemson, the Tigers equaled the school record for victories, posting a 25-10 mark and advancing to the “Sweet 16” round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament for the first time in more than two decades. Clemson reached the NIT’s round of 16 and finished 20-14 in 2019, just the sixth time in school history the Tigers recorded back-to-back 20-win campaigns. Clemson again earned an invitation to “March Madness” in 2021 when the Tigers tied for fifth in the ACC standings.
Reynolds Dean spent two years as an assistant coach at Rhode Island from 2015-17, where he also was one of the program’s greatest players ever. In 2017, the Rams finished 25-10 and won the Atlantic-10 Tournament title, their first since his Reynolds Dean’s senior year in 1999. The Rams topped Creighton in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Oregon, an eventual Final Four participant, 75-72.
Prior to his stint at Rhode Island, Reynolds Dean was an assistant coach at the College of Charleston for the 2014-15 season and at Northeastern for five campaigns from 2009-14. Reynolds Dean helped Northeastern capture the 2013 CAA regular-season title and earn bids to the 2010 and 2013 NITs. He spent 2008-09 at Fairfield as the Director of Basketball Operations.
As a player, Reynolds Dean was a two-time all-state performer at Frederick Douglass High School. He averaged a double-double during each of those seasons, scoring 24.6 points and 15.5 rebounds as a senior after contributing 23.0 points and 13.0 boards as a junior.
Reynolds Dean was the 1996 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and an All-Atlantic 10 selection in 1999 at Rhode Island. He helped the Rams win 85 games, including a then-school record 25 victories in 1998. Rhode Island earned three NCAA Tournament bids during his career, highlighted by a trip to the 1998 “Elite Eight.” Reynolds Dean wrapped up his career as URI’s record holder for games played (131) and also ranked No. 9 in points (1,576), No. 3 in rebounds (1,028) and No. 2 in blocks (235).
A 2015 inductee into the URI Athletic Hall of Fame, Reynolds Dean is the only person in Rhode Island men’s basketball history to play on and coach for an Atlantic 10 Championship team.
Reynolds Dean was the 2000 IBL Rookie of the Year after averaging 18.7 points and a league-leading 12.2 rebounds with the Dakota Wizards. He then played eight seasons overseas in Spain and Argentina.
Reynolds Dean earned a bachelor’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Human Development and Family Studies from Rhode Island in 1999 and a master’s in Sports Leadership from Northeastern in 2012. Reynolds Dean is married for the former Donna Carr, who played volleyball for Georgia in the 1990s. He is the proud father of two daughters, Jasmine and Naomi.
From his time as a standout post player at one of Georgia’s premier high school programs to the anchor of the winningest class in his college program’s history to stops throughout his coaching career, Reynolds Dean’s career has consistently featured winning teams and postseason play.
Reynolds Dean, who in 2026 was named one of the most influential high major assistant coaches in college basketball by Silver Waves Media, has played a considerable roll in Georgia Basketball’s significant growth since his arrival. The Bulldogs upped their win total by 10 victories from 2022 to 2023, the second-largest regular-season increase of any Power Conference team that season. In 2024, Georgia made its first postseason appearance since 2017 and advanced to the NIT semifinals. The following winter, the Bulldogs earned their first NCAA Tournament bid since 2016, doing so while playing a nation-leading eight regular-season games against top-10 opponents. Most recently, Georgia captured a school-record 22 regular-season victories – the Bulldogs’ third-straight 20-win campaign – and secured back-to-back NCAA invites for the first time since 2001-02.
Prior to arriving in Athens, Reynolds Dean spent five seasons at Clemson from 2017-22, where he helped the Tigers to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and an NIT appearance. He also helped coach Rhode Island to the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and Northeastern to a pair of NIT invites in 2010 and 2013.
Individually, post players have thrived under Reynolds Dean. While at Rhode Island, he worked with Hassan Martin, the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017. In 2020 and 2021, Aamir Simms led Clemson in points, boards and assists – the only player ever in ACC history to do so twice.
In his first season at Clemson, the Tigers equaled the school record for victories, posting a 25-10 mark and advancing to the “Sweet 16” round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament for the first time in more than two decades. Clemson reached the NIT’s round of 16 and finished 20-14 in 2019, just the sixth time in school history the Tigers recorded back-to-back 20-win campaigns. Clemson again earned an invitation to “March Madness” in 2021 when the Tigers tied for fifth in the ACC standings.
Reynolds Dean spent two years as an assistant coach at Rhode Island from 2015-17, where he also was one of the program’s greatest players ever. In 2017, the Rams finished 25-10 and won the Atlantic-10 Tournament title, their first since his Reynolds Dean’s senior year in 1999. The Rams topped Creighton in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Oregon, an eventual Final Four participant, 75-72.
Prior to his stint at Rhode Island, Reynolds Dean was an assistant coach at the College of Charleston for the 2014-15 season and at Northeastern for five campaigns from 2009-14. Reynolds Dean helped Northeastern capture the 2013 CAA regular-season title and earn bids to the 2010 and 2013 NITs. He spent 2008-09 at Fairfield as the Director of Basketball Operations.
As a player, Reynolds Dean was a two-time all-state performer at Frederick Douglass High School. He averaged a double-double during each of those seasons, scoring 24.6 points and 15.5 rebounds as a senior after contributing 23.0 points and 13.0 boards as a junior.
Reynolds Dean was the 1996 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and an All-Atlantic 10 selection in 1999 at Rhode Island. He helped the Rams win 85 games, including a then-school record 25 victories in 1998. Rhode Island earned three NCAA Tournament bids during his career, highlighted by a trip to the 1998 “Elite Eight.” Reynolds Dean wrapped up his career as URI’s record holder for games played (131) and also ranked No. 9 in points (1,576), No. 3 in rebounds (1,028) and No. 2 in blocks (235).
A 2015 inductee into the URI Athletic Hall of Fame, Reynolds Dean is the only person in Rhode Island men’s basketball history to play on and coach for an Atlantic 10 Championship team.
Reynolds Dean was the 2000 IBL Rookie of the Year after averaging 18.7 points and a league-leading 12.2 rebounds with the Dakota Wizards. He then played eight seasons overseas in Spain and Argentina.
Reynolds Dean earned a bachelor’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Human Development and Family Studies from Rhode Island in 1999 and a master’s in Sports Leadership from Northeastern in 2012. Reynolds Dean is married for the former Donna Carr, who played volleyball for Georgia in the 1990s. He is the proud father of two daughters, Jasmine and Naomi.
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