Episode 197: Coach Jon Bollier (Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Samford University) Birmingham, AL (Player Development)

Jon Bollier enters his third season as an assistant coach for the Samford women's basketball program. He is involved in all aspects of the women's basketball program, including recruiting, on-the-floor coaching, scheduling and assisting in the day-to-day operations of the women's basketball program. Bollier was instrumental in the turnaround the program experienced during the 2019-20 season. After winning just 10 games the previous season, the Bulldogs posted a record of 18-14, and won the program's first Southern Conference regular-season title with a 10-4 league record. The team then won the program's third SoCon Tournament title. Bollier came to Samford from the University of Georgia, where he served as director of player personnel from August of 2015 until his hiring at Samford, and as an interim assistant coach from November of 2016 to March of 2017. As the director of player personnel, Bollier was responsible for, among other things, analyzing film on opponents and for scouting purposes, creating a scouting report for the coaches, preparing the post-game scouting report and assisting with all on-campus recruiting. He also served as the director of the team's summer camps. In his role as interim assistant coach, Bollier presented scouting reports to the players and coaches, scouted and analyzed film on opponents and prepared post-game self-scouting. Georgia's 2017-18 team posted a record of 26-7 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Prior to his time at Georgia, Bollier worked as an assistant coach at Belmont from June of 2013 to August of 2015. During his time with the Bruins, he participated in all aspects of recruiting, and worked specifically with the perimeter players. He helped to build a consistently strong mid-major program for the Bruins. "Working at a place like Belmont, he understands what the mission of Samford is about," Morris said. "I think he will be very successful in his role here." Bollier's first stint at Georgia came when he served as the women's basketball video coordinator from August of 2010 to May of 2013. Among his duties were facilitating practice and game-day operations, and overseeing the team's managers. Bollier played one season of basketball at Gardner-Webb University and Covenant College before receiving his bachelor's degree in sociology from Piedmont College Athens campus in 2009. He is married to the former Libby Lukens. [email protected] @jonbollier