Coaching Staff

Grant Bingham  |  Director of Basketball Operations

Grant Bingham will be in his second season on the women’s basketball staff at CSU Bakersfield in the Fall of 2023. Bingham joined the Roadrunners in 2022 as the Director of Basketball Operations and was promoted to Assistant Coach in the Summer of 2023.

Prior to his arrival in Bakersfield, Bingham served as the lead assistant coach at College of Idaho, a member of the NAIA. Bingham helped lead the Yotes to 16 wins during the 2021-22 season, equaling the most for the program since the 2012-13 campaign. Under Bingham’s tutelage, forward Sienna Riggle averaged 13.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game on the way to earning All-Cascade Conference accolades. Additionally, forward Lexi Mitchell was an honorable mention All-Conference pick after averaging 9.3 points and 9.9 rebounds per contest.

Bingham came to C of I after a stint at Simpson University. He was an assistant coach within the Simpson women's program during the 2020-21 season and the men's program during the 2019-20 campaign.

He also coached at Bakersfield College during the 2018-19 season, serving as interim head coach during the start of the season.

Preceding his college basketball experience, Bingham spent four years as the lead assistant coach at Independence High School in Bakersfield, Calif. before going on to serve as co-head coach for one season. He helped lead Independence to a 94-25 overall record and three CIF Central Section Championships, as well as coaching CSUB women's basketball alumna, Jasmin Dixon.

A native of Bakersfield, Bingham earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from CSU Bakersfield and a Master of Arts degree from Concordia University-Irvine. He and his wife Kylie have a daughter, Sophie, and a son, Carter.