Assistant Basketball Coach

Larry Blunt

Larry Blunt is in his first season as Hampden-Sydney assistant basketball coach. Blunt comes to the Tiger program from Division II Shaw University, who competes in the storied CIAA conference alongside national Division II powers Virginia Union and Virginia State. Aside from his traditional assistant coaching duties, Blunt will be charged with monitoring academic progress, assisting with weight training and conditioning programs, and recruiting student-athletes to Hampden-Sydney.

A native of Courtland, Virginia, Blunt was a two-year letterman in football at Elizabeth City State University before transferring to James Madison University where he completed his collegiate career with the Dukes. Blunt graduated from JMU in May 2005 with a degree in Public Administration.

Upon graduation, Blunt served as an assistant basketball coach at Eastern Mennonite University during the 2005-06 season before leaving Harrisonburg for Raleigh, North Carolina and Shaw University in the summer of 2006. Blunt was instrumental in all aspects of the coaching process at Shaw, including the recruitment of an ACC and SEC transfer to the Bears' roster.

Blunt resides in Farmville, Virginia.