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Ryan Nadeau

Ryan Nadeau

Director of Player Personnel
Joined Virginia Tech men’s basketball staff: 2018 and enters his sixth year with the program.

With the Hokies: Nadeau’s responsibilities include creating scouting reports with individual and opponent film breakdown, assisting in on-campus recruiting, overseeing the student manager program, working with the academic office to ensure that players are on track academically, while implementing and creating the daily basketball calendar, and assisting in team budgeting. Additionally, he contributes to team meetings.

Nadeau was vital in the transition of Mike Young’s first year in Blacksburg, after being retained, and was key in the upset of then-No. 3 Michigan State, his alma mater, at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The win would mark Tech’s first time beating a top-five foe during nonconference play since 1964. He also took on more of a role in how the players used technology to their advantage, regarding film breakdown, daily schedules and more. This past season in 2020-21, Nadeau contributed to the development of Keve Aluma, who broke out for an All-ACC season (15 points, 8 rebounds) after averaging eight points and eight rebounds at Wofford.
 
In his first season at Tech in 2018-19, Nadeau was a crucial factor to the players’ individual and team success, as the Hokies had one of the best runs in school history, making it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament and finishing fifth in the ACC standings.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Nadeau comes from elite basketball programs within the NBA and college, with most recently serving the Chicago Bulls as a Basketball Operations Associate for two seasons (2016-18). With the Bulls, Nadeau worked closely with the coaches, helping with video breakdown, scouting reports and player development by tailoring workouts to specific players.
 
Prior to his time with the Bulls, Nadeau was a student manager for the Michigan State men’s basketball program, working and learning under Hall of Fame Coach Tom Izzo for three seasons. With the Spartans, Nadeau worked closely with video breakdown and assisted the coaching staff with numerous other duties as assigned. He assisted in all areas of the program and was a part of the team’s trip to the 2015 NCAA Final Four, as well as a trip to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament and a Big Ten championship.

Education: Michigan State, 2016 (B.S. Economics).

Personal: Nadeau is married to the former Rosanna Reynolds, and the couple has three boys.