Beach Basketball Coaching Staff
RYAN HELLENTHAL
JAMIE HIEGEL
Director of Basketball Operations
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Jamie Hiegel joined the Long Beach State athletic department as the program’s head strength and conditioning coach in the summer of 2009. Hiegel came to LBSU from Temple where he spent four years as the head strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports. While at Temple he was responsible for the design and implementation of strength and conditioning, speed/agility and testing programs for all 22 of the Owls’ men’s and women’s Olympic sports teams. Hiegel spent two seasons (2003-04 and 2004-05) at his alma mater, San Jose State, working as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. He was responsible for the design and implementation of strength and conditioning, speed/ agility and testing for eight men’s and women’s Olympic sports teams. He also assisted in the strength training for the Spartan football team. In addition to his work at the collegiate level, Hiegel has spent time working in professional baseball, the National Hockey League and the National Football League. He served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Wichita Wranglers, the Kansas City Royals AA team, between his time at San Jose State and Temple. He also spent time as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach for the San Jose Sharks and as a strength and conditioning intern for the Oakland Raiders. Hiegel graduated from San Jose State, where he played baseball, with a degree in human performance/ kinesiology in 2003. He earned his master’s in sport and recreation administration from Temple.
Ryan Hellenthal is in his third season as the 49ers’ director of basketball operations joining Dan Monson’s staff in August 2010. Before coming to LBSU, Hellenthal spent two seasons at Boise State where he served as the director of basketball operations for the Broncos, helping them to an appearance in the 2009 CBI Tournament. While at Boise State his duties included coordinating all aspects of film exchange, team travel and the men’s basketball budget. He served as the assistant academic coordinator for the men’s basketball student athletes and was responsible for the planning and execution of all on-campus recruiting. He also assisted the coaching staff with scouting, game preparation and player development. Before working at Boise State, Hellenthal served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Coffeyville Community College (2005-2008) where he helped lead the Red Ravens to a third-place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament in 2007 and a seventh-place finish in 2006. Coffeyville won the Region VI championship in both 2006 and 2007 and was Jayhawk Conference champions in 2006, 2007 and 2008. During his three seasons at Coffeyville the Red Ravens compiled a 90-19 record. Hellenthal recruited the 2007-08 Street and Smith Preseason NJCAA Player of the Year and a 2006-07 NJCAA All-American, while also coaching or recruiting five all-conference players. Coffeyville was ranked in the top 25 nationally during all three of Hellethal’s seasons with the Red Ravens, reaching as high as fifth in the country. Hellenthal started his coaching career at Garden City Community College in 2002. The Broncbusters won 60 games during his three seasons at the school, while also winning the school’s first Jayhawk West Conference Championship since 1952. Hellenthal recruited and signed one NJCAA All-American at GCCC, as well as two allregion selections. Hellenthal graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 2002 where he served as a student assistant basketball coach.
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