Oklahoma Sooners

Bryan Goodman Director of Operations Fourth Season     OU Coaching Staff

Bryan Goodman, a Choctaw (Okla.) High School graduate who spent six years as an assistant coach at Bucknell, is in his fourth year as OU's director of basketball operations.

Responsible for a wide array of administrative tasks, Goodman is the basketball program's chief liaison to the athletics department's academic, compliance, development, licensing, marketing and promotions offices. He also oversees the program's summer camps.

Goodman, 36, helped Bucknell to a 105-76 (.580) overall record during his tenure, including a 52-30 (.634) Patriot League mark. The Bison posted combined 50-15 (.769) overall and 24-4 (.857) conference records in his final two years, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each season.

In 2005, No. 14 seed Bucknell downed No. 3 seed Kansas, 64-63, inside Oklahoma City's Ford Center. In March 2006, the ninth-seeded Bison eliminated eighth-seeded Arkansas, 59-55, in Dallas. They finished the 2005-06 campaign with a 27-5 record and went 14-0 in Patriot League play.

Goodman got acquainted with Oklahoma head coach (and then-head coach at Virginia Commonwealth) Jeff Capel in August 2005 in Turkey. Goodman was serving as a liaison for the USA Basketball World University Games team that Capel was serving as an assistant coach (the squad finished 8-0 and claimed the gold medal). Goodman's mother lives in Turkey. Capel and Goodman developed a friendship and kept in touch with each other following the Games.

Prior to joining the Bison's staff, Goodman worked for two seasons at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, about 12 miles south of Bucknell's campus.

Goodman graduated from Barat College in Lake Forest, Ill., in 1996 with a degree in interdisciplinary social science. He earned a master's degree in history from DePaul University in 1998 before returning to Barat as an assistant coach for two years. Goodman lettered three times as a point guard at Barat and served as a team captain his final two seasons. He was an Academic All-American as a senior.