Southern University

Ryan Price enters his fourth season on Southern University Men's Basketball staff as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator and 8th overall season with the Jaguars. In Price's first tour on the Southern Staff (2011-2014) he was an Assistant Basketball Coach and the Men's Basketball Recruiting Coordinator and in 2016-2017 was the Director of Player Development/Scouting. 
In 2020, he was named as the second ranked assistant coach in the Southwestern Athletic Conference by Jeff Goodman of WatchStadium.com and he was named as a Top Five Assistant Coach in the Southwestern Athletic Conference by Low Major Madness.

Price rejoined the staff after spending one season as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at The Church Academy in Baton Rouge. The Crusaders finished 23-11 and advanced to the Division III State Quarterfinals. The Crusaders went from six wins the season before Price’s arrival and he turned the program around with 23 wins (the biggest turnaround in the state of Louisiana).

During the 2014-2015 season, Price was on the staff of Prairie View A&M University where they finished with a 12-6 conference regular season mark.

In his first tour at Southern, Price was instrumental in helping the Jaguars ascend to the top of the SWAC standings from the moment he stepped foot on campus in 2011. In his first season at Southern, Price helped the Jaguars complete a 13-game turnaround.  In his second season, the Jaguars took the next step as they claimed the top seed in the SWAC Tournament with a 15-3 regular season mark and a 23-10 overall record. Southern won the SWAC Tournament and earned an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 2006.  During the 2013-2014 season, Southern claimed the SWAC's Regular Season Championship for the first time since 2006 as they finished with a 19-13 overall mark and a 15-3 conference mark. Price was responsible for recruiting and skill development with the post players. Price orchestrated two top 50 recruiting classes (48th in 2012, and 33rd in 2013) in the country by HoopScoopOnline. In addition, Price recruited the 2013 SWAC Newcomer of the Year and two-time All-Conference Selection Malcolm Miller, 2014 SWAC Newcomer of the Year and All-Confernece Selection Calvin Godfrey, two-time All-Conference Selection Adrian Rodgers, All-Conference Selection Shawn Prudhomme, two-time All-Conference Selection Jared Sam, and 2016 SWAC Tournament MVP Tre’lun Banks.

Prior to Southern, Price spent two seasons at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith as the teams's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.  During his two seasons at Arkansas-Fort Smith, Price helped guide the Lions to a combined 28-28 win-loss record. The Lions finished 19-10 during the 2010-11 season and won the Heartland Conference Regular Season Championship.  
Price began his college coaching experience at NCAA Division II Gannon University in Erie, Pa, during his two seasons at Gannon, Price helped guide the Golden Knights to combined 56-9 win-loss record. The Golden Knights finished 30-4 during the 2008-2009 season, won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship, won the Atlantic Region Championship and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II National Tournament.  

The Roanoke, Va. native is a 2002 graduate of William Fleming High School, where he earned All-District and All-Region played three seasons at McNeese State before finishing his collegiate playing career at NCAA Division II Henderson State.

While at McNeese State, Price was named McNeese State's Newcomer of the Year as a freshman and was a three-time Defensive Player of the Year for the Cowboys - a feat accomplished only once before in school history by NBA Hall of Famer and former Detroit Pistons Guard Joe Dumars.

During his only season at Henderson State, Price, who played guard, started 32 games and averaged eight points and 3.7 rebounds per game. He helped lead the Reddies to a 23-9 win-loss record, the Gulf South Conference West Division Championship and the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament.  Price graduated from Henderson State University in 2007 with a degree in General Studies.

Price hails from a basketball family as his father, Tic, is a veteran college basketball head coach who previously coached at University of New Orleans, University of Memphis, McNeese State University and Lamar University.

Price is married to the former Kali Jenkins of LaPlace, LA and they have a beautiful daughter Bella (3).