Will Gipe

Biography

Assistant Coach, University of Richmond, 2022-present Director of Program Development & Recruiting, University of Richmond, 2021-2022 Director of Program Development, University of Richmond, 2019-21 Video Coordinator, University of Richmond, 2016-19 Graduate Assistant, Virginia Tech University, 2014-16 Gipe was promoted to assistant coach in April 2022 following six seasons on the Richmond staff. At 28, Gipe became the second-youngest assistant coach in the Atlantic 10. In addition to focusing on recruiting, scouting, and player development, Gipe directs the team's non-conference scheduling process. The 2025-26 Spiders went 10-3 in non-conference play, including a Quad 1 road win at Belmont. Richmond finished 15-17, a five-win imrprovement from 2024-25, and averaged 76.7 points per game, its most since 1979-80. In 2023-24, Gipe and the Spiders won the Atlantic 10 regular season title, Richmond's first since joining the conference in 2001, and earned the No. 1 seed in the A-10 Championship. Richmond finished 23-10 overall and 15-3 in A-10 play, setting a school record for conference wins in a season, and earned a berth in the NIT. UR received votes in the AP Top 25 poll on two occasions, first during an 11-game win streak in late January and again during a separate six-game win streak in early March. Gipe helped a pair of Spiders, Jordan King and Neal Quinn, earn All-Conference honors. King was also named A-10 Co-Player of the Year and Dji Bailey shared the award for Most Impr