Bryce Garris

Biography

Southern Miss head basketball coach Jay Ladner announced the addition of Bryce Garris to his staff for the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach and director of player personnel. Garris was added to the staff on July 23. "Grateful is an understatement — I am honored to join this staff at Southern Miss," Garris said. "I'm excited to pour everything I've got into helping our players and this program succeed." Garris makes his second stop in Hattiesburg after previously serving as a graduate assistant under Ladner during the 2019-20 season. Prior to coming back to Hattiesburg, Garris was coaching with Bab Elite AAU. Garris has also made stops at Kentucky Wesleyan, Georgetown College and Tallahassee Community College. While in Georgetown, Harris helped guide the Tigers to 33-4 mark and NAIA National Title during the 2018-19 season. He won a GMAC title at Kentucky Wesleyan while he was there from 2016-18. Garris, a native of Brandenburg, Ky., earned his bachelor's degree from WKU in 2019.