Raphael Chillious

Biography

Raphael Chillious is in his first year with the Utah men’s basketball team after joining Alex Jensen’s staff in March of 2025. A veteran in the collegiate circles known as a top-level developmental coach and recruiter, he coached 17 players to NBA rosters, 10 NBA first-round draft picks, 4 NBA lottery picks and a No. 1-overall draft selection. Additionally, he also coached two players that were drafted straight out of high school. Chillious comes to Salt Lake City from the Memphis Grizzlies – where he started as a personnel evaluator in 2024-25. Prior to joining the Grizzlies, Chillious spent four years (2020-24) at South Kent School – his second stint at the South Kent, Conn., boarding school. He returned to the Cardinals in a dual role as the associate athletics director and head coach for two seasons before taking over as the director of athletics in 2022. He went on to lead South Kent School to the 2023 NEPSAC Class AAA championship. Before returning to South Kent School, Chillious spent two seasons (2018-20) with the Pirates of East Carolina as an associate head coach. He accomplished a lot his first season in Greenville, helping ECU rookie forward Jayden Gardner earn AAC All-Freshman Team honors. Gardner was unanimously selected to the all-freshman team after averaging 16.3 points and 8.5 rebounds during the regular-season his rookie year. He also became the first freshman in conference history to score 30-plus points and 20-plus rebounds when he dropped 35 points with