Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Late Night Madness on October 4, 2025 at TBA

Dr. T.J. Grams begins his third season as the director of men's basketball operations.
Grams came to Providence after serving as the director of basketball operations for two seasons at George Mason. Prior to his time at George Mason, Grams spent more than a decade at the University of Virginia, where he worked as director of academic affairs for the men’s basketball program.
Grams went to Virginia after working for the Duke athletics department for five years. From 2007-10, he was an assistant director for the Blue Devils’ student-athlete academic support services. He also worked as an academic coordinator at Duke from 2005-07.
Grams joined the Duke staff after working at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business as an academic advisor. He was a graduate assistant academic coordinator at NC State while earning a master’s degree from the school, finishing in 2003.
In the spring of 2023, Grams completed his doctorate of higher education from the University of Virginia. A native of Sheboygan, Wis., Grams is a 2001 graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Grams and his wife, Kristen, have a son, Oliver, and a daughter, Caroline.