University of Virginia Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach Ryan Odom announced the addition of Griff Aldrich as the Cavaliers new associate head coach, and Matt Henry, Bryce Crawford and Darius Theus to his staff as assistant coaches.

Aldrich, who has a law degree from UVA, reunites with Odom after serving as head coach at Longwood University the past seven seasons. Aldrich was Odom’s Director of Recruiting and Program Development at UMBC from 2016-18. Odom and Aldrich were also college teammates at Hampden-Sydney from 1993-96.

“I am excited to announce Griff as associate head coach,” Odom said. “Griff is an experienced head coach who strategically built and established Longwood as a nationally relevant mid-major program that only had one winning season in its Division I history before his arrival. He led Longwood to multiple NCAA tournaments and averaged 21 wins per year over the last four seasons. Griff is a highly-relational coach that is focused on the holistic development of our players.”

Aldrich posted a 127-100 mark in seven seasons at Longwood, guiding the program to its first two Division I NCAA Tournament appearances, two Big South Championships, a Big South regular-season title and three consecutive 20-win campaigns for the first time in team history. The 67 wins from 2022-24 are the most in a three-year span in school history.

At UMBC from 2016-18, Aldrich helped Odom engineer one of the great turnarounds in college basketball. He served as chief of staff for Odom and was involved in all aspects of UMBC’s turnaround from NCAA cellar-dweller to America East Champion and NCAA Tournament giant-killer with its historic win over No. 1 seed Virginia.

Aldrich left a successful 16-year career in law and business to join Odom at UMBC. He became a partner at Vinson & Elkins, a leading international law firm, working in Houston and London. Later, he established and built a private oil and gas company in Texas and held the position of Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer in a national energy-focused private investment firm.

Aldrich graduated from Hampden-Sydney in 1996. He and Odom helped lead the Tigers to a 79-31 record during their four-year careers, which included two NCAA Tournament appearances, and was team captain his senior year.

After earning his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law, he rejoined his former college coach Tony Shaver on the Hampden-Sydney bench for the 1999-2000 season. Aldrich helped the Tigers to their best season in school history with a perfect 24-0 record in the regular season, a No. 1 Division III national ranking, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship and a trip to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The trio of assistants helped VCU to a 52-21 record from 2023-25 and an appearance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. VCU finished 28-7, won the Atlantic-10 Tournament and shared the A-10 regular-season championship in 2024-25. VCU’s Max Shulga earned A-10 Player of the Year honors and Jack Clark was the A-10 Tournament MVP. In 2023-24, the Rams advanced to the NIT quarterfinals and finished with a 24-14 record.

Henry and Crawford served as assistant coaches under Odom at Utah State from 2021-23, while Theus was an assistant coach at Siena in 2022-23.

Henry’s efforts at Utah State helped steer the program to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2023, as well as an NIT berth in 2022. Utah State’s 2022-23 squad won 26 games and reached the Mountain West title game before falling to eventual NCAA runner-up San Diego State.

“Matt is a high-character coach who brings invaluable experience to our staff,” Odom said. “He is a relentless worker with a strong basketball mind.”

Henry followed Odom to Utah State after spending three years on his staff at UMBC. Henry helped the Retrievers to their historic win over top-ranked Virginia in the 2018 NCAA Tournament and America East regular-season conference championship in 2020-21.

Prior to his three years at UMBC, Henry was an assistant coach at St. Peter’s for five seasons, helping the Peacocks capture the 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) title, the program’s first-ever national postseason tournament championship.

The Alexandria, Virginia, native graduated from Trinity in 2001 with a degree in urban studies and political science.

Crawford spent two seasons with Odom in Logan, where he worked closely with the Aggies’ guards. In addition to Utah State’s 2023 NCAA and 2022 NIT appearances, Crawford’s efforts helped the Aggies’ guard-friendly offense rise to No. 16 nationally in offensive efficiency in 2022-23.

“Bryce is an outstanding coach with infectious energy,” Odom said. “He possesses a versatile skill set of teaching, recruiting and mentoring for our players.”

Prior to his time at Utah State, Crawford spent five seasons at UMBC under Odom. With the Retrievers, Crawford helped the squad to the America East Conference regular-season title in 2020-21 along with three-straight 20-plus win seasons. Crawford helped UMBC record its historic NCAA Tournament victory as the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed with the win over Virginia.

Crawford was also a member of Odom’s staff at Lenoir-Rhyne, serving as an assistant and helping the Bears to the NCAA Division II Regional Finals for the first time in school history.

Crawford graduated from Ohio State in 2011 with a degree in communication analysis and spent four years as a student manager for the Buckeyes’ men’s basketball program.

Theus served as an assistant coach during the 2022-23 season on Carmen Maciariello’s staff at Siena, where he helped the Saints to a 17-15 mark.

“Darius is a gifted coach with Final Four experience as a player,” Odom said. “He is elite at developing players and helping them grow their skills and character.”

Prior to his stint at Siena, he worked as VCU’s director of player development from 2018-22, where he helped the Rams secure a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. He was also integral in the development of future NBA draft picks Bones Hyland (2021) and Vince Williams (2022).

Theus spent the 2017-18 season as director of player development at Texas, where he helped the Longhorns to an NCAA Tournament berth. He also worked as VCU’s director of student-athlete development during the 2016-17 season, when the Rams won 26 games and reached the NCAA Tournament.

As a player, Theus appeared in three NCAA Tournaments with VCU, including the Rams’ historic Final Four run in 2011. The Norfolk, Virginia, native finished his career ranked third in school history in steals (237) and sixth in assists (462), and fourth in single-season steals (85) as a senior in 2012-13.