Chad Dollar, a 16-year veteran as a Division I assistant coach who played high school basketball in the Atlanta area, has been a member of Brian Gregory’s staff at Georgia Tech for three seasons and was promoted to associate head coach in September of 2014.
Since joining the Tech basketball staff on April 9, 2011, Dollar has been instrumental in recruiting most of the players on Tech’s current roster, and in the on-court development of the Yellow Jackets’ perimeter players.
“This is a well-deserved honor and recognition for Chad,” said Gregory. “Atlanta is his home, and this program’s success is very important to him. He has done a tremendous job in every key area of our program; academics, player development, recruiting, and game preparation. He is a very talented coach, a rising star in this profession.
Dollar came to Tech after spending the 2010-11 season at Wichita State, which won the NIT championship, went 29-8 overall and finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference regular season under head coach Gregg Marshall.
Before going to Wichita State, Dollar spent three seasons as an assistant coach under John Brady, two at Arkansas State (2008-10) and one at LSU (2007-08). Prior to LSU, Dollar coached the 2006-07 campaign at Murray State and spent four seasons (2002-06) as an assistant at Georgia Southern. He was also an associate head coach at Eastern Kentucky (2001-02) under Travis Ford and served two seasons (1999-2001) on the staff at Western Carolina.
“The chance to work with Coach Gregory, one of the top coaches in the country, and to be back home is an unbelievable opportunity for me,” said Dollar. “I look forward to helping the Georgia Tech program get to the place where it needs to be in the ACC and the nation.”
Dollar began his coaching career at Gardner-Webb as a graduate and volunteer assistant for two years, and spent a year as a graduate assistant at Southern Mississippi. He also spent two summers as an assistant coach with Athletes in Action.
The Atlanta native had a standout prep career at Douglass High School, and was one of seven players on the team to sign with an NCAA Division I school. His brother, Cameron, is the head coach at the University of Seattle and starred as a collegiate player at UCLA. His father, Don, was a longtime high school coach in the Atlanta area, spending most of his time at Douglass High School.
He played his first three seasons at South Florida on NCAA and NIT tournament teams before transferring to Milligan for his final season. He received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Milligan in May, 1996.
Dollar and his wife Kyla have three children, Aliyah, Darian and Chloe.
