Jim Bray

Jim Bray enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Transylvania women’s basketball team and his fifth year as an assistant coach with Juli Fulks.

Bray came to Transylvania in the summer of 2014 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where he served as an assistant women’s basketball coach under Fulks for the prior two seasons.

Alongside Fulks at both Lewis & Clark and Transylvania, Bray has been part of some of the most successful seasons at both programs; Transylvania won the HCAC Conference crown in 2014-15, while the Lewis & Clark Pioneers won the Northwest Conference regular season title in 2012-2013.

Bray was part of a coaching staff that presided over the winningest era in Lewis & Clark women’s basketball history, which included two conference titles, three NCAA Division III tournament appearances, and three consecutive seasons of being nationally ranked in the D3hoops.com and WBCA Top 25 polls.

As part of the Transylvania coaching staff, Bray plays a key role in recruiting future Pioneers. Standout players at Transylvania during Bray’s tenure include HCAC all-Freshman team selection Kristen Hayes, Celia Kline, the leading freshman in 3-point percentage in 2016, and all-Northwest conference team selection Ayisat Afolabi at Lewis & Clark.

Bray also serves as an assistant baseball coach for the Pioneers baseball program, specializing in recruiting, hitting, and player development.

The third-year assistant coach was a two-year letterwinner and team captain for Lewis & Clark in baseball, hitting 10 home runs and 40 RBI during his time at Palatine Hill.