ODESSA, Texas – The University of Texas Permian basin men's basketball team has added Justin Graham to the coaching staff for the 2023-24 season.

Graham was an assistant coach at Clarendon College (Texas) during the 2022-23 season.  He assisted in the Bulldogs going 25-5 and qualifying for the NJCAA Region 5 Tournament.  Among his duties, Graham led the strength and conditioning program and monitored and helped with player academics.

Kyle Tolin – UTPB Men's Basketball Head Coach
"We are extremely excited to add Justin to the coaching staff. Our goal has been to make the program better since the end of the season and I think Justin will help us do that. He comes highly recommended from several really good coaches. Justin has won everywhere he has been at. I've known him since he was a player at Arkansas Tech and helped lead them to a NCAA tournament. He has a great worth ethic and is a very good coach and we're excited about welcoming him to the Falcon family."

Graham started his playing career at Hartford, an NCAA Division I school.  During his three years with the Hawks, he was selected as the America East Conference Sixth-Man of the Year (2014-15), made the America East Academic honor roll and was selected team captain (2015-16).

Graham played his senior year at Arkansas Tech where he made an impact.  He averaged 14.59 points, five rebounds and 4.83 assists per game while shooting 50.8% from the floor, 48.5% on 3-pointers and 78.4% from the line.  Graham was a unanimous All-Great American Conference first team selection.  He helped the Wonder Boys go 21-8 and qualify for the NCAA Division II tournament.

Graham was a graduate assistant at Arkansas Tech (2018-20), assistant coach at Central Baptist (Ark.) (2020-21) and assistant coach at Wayland Baptist (Texas) (2021-22).  He assisted in Central Baptist and Wayland Baptist qualifying for the post-season.

Graham has a B.S. in Business Administration / Management and Marketing from Arkansas Tech.  He is working on a Master of Education in Athletics with an emphasis in Activities Administration from William Woods (Mo.).