Blake Ahearn

Blake Ahearn enters his first full season with the Memphis Grizzlies as an assistant coach under head coach Taylor Jenkins after joining the team on June 20, 2020.

Ahearn previously served three seasons as head coach of the NBA G League’s Austin Spurs, where he guided the team to the 2018 NBA G League championship. Prior to his time in Austin, Ahearn served one season as head coach of his high school alma mater, De Smet Jesuit, and one season as head coach at Clayton High School, both in St. Louis.

Ahearn played professionally for eight seasons, including three in the NBA with the Miami Heat (2007-08), San Antonio Spurs (2008-09) and Utah Jazz (2011-12). During his time in the NBA G League, Ahearn was named the NBA G League Rookie of the Year (2008), a two-time NBA G League First Team selection (2009, 2012) and won the 2015 NBA G League championship as a member of the Santa Cruz Warriors. He also played professionally in Spain, Italy, China, Ukraine and Puerto Rico.

The St. Louis native played collegiately at Missouri State University (2003-07), where he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and earned All-MVC First Team honors during his junior and senior seasons. Ahearn is the NCAA’s all-time leader in free throw percentage, connecting on 94.6 percent (435-of-460) of his shots from the foul line, and holds the single-season NCAA record, shooting 97.5 percent (117-of-120) as a freshman.