Entering his 12th season with the Vermont men's basketball program, Derryk O'Grady was promoted to assistant coach ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.
O'Grady has played a role in six America East Championship runs by the Catamounts in 11 seasons with the program. He served as Director of Basketball Operations over the last three seasons—the Catamounts have earned championships in each of those seasons. O'Grady's tenure with the program has also six seasons as a student manager and graduate assistant, and two seasons as assistant to the head coach.
On top of the six America East crowns, Vermont has captured nine regular season titles during his time with the program. From 2015-19, UVM made five straight America East Championship Game appearances, the first program to achieve the milestone in 23 years.
O'Grady earned a Bachelor of Science for Community Entrepreneurship from UVM in 2017, and Master of Education in 2019.
A local product of Milton High School, O'Grady was a three-year starter for the Yellowjackets and became the school's third 1,000-point scorer. He averaged 13.2 points per game in his career, including 21.1 points per contest as a senior.
He played AAU for the Vermont Irish Cats for six seasons and one season with Lone Wolf Athletics. The teams traveled and played some of the top talent throughout the Northeast region.
In the classroom, he was one of 21 finalists in the 2013 State of the Union essay contest for Vermont high school students, run by state senator Bernie Sanders. Lastly, O’Grady spearheaded the Milton Athletic Leadership Council, which was designed to give young student-athletes a chance to grow and develop their leadership skills in a variety of ways.