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Chad Dollar

Assistant Coach
PositionAssistant Coach
Chad Dollar joined the University of Cincinnati Men’s Basketball staff in May 2021 as an assistant coach and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in September 2022.
 
Dollar came to Cincinnati after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach for the Georgia Bulldogs, working under Head Coach Tom Crean. During his time at Georgia, he coached the No.1 overall draft pick in the 2020 NBA Draft Anthony Edwards. He helped Sahvir Wheeler a Georgia freshman record 139 assists from 2019-2020, which also ranks No. 14 among UGA’s all-time single-season leaders.
 
Dollar spent the 2016-17 season at Auburn, where the Tigers tallied their most wins (18) since 2008-09, and the the five seasons prior to that (2011-16) at Georgia Tech. Dollar was an assistant coach for his first three seasons with the Yellow Jackets before spending the final two as associate head coach.
 
Dollar was on the staff at Wichita State for the 2010-11 campaign when the Shockers won the NIT and finished 29-8. He spent three seasons as an assistant coach under John Brady, two at Arkansas State (2008-10) and one at LSU (2007-08). Dollar also coached at Murray State (2006-07), Georgia Southern (2002-06), Eastern Kentucky (2000-02) and Western Carolina (1998-2000).
 
Dollar began his coaching career at Gardner-Webb, serving as a volunteer assistant for one season and a graduate assistant for another. He then moved to the staff at Southern Miss for the 1996-97 season when the Golden Eagles finished 22-11 and reached the NIT.
 
Dollar also spent two summers coaching with Athletes in Action, assisting with selection of players and conducting of the team’s training camps. In 1997, Dollar traveled with AIA to Macedonia and Croatia, while in 2001 he ventured to the Ivory Coast.
 
Dollar was a three-year letter winner at South Florida from 1990-93, including teams that reached the 1991 NIT and the 1992 NCAA Tournament. He completed his collegiate playing career at Milligan College (Tenn.). Dollar distributed a what was then school-record 194 assists during the 1994-95 season while helping lead the Buffaloes to a 24-12 finish and their first-ever appearance in the NAIA Tournament.
 
Dollar earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Milligan in 1996. Dollar and his wife Kyla have three children – daughters Aliyah and Chloe and a son, Darian.
 
Dollar’s younger brother, Cameron, played at UCLA and helped the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA Championship and was also a longtime collegiate coach, notably as the head at Seattle (2009-17).