University of Maine Athletics

Jason Grunkemeyer began his role as deputy athletic director at the University of Maine on Aug. 8, 2023. He serves as the sport administrator for men's and women's basketball.
 
Grunkemeyer joined UMaine from Hilton Head Christian Academy where he served as the athletic director and head boys basketball coach. Administratively, he has overseen all elements of the athletic department and its 16 varsity sports – including budgeting, scheduling, coach and staff hiring, evaluation and mentorship, compliance, event and game operations, facilities, maintenance and fundraising. As a coach, he also earned Regional Coach of the Year honors as his varsity team finished runner-up in the state of South Carolina private school championship.
 
As a college basketball coach, Grunkemeyer served as an assistant or associate head coach at Saint Louis University, Miami University and Ball State University. While coaching, his teams made the postseason on seven different occasions and during his most recent college coaching stop at Ball State was a part of teams that won three Mid-American Conference (MAC) division titles. In the summer of 2020, he was voted by his peers in the league as the top assistant coach in the MAC in a poll conducted by college basketball guru Jeff Goodman. In addition to coaching and recruiting duties, he has also coordinated team travel, handled scheduling, managed the team's budget, served as primary staff liaison to strength training and sports medicine, and overseen program academic performance.
 
A former standout basketball student-athlete at Miami University, Grunkemeyer was an all-academic team member in the classroom and an honorable mention performer on the court. He was part of Miami's 1999 "Sweet Sixteen" run and served as captain of the program his senior year.
 
At Maine, Grunkemeyer's primary responsibilities include mentoring coaches and staff, supporting new and existing facilities and operations, sports medicine and sports performance. He will also be heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of the department, strategic planning, serve as a sport administrator, and will be involved in all personnel matters. 
 
Grunkemeyer has also served as athletic director at Talawanda High School where he oversaw scheduling, created and managed the department budget, managed all facility and game day operations, hired and evaluated staff and developed community relations. While at Talawanda, Grunkemeyer helped open and establish protocols for moving into a brand-new high school.

Grunkemeyer earned his bachelor's degree in education from Miami in 2001 while minoring in business marketing.