Jesse Repay enters his first year with the Eastern Oregon Men's Basketball program as an Assistant coach.
Repay will assist Head Coach Carlito Labarda Jr. in player development, recruiting, practice and game preparation.
Prior to coming to Eastern Oregon University, Repay served as the Graduate Assistant for the Tiffin University Men's Basketball program in Tiffin, Ohio. In his lone season with the Dragons, he helped guide the team to multiple program bests in both offensive and defensive statistics.
Previous to coaching at Tiffin, Repay served two seasons as an assistant for the Carroll College Men’s Basketball team in Helena, Montana. In his first season with the Saints, he helped guide the team to a 29-6 record, Frontier Conference regular season and tournament champions, a number 1 seed in the NAIA D1 National Tournament, and a Final Eight appearance. In his second year Coach Repay was promoted to lead assistant where he helped guide the team to a 28-6 record, Frontier Conference regular season and tournament champions, a number 2 seed in the NAIA D1 National Tournament, and a Final Sixteen Appearance. During his two seasons with Carroll College, the Saints finished in the top ten on the court and in the classroom with a team GPA of 3.35. The Saints also had a 100% eligibility and graduation rate over those two seasons.
Repay started his coaching career at H.B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida, where he was an assistant coach from 2013-2016. During that time Plant had a 100% graduation rate, 2 consecutive conference team GPA awards, and 6 collegiate scholarship athletes.
Repay graduated from Saint Joseph’s College – Indiana with a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communications. He was a member of the Saint Joseph’s Men’s Basketball Team from 2008-2012. He is a native of Ogden Dunes, Indiana, and a graduate of Andrean High School. He is engaged to Jennifer Utroska.
