Hasten Beamer was named an assistant coach for UC Riverside women's basketball in September of 2021 and enters his third season on the bench in 2023-24.
Prior to accepting the position at UCR, Â Beamer spent three years working under NBA Player Development coach Phil Beckner. Over those three years, Beamer assisted directly in the on-court development of NBA players, including Damian Lillard, Mikal Bridges, Matisse Thybulle, Anfernee Simons, Tim Frazier, Wesley Matthews, and others. His work with these athletes included on-court workouts along with video and film development.
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During his time working in player development, Beamer served as an assistant for NBA Pre-Draft Development for different players, this includes working with players like Jarrett Culver, Lu Dort, Naji Marshall and more as they prepared for the NBA Draft.
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During the summer of 2019, Beamer spent time assisting USA Basketball’s Junior National Team during minicamp, where he helped manage film breakdowns, scheduling, and assisting the lead coaches with day-to-day operations.
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Beamer started out as a student manager, where he spent three years under Coach Powell at Grand Canyon from 2017-2020, assisting with on-court player development for the coaching staff, along with film breakdown and scouting reports.
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