New to the Cardinal staff in 2007-08, Ryan Wilde will be a full-time assistant under Head Coach Jay Johnson.  Graduating from Springfield College in 2005, Ryan began his collegiate coaching career at Norwich University, assisting in the basketball program there for two seasons.  During his first season with the Cadets, Norwich won the GNAC title to qualify for the NCAA tournament.  Norwich hosted a first-round game and won an NCAA tournament game for the first time in team history. Ryan also has had eight years of experience coaching at camps and schools beginning with his high-school years while attending nearby E.O. Smith in Storrs.  While at Springfield, Ryan was a four-year member of the men's basketball team, serving as a team captain in both 2003-04 and 2004-05.  During his senior year, Springfield reached the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament.

      A 2007 graduate of Yale University where he was a four-year member of the Bulldogs men's basketball team, Jason Abromaitis will be lending a hand in the coaching department under Jay Johnson in 2007-08.  Playing in 19 of Yale's 27 games during a 14-13 campaign in 2006-07, Jason averaged 3.1 PPG and 4.1 PPG coming off the bench.  He was the recipient of the Gerald Ford Scholar Award, the Yale Club of Hartford Shepherd Award for athletic and academic achievement, and was named academic all-Ivy league as a senior.  Prior to his enrollment at Yale, Jason was a Gatorade Connecticut Boy's Basketball Player of the Year at Farmington High School.  Jason currently works full-time at BlumShapiro Consulting in West Hartford.