Hilbert College

Rob deGrandpre
Head men's basketball coach
(716) 926-8803
rdegrandpre@hilbert.edu

2009-10 marks the eighth season for head men's basketball coach Rob deGrandpre after arriving on campus in September of 2002. Now the program's winningest coach since becoming an NCAA Division III member (1992), deGrandpre has built the Hawks into one of the more competitive programs in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC). 

Hilbert finished a respectable 12-13 in 2007-08 after completing the 2006-07 campaign with 14 wins and a fourth place finish in the rivaling AMCC.  That season saw the deGrandpre-led Hawks earn their second consecutive trip to the AMCC tournament semifinals where they succumbed to NCAA participant Lake Erie College.  A first-ever appearance in the ECAC post-season tournament followed with a first round loss to eventual champion Vassar College.  

After rebuilding the men's basketball program during his inaugural season, deGrandpre's Hawks improved in each of the next four years.  The 14 wins in 06-07 is the most in the deGrandpre-era and followed a 12-14 winter that saw Hilbert come within a basket of advancing to the 2005-06 AMCC tournament finals.

In seven seasons, deGrandpre has generated 11 All-Conference selections and 22 Hawks have earned All-Conference Academic Honors by obtaining a 3.2 GPA or higher.  He has produced the college's all-time leading scorer and top three-point shooter in Dallas Reinard ('08), a two-time DIII News All-American and the 06-07 AMCC Player of the Year, as well a an ESPN-The Magazine Academic All-American.  Under deGrandpre fellow standout Mike Reyes ('08) blossomed into the all-time assist leader after pacing the conference in dishes for three years.

"Recruiting top notch student-athletes to Hilbert College to compete at the NCAA Division III level is a priority for the coaching staff", says deGrandpre. "We will continue to build on this foundation while developing the men's basketball program into a team that the campus community can be proud of".

Before arriving at the Hamburg campus, deGrandpre served as assistant men’s basketball coach at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he coached two-time Empire Eight Conference Player of the Year Brandon Redmond. In deGrandpre’s three years at RIT, the Tigers advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2000, and made ECAC post-season appearances in 2001 and again in 2002.

Previously, he spent five years as assistant men’s basketball coach at Brockport State where he coached NABC All-District player and Honorable Mention All-American Mark Wadams. The Golden Eagles made trips to the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Division III Tournament, reaching the Sweet 16 round in 1997.

From 2000-2008, deGrandpre worked with some of Western New York’s finest amateur players while coaching the Western Open team at the Empire State Games.  His teams have medaled five times while capturing gold during the summer of 2005 and more recently in 2007 at the games in Westchester, NY.

As a student-athlete at Brockport State, deGrandpre was a point guard for the Golden Eagles helping them win the 1994 SUNYAC title, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years.

A Plattsburgh native, deGrandpre holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Brockport State where he also earned a master’s degree in the area of athletic administration.

A frequent speaker at summer basketball camps across Western New York, deGrandpre is a member of the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, as well as the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Also an assistant athletic director on campus, deGrandpre currently resides with his wife Sarah in Hamburg.

Mick Kuberka
Assistant men's basketball coach
(716) 926-8803
mkuberka@hilbert.edu
 

Mick Kuberka begins his seventh season with the Hilbert College coaching staff and serves as Coach deGrandpre’s longest tenured assistant. Kuberka aids in all aspects of the men’s basketball program, including recruiting, scouting, practice and game day coaching, and monitoring the Hawks strength and conditioning program. 

Kuberka graduated from Lafayette College in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in business and economics, and with a minor in anthropology and sociology. While at the Easton, Pennsylvania, school, the West Seneca native was a four-year letter winner and played in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in 1999 and 2000. Kuberka is mentioned in author John Feinstein’s top-selling book The Last Amateurs, which takes readers through a season of Division I basketball in the Patriot League.

Kuberka has worked a number of summer basketball camps, including those offered by the U.S. Military Academy, Canisius College, Siena College, King’s College, and Hilbert.  At 6'10", he works primarily with the Hawks post players.

Kuberka attended Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School in Buffalo, where he graduated in 1998 and was an Honorable Mention All-Western New York selection.

Kuberka resides in Buffalo.