| Grant Billmeier | |
| Position: | Head coach |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| League: | America East Conference |
| Team: | NJIT Highlanders |
| Birth Date: | October 6, 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Pennington, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | St. Patrick (Hillside, New Jersey) |
| College: | Seton Hall (2003–2007) |
| Draft Year: | 2007 |
| Draft League: | NBA |
| Career Start: | 2007 |
| Career End: | 2009 |
| Career Position: | Center |
| Coach Start: | 2010 |
| Years1: | 2007–2008 |
| Team1: | s.Oliver Würzburg |
| Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Team2: | AD Vagos |
| Cyears1: | 2010–2014 |
| Cteam1: | Seton Hall (DBO) |
| Cyears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Cteam2: | Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2015–2022 |
| Cteam3: | Seton Hall (assistant) |
| Cyears4: | 2022–2023 |
| Cteam4: | Maryland (assistant |
}Grant Billmeier (born October 6, 1984) is a former American professional basketball player and current head coach of the NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team.[1]
The 6'10" Billmeier played high school basketball at both The Pennington School and St. Patrick before playing college basketball at Seton Hall under Louis Orr and Bobby Gonzalez.[2] He appeared in 106 games for the Pirates.[3]
After graduation, Billmeier played professionally in Germany with s.Oliver Würzburg and in Portugal for AD Vagos.[4]
Billmeier began his coaching career at his alma mater in 2010 as the director of basketball operations under Kevin Willard, a role he served in until 2014 when he joined the coaching staff at Fairleigh Dickinson for a single season.[5] He'd return to Seton Hall as a full assistant coach, where he'd be part of five NCAA tournament squads with the Pirates as well as the 2016 Big East Tournament championship team and 2019–20 Big East regular season co-championship team.[6] When Willard accepted the head coaching position at Maryland, Billmeier joined him as an assistant coach.[7]
On April 5, 2023, Billmeier was named the head coach at NJIT, replacing Brian Kennedy.[8] [9]