Coaching Experience
• Associate Head Coach, Cornell University (2025-present)
• Associate Head Coach, University of Pennsylvania (2018-25)
• Assistant Coach, University of Pennsylvania (2014-18)
• Associate Head Coach, Boston College (2011-15)
• Assistant Coach, Boston College (2010-11)
• Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2005-10)
• Assistant Coach, University of Toronto (2004-05)
• Assistant Coach, University of Western Ontario (1999-2000)
Education
• B.S., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (1997)
• M.S., Multicultural Education, Eastern University (2009)
At Cornell
Nat Graham returned to the Cornell men's basketball coaching staff as associate head coach in June 2025. Graham previously spent five seasons (2005-10) as an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue, including four years with Jaques on the roster. Cornell won 111 games over those five years with three Ivy titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2009-10, Cornell finished with a 29-5 mark and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Big Red established school records for wins, points (2,545), three-pointers (326), and blocked shots (127). In 2008-09, Cornell won all 13 home games, a school record, while in 2007-08 the Big Red won a school-best 16 consecutive contests.
Prior to Cornell
Following his time on East Hill, Graham spent four seasons at Boston College with Donahue (2010-14), the final three as associate head coach before returning to his alma mater in 2014. He was reunited with Donahue the following year when he was named head coach at Penn. Graham was named associate head coach at Penn in 2018.
In 10 seasons after returning to his alma mater (2014-25), Penn won 140 games, including an Ivy regular season and tournament championship in 2017-18. Penn went 24-9 overall and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The following season, Penn went a perfect 4-0 in Philadelphia Big 5 play, including a win over defending NCAA champion Villanova at The Palestra, and road victories at La Salle and Temple. It was the Quakers' first unbeaten Big 5 campaign since 2001-02 and just the second since 1973-74.
With Graham on staff, Penn has played in five of the six Ivy League Tournaments played to date, one of just three programs to make such a claim (the others are Yale and Princeton). In addition, Penn players have totaled 15 All-Ivy honors in that time including AJ Brodeur being named co-Ivy League Player of the Year in 2019-20 and Jordan Dingle earning Ivy Rookie of the Year honors in 2019-20 and Player of the Year honors from the Ivy League, the Philadelphia Big 5, and the ECAC in 2022-23 when he finished the season ranked second nationally in points per game (23.4).
Playing Career
Graham was a two-year letter winner (1993-95) at Penn -- playing for the Quakers when Coach Donahue was an assistant -- and was a member of two undefeated Ivy League championship teams. Penn went a combined 47-9 overall during those two seasons, and earned an NCAA Tournament win over Nebraska in 1994. Graham graduated from Penn in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.
He transferred to the University of Western Ontario following the 1994-95 season, and was a two-time Ontario University Athletics West first-team selection with the Mustangs. A two-year team captain, he also earned All-Canadian accolades in 1998-99. After graduation, Graham played two years of professional ball in Ireland and Denmark.
Personal
He earned his master’s degree in multicultural education from Eastern University in 2009. Graham graduated from Coral Gables High School in Miami, Fla.
Graham and his wife, Kelly, have one daughter, Noelle, and two sons, Silas and Dashiell.
