Ricky Yahn joined the Cornell men's basketball coaching staff in July of 2010. Yahn spent the 2009-10 season as the video coordinator at George Mason University under fellow assistant coach Jay Larranaga's father, GMU head coach Jim Larranaga. Yahn had previously spent one season on the sidelines at Saint Vincent College. after playing professionally in England and Buffalo, N.Y.
Yahn played at Wheeling Jesuit University where he was a two-year captain. He led the team to a pair of NCAA tournaments, including a league title in 2005. Yahn was named team most valuable player and was a first-team all-league pick before graduating with a degree in psychology in 2007.
The 2009-10 Patriots went 17-15 and were 12-6 in the Colonial Athletic Association, good enough for third in the always competitive CAA. George Mason earned an invitation to the CIT, the program's third straight postseason appearance.
In his only season at Saint Vincent, Yahn helped the squad rebound from a 14-11 campaign the year before to go 22-4.
