Coach Riley Grandinetti recently completed his sixth season as Head Coach at Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) and has helped guide the Lakers through one of the most successful stretches in program history.
During the 2025–2026 season, SWOCC finished with a 24–7 record and Grandinetti was named NWAC South Conference Coach of the Year. The Lakers also had their first South Conference Player of the Year under his leadership as Connor Wilson earned the honor.
The previous season marked a historic year for the program. In 2024–2025, the Lakers reached the NWAC Final Four for the first time since 2008 and advanced to the NWAC Championship game for the first time in school history.
Before being named head coach, Grandinetti spent five seasons as Associate Head Coach under longtime SWOCC head coach Trevor Hoppe. He originally returned to the program in 2015 as an assistant coach after completing his collegiate playing career.
A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Grandinetti played high school basketball at Murray High School before beginning his college career at SWOCC from 2011–2013. He served as the starting point guard on back-to-back NWAC Championship Tournament teams and earned First Team All-Southern Region honors as a sophomore. He was also named to the NWAC All-Academic Team, selected to the NWAC All-Star Game and received the Bill Holmes Award as SWOCC’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year.
Grandinetti later transferred to Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, where he was a two-year starter and team captain for the Boxers.
He holds an A.A. degree from SWOCC, a B.A. in Business from Pacific University, and an M.A. in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University, California. In 2020, he completed a second master’s degree in Teaching from Eastern Oregon University and is currently pursuing his Administrative License at George Fox University.
Outside of coaching, Grandinetti serves as the Dean of Students at North Bend Middle School and directs SWOCC’s youth basketball camps each summer.
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SWOCC Basketball Record under Coach Grandinetti
| Season |
Overall |
Conference |
Postseason |
| 2025-26 |
24-7 |
11-5 |
NWAC Elite 8 |
| 2024-25 |
24-9 |
10-6 |
NWACÂ Championship Runner Up |
| 2023-24 |
23-7 |
12-4 |
NWAC Sweet 16 |
| 2022-23 |
19-12 |
10-6 |
NWAC Elite 8 |
| 2021-22 |
14-15 |
7-9 |
Did not Qualify |
| 2020-21 |
COVID |
COVID |
COVID |
| Total |
104-50 |
50-30 |
|
2025-26: South Conference Coach of the Year
ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS
2025-26: Connor Wilson (South Conference Player of the Year), Brighton Palmer (2nd Team), Jett Lundberg (HM)
2024-25: Colby Whicker (1st Team), Luke Fotheringham (2nd Team), Logan Deal & Kam DuPaix (HM)
2023-24: O'shen Cazimero (1st Team), Logan Prince & Merrick Sherwood (HM)
2022-23: Onwaja Thomas (1st Team), O'shen Cazimero (HM)
2021-22: Kareem Rowe (1st Team), Kase Peterson (HM)
2020-21: Kareem Rowe (1st Team)
NABC ALL-AMERICANS
2024-25: Colby Whicker
2023-24: O'shen Cazimero
2022-23: Onwaja Thomas
PLAYERS MOVED TO 4 YEAR LEVEL
2024-25:
Colby Whicker - Oregon Tech
Logan Deal - Valley City State University
Luke Fotheringham - University of Alaska Fairbanks
2023-24:
O'shen Cazimero - Western Oregon University
Zach Jefferson - Evergreen State College
Colby Beck-Watts - Evergreen State College
Dylan Power - Pacific University Oregon
2022-23:
Onwaja Thomas - Montana Northern University
Daxton Dayley - Bemidji State University
2021-22:
Kase Peterson - Westminster University
Kareem Rowe - Menlo College                   Â
Cade Baker - Warner Pacific University
2020-21:
Anel Alagic - Westminster University
Donovan Baasch - San Diego Christian University
2019-20:
Mack Tarver Jr. - Humboldt University
Ryan Bell - Westminster University
2018-19:
Moses Miller - Corban University
Chase Berry - Boise State University/Utah Tech University
Aaron Sanchez - Elms College
Ransford Ntow Jr. - Missouri Baptist University
2017-18:
Skyler Bradford - Oregon Tech University
James Walljasper - Westminster University          Â
Peyton Christman - Mayville State University
Jacob Bingham - Pacific Luthern University/Park University
2015-16:
Mike Jesser Jr. - Graceland University
