Isaac Chew - Men's Basketball Coach - Grand Canyon University Athletics

Isaac Chew

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
isaac.chew@gcu.edu

Isaac Chew completed his first season as an assistant coach on the Grand Canyon men's basketball staff in 2019-20.

With the addition of Chew in April 2019, the Lopes added extensive Division I coaching experience with multiple nationally-ranked recruiting classes to their staff.

Chew finished his 13th year on a Division I bench in 2019-20, starting with Murray State (2007-11) before he moved on to Missouri (2011-12), Marquette (2012-14), Virginia Tech (2014-16) and Texas A&M (2016-19).

Chew has been identified as an elite coach nationally, being invited to exclusive events including Nike Villa 7, Next Chair and TopConnect.

Chew was on the staff of four consecutive conference championship teams from 2010 to 2013. Murray State won back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference championships, Missouri won a Big 12 Tournament championship, and Marquette won a Big East Conference title.

Beginning his D-I career at Murray State, Chew and company won a pair of league titles highlighted by a 31-win team in 2009-10. Overall, the Racers posted a 91-39 record and 57-17 conference record in his four seasons with the program. Murray State guard Isaiah Canaan developed into a 2013 NBA Draft pick, and, through the 2018-19 NBA season, is now a veteran of six NBA seasons.

Chew coached the 2011-12 season at Missouri and helped lead the Tigers to a 30-5 record, a Big 12 Tournament title and a trip to the NCAA tournament. He was on a staff that helped develop Phil Pressey (three NBA seasons), Marcus Denmon (2012 NBA Draft pick) and Kim English (2012 NBA Draft).

Spending two seasons at Marquette, Chew was on a staff that helped lead the Golden Eagles to a 2012-13 Big East Regular Season Co-Championship and a trip to the Elite Eight. As a No. 3 seed, Marquette defeated 14-seed Davidson, 6-seed Butler, and 2-seed Miami. He was part of assembling a top-15 recruiting class nationally in 2013.

He joined the Virginia Tech staff for two seasons beginning in 2014-15. Chew was a part of a turnaround of the Hokies program from back-to-back two-win seasons in ACC play to a 10-8 conference mark and an NIT bid in 2015-16. Chew recruited and signed Justin Robinson who went on to have a successful collegiate career before signing a multi-year contract with the Washington Wizards following the 2019 NBA Draft.

Chew spent three years on the Texas A&M coaching staff. While in College Station, he helped develop Robert Williams into a first-round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 2018 NBA Draft. The Aggies advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2016 after wins over Green Bay and Northern Iowa.

The Chicago native played basketball at Iowa Lakes Community College in 1994-95 and 1995-96 before finishing his collegiate playing career at Avila University in Kansas City in 1998-99. He went on to earn a graduate degree in business administration from Baker University.