University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Basketball
Bryan Tibaldi
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Phone:
- 919-962-1154
Bryan Tibaldi, who has spent the last 19 seasons on coaching staffs at the NBA, G-League and collegiate levels, joins Michael Malone’s first staff at North Carolina as an assistant coach.
A walk-on guard at Michigan State, where he played for Hall of Fame Coach Tom Izzo, Tibaldi was an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator last season at Providence. The Friars’ incorporated 10 new players and improved 233 spots nationally in scoring average, climbing to 16th in the country at 85.3 points per game, and 55 places in offensive efficiency. The 55-spot jump was the third-best improvement among Power 5 teams last season.
Jaylin Sellers led the Big East in scoring (19.6 ppg) and was second-team all-conference and Jamier Jones and Stefan Vaaks both earned Big East All-Freshman honors.
Tibaldi spent six seasons on staff with the Cleveland Cavaliers, two of which he also worked with the Canton Charge in the G-League, two seasons at both Cleveland State and DePaul, four years at the University of Missouri, two seasons with the Chicago Bulls and two years in East Lansing as a graduate assistant under Izzo.
Prior to joining Kim English’s staff at Providence, Tibaldi helped build the Cavaliers into one of the NBA’s top defensive teams. He began his six-year stint with the team as an assistant coach in Canton from 2019-21, where he developed two players that received NBA call-ups, before being elevated to a player development coach in Cleveland in 2021.
He helped the Cavs improve from 25th in the NBA to fifth in defensive efficiency, which led to a 22-game improvement in wins. He helped develop the Cavaliers’ corps of emerging stars, including Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley.
He was an assistant coach under Kenny Atkinson with the Cavs in 2024-25, when they went 64-18, the second-best record in franchise history, produced three NBA All-Stars in Mitchell, Garland and Mobley and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In his tenure in Cleveland, where he also worked with head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, the Cavs made four NBA Playoff appearances, had the league’s No. 1-rated offense, set a franchise record 16-game winning streak and became just the fourth team in NBA history to have three winning streaks of at least 11 games in the same season.
The Cavaliers ranked 30th and 25th in the NBA in defensive efficiency when he joined the staff in 2021. They finished fifth, first, seventh and eighth in the next four seasons.
Tibaldi assisted with practice planning and instruction, individual player workouts, scouted opponents and prepared game plans, oversaw the Cavaliers’ video room and player development staff and coordinated with the front office on draft evaluation workouts.
The native of Traverse City, Mich., was an assistant coach at Cleveland State from 2017-19. He helped recruit four players who earned Horizon League honors, including first-teamer Torrey Patton, second-team selection Tyree Appleby, All-Defensive Team honoree Deante Johnson and Rashad Williams on the All-Rookie Team.
He was a video coordinator (2011-13) and director of basketball operations (2013-15) at Missouri and director of basketball operations at DePaul (2015-17). He worked with six Missouri players who were drafted or played in the NBA, including English, Phil Pressey, Jordan Clarkson, Marcus Denmon, Jabari Brown and Alex Oriakhi.
His first two seasons in the NBA were as assistant video coordinator and basketball operations assistant with the Bulls from 2009-11.
The Spartans went 58-16 in his two seasons (2007-09) as a graduate assistant, winning a Big Ten regular-season title in 2009, and reaching the Sweet 16 in 2008 and the national championship game against the Tar Heels in 2009.
He played for Michigan State from 2005-07, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2007. He was a senior in 2007 when the Spartans played Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Winston-Salem. He earned his degree in interdisciplinary studies in social sciences in 2007 and a master’s in kinesiology through the sports administration program in 2009.
He and his wife, Kelsey, have a son, Benjamin.
A walk-on guard at Michigan State, where he played for Hall of Fame Coach Tom Izzo, Tibaldi was an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator last season at Providence. The Friars’ incorporated 10 new players and improved 233 spots nationally in scoring average, climbing to 16th in the country at 85.3 points per game, and 55 places in offensive efficiency. The 55-spot jump was the third-best improvement among Power 5 teams last season.
Jaylin Sellers led the Big East in scoring (19.6 ppg) and was second-team all-conference and Jamier Jones and Stefan Vaaks both earned Big East All-Freshman honors.
Tibaldi spent six seasons on staff with the Cleveland Cavaliers, two of which he also worked with the Canton Charge in the G-League, two seasons at both Cleveland State and DePaul, four years at the University of Missouri, two seasons with the Chicago Bulls and two years in East Lansing as a graduate assistant under Izzo.
Prior to joining Kim English’s staff at Providence, Tibaldi helped build the Cavaliers into one of the NBA’s top defensive teams. He began his six-year stint with the team as an assistant coach in Canton from 2019-21, where he developed two players that received NBA call-ups, before being elevated to a player development coach in Cleveland in 2021.
He helped the Cavs improve from 25th in the NBA to fifth in defensive efficiency, which led to a 22-game improvement in wins. He helped develop the Cavaliers’ corps of emerging stars, including Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley.
He was an assistant coach under Kenny Atkinson with the Cavs in 2024-25, when they went 64-18, the second-best record in franchise history, produced three NBA All-Stars in Mitchell, Garland and Mobley and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In his tenure in Cleveland, where he also worked with head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, the Cavs made four NBA Playoff appearances, had the league’s No. 1-rated offense, set a franchise record 16-game winning streak and became just the fourth team in NBA history to have three winning streaks of at least 11 games in the same season.
The Cavaliers ranked 30th and 25th in the NBA in defensive efficiency when he joined the staff in 2021. They finished fifth, first, seventh and eighth in the next four seasons.
Tibaldi assisted with practice planning and instruction, individual player workouts, scouted opponents and prepared game plans, oversaw the Cavaliers’ video room and player development staff and coordinated with the front office on draft evaluation workouts.
The native of Traverse City, Mich., was an assistant coach at Cleveland State from 2017-19. He helped recruit four players who earned Horizon League honors, including first-teamer Torrey Patton, second-team selection Tyree Appleby, All-Defensive Team honoree Deante Johnson and Rashad Williams on the All-Rookie Team.
He was a video coordinator (2011-13) and director of basketball operations (2013-15) at Missouri and director of basketball operations at DePaul (2015-17). He worked with six Missouri players who were drafted or played in the NBA, including English, Phil Pressey, Jordan Clarkson, Marcus Denmon, Jabari Brown and Alex Oriakhi.
His first two seasons in the NBA were as assistant video coordinator and basketball operations assistant with the Bulls from 2009-11.
The Spartans went 58-16 in his two seasons (2007-09) as a graduate assistant, winning a Big Ten regular-season title in 2009, and reaching the Sweet 16 in 2008 and the national championship game against the Tar Heels in 2009.
He played for Michigan State from 2005-07, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2007. He was a senior in 2007 when the Spartans played Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Winston-Salem. He earned his degree in interdisciplinary studies in social sciences in 2007 and a master’s in kinesiology through the sports administration program in 2009.
He and his wife, Kelsey, have a son, Benjamin.
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