Basketball

Stirring up success

Team Derby is striving to continually improve the programme and its individual athletes each year. The 2019/2020 season was highly successful with the men’s first team finishing top of Division 1A.

The city of Derby has a successful national league programme, Derby Trailblazers and many of the athletes have competed for the University and at a national league level while studying.

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Basketball support services

• Invitational pre-season
• Two court sessions per week with the University Head Coach
• Additional court bookings available for sport scholars
• Two sport-specific strength and conditioning sessions in the high-performance gym
• Individual screening and testing pre and post-season
• Physiotherapy sessions
• Performance sport workshops, including the importance of sleep, time management and nutritional support
• Team performance analysis

Our basketball scholars

Our men's and women's basketball teams include scholars such as Oscar Ruiz and Ronald Oberia.

Oscar Ruiz is an international MSc Marketing Management student. He has played at the highest youth national level in France and then continued to play to a high level as he progressed in his career. Oscar then decided to travel to the UK, where he studies part-time.

For applicants who want to focus on their sports more than full-time study would allow, part-time scholarships are available.

Head Coach: Ryan Bruggeman

Ryan joined Team Derby this year. He is a Minnesota native and All American at Southwest Minnesota State University, where he graduated. After that, he turned pro and played in Bosnia and Spain before landing in Derby to play for the Derby Trailblazers. Ryan is excited to bring his wealth of experience into his role as head coach within our basketball performance programme.

If you would like to find out more about the programme, please contact sportsscholars@derby.ac.uk