Former Mountain Cat standout Patrick Grubbs enters his 12th season on Head Coach Bob Rukavina’s Mountain Cat basketball staff after one year of coaching at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. In 2013-14 Grubbs also spent the 2012-13 season as a student-assistant coach for the Mountain Cats.
Grubbs, Pitt-Johnstown’s all-time leader in rebounds with 996, was a 2011-12 Sporting News NCAA Division II Preseason Honorable Mention All-American, as well as a 2011-12 postseason NABC Top-25 All-American and a Basketball Times All-American. He finished his Mountain Cat career ranked third on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,759 points and averaged over 15 points and nearly nine rebounds per game over his four-year Mountain Cat career.
Grubbs was a two-time All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) selection and a first-team choice following his junior season in 2010-11.
Grubbs finished in the Top-10 in the nation in field goal percentage in three of his four seasons at Pitt-Johnstown, including leading the country in 2009-10 at 66.3%. His 64.7% career-field goal percentage ranks among the best in Pitt-Johnstown history.
He posted career-highs of 32 points against Clarion University on Dec. 7, 2009, 18 rebounds against Davis & Elkins (WV) College on Jan. 17, 2011, and six assists on three occasions.
A native of Turtle Creek, Pa. and a graduate of Serra Catholic High School, Grubbs graduated from Pitt-Johnstown in 2013 with a Bachelor’s Degree in History.
