Grambling State University Men's Basketball

Aaron Proctor was named assistant coach on Coach Crarey’s inaugural staff after spending the past two seasons at Texas State University as the program’s Director of Basketball Operations.  Prior to Texas State, he served in the same role at Lamar University from 2021-2023, and he also spent the 2020-21 campaign in the same role at Southeast Missouri State. Overall, Proctor brings 20 years of coaching experience to the Bobcats, including four years as a head coach at the high school level and two stints as an AAU head coach. During the 2019-2020 season. Proctor served as an assistant at Missouri State-West Plains after spending the 2018-19 campaign at Arkansas-Fort Smith. He joined the Lions after a one-year stint as the head coach of North Forest High School in Houston. His time at North Forest was one of three high school head coaching jobs which also included stops at Heights High School and Alvin High School. For two years, Proctor served on staff at Kansas State as a graduate assistant coach. During his time with the Wildcats, they recorded 38 wins – including a 20-win season in 2016-17 – and advanced to the 2017 NCAA Tournament where KSU defeated Wake Forest in its first-round game. A native of Houston, Proctor attended Cal State-San Bernardino where he played one season for head coach Jeff Olivier. During that season (2004-05), Proctor helped lead the Coyotes to a 21-6 record and captured the California Collegiate Athletic Association title and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament. He graduated from CSUSB with a bachelor’s degree in 2006. Following graduation, Proctor went on to teach at the high school level before returning to college to receive his master’s degree from Kansas State in 2017. Proctor and his wife, Ashford, have a daughter, Harper.

Wade comes to Grambling State after leading James Hubert Blake High School to a 91-35 record. During the 5 year tenure they won 4 Division Championships, a County Championship, with 5 Regional Championship appearances.  Wade led the Bengals to a 19-1 regular season record in 2024-2025 (tied for the best record in the state of Maryland). The Bengals finished top 25 in the Washington Post All Met Sports ranking. The Bengals regular season success led to Wade being named James Hubert Blake Coach of the Year. Blake saw the nation’s top ranked player in the sophomore class according to ESPN, Baba Oladotun, become the first basketball student athlete to be selected First Team All-Met in school history.  Prior to his tenure at Blake, Wade served as the head coach at High Point High School, where he led the team to its first regional final in over 15 years during the 2018–19 season.  Before High Point, Wade spent three seasons at Washington Adventist University (WAU) in Takoma Park, Maryland. One year as a graduate assistant earning his master’s degree and two years as Defensive Coordinator/ Director of Basketball Operations. In 2014, the Shock was able to capture a National Championship.  Wade is a native of Forestville, Maryland, and played guard at WAU for two seasons. Before that, he played at Montgomery College Germantown, ranked 4th in the junior college rankings in 2008. 

Register joins GSU after spending the past two seasons at Florida State as an Assistant Coach/ Video Coordinator.    Register brings extensive basketball experience on both the college and high school levels to Grambling State. He has worked with numerous Division I scholarship athletes and NBA Draft picks, most recently Jamir Watkins (FSU) who was selected as the 43rd pick in the 2025 NBA draft.   During his time at Florida State, some of his responsibilities included assisting Head Coach Leonard Hamilton and his staff with opponent scouting through extensive video breakdowns and game preparation, assisting with on campus recruiting efforts, practice planning and on court skill development. Prior to his arrival at FSU, Register was an assistant coach at Bishop Walsh High School in Cumberland, Md., (2021-23) at the prep level. At Bishop Walsh, he helped the Spartans to a pair of wins over two top-25 nationally ranked teams and helped six players earn Division I scholarships. Before going to Bishop Walsh, Coach AJ was as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2020-21). As a member of the UMES staff, he was responsible for on-court player development, regional recruiting, and academic success. Under his watchful academic eyes, the Hawks earned a cumulative 3.2 grade point average. Coach AJ was the Director of Scouting and Analytics at George Washington University during the 2019-20 season. Coach AJ spent the 2018-19 season as part of Jamion Christian's staff at Siena. He helped the Saints to a winning overall record and an 11-7 mark along with a second-place finish in MAAC play. Register helped coach Jalen Pickett who earned All-MAAC First-Team, Freshman of the Year and 2023 NBA Draft pick Jalen Pickett. Register spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Montverde Academy where he helped the Eagles’ 2017-18 squad to a perfect 35-0 record and a high school national championship. In 2016-17, Montverde went 26-5 and finished runner-up at nationals. Montverde was a combined 61-5 during his two seasons at the Orlando-based athletic powerhouse. During his time at Montverde, he coached 5 players who were drafted to the NBA, RJ Barrett (NY Knicks), Andrew Nembhard (Indiana Pacers), Filip Petrusiv (Philadelphia 76ers), Balsa Koprivica (Charlotte Hornets), and Dariq Whitehead (Brooklyn Nets). Register began his stint at UCF as a graduate assistant for the 2014-15 season, before earning a promotion to Director of Operations/Video Coordinator in 2015-16. While at UCF, Register earned a master’s degree in Career and Technical Education in 2016. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. While an undergraduate at Alabama, he worked as a student manager for the men's basketball program for three seasons.