TCU men's basketball head coach Jamie Dixon announced the hiring of Jamie McNeilly as an assistant coach.

"Jamie brings international experience to our staff, as well as experience with three other power five programs including some time with Tony Benford, while at Marquette," said Dixon. "He also has great experience as a player with a great career at UNO. I'm really excited to welcome Jamie and his family to Fort Worth and to TCU."

McNeilly spent the past two seasons as an associate head coach for Texas A&M and has spent 11 seasons on Buzz Williams' coaching staff, also at Marquette and Virginia Tech. While at Virginia Tech, he helped lead the Hokies to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2017-19, a first for the program.

At Marquette, McNeilly worked with current TCU assistant head coach Tony Benford for two of his six seasons. McNeilly worked his way up from a graduate manager in his first two years with the Golden Eagles to the team's video coordinator and then three seasons as the student-athlete development specialist.

He earned his master's degree in leadership studies from Marquette in 2010 and was also an adjunct professor in the college of professional studies, teaching classes for three years in Marquette's Graduate Sports Leadership program.

McNeilly has spent numerous years coaching with the Canadian Men's Basketball National Team as an assistant. In the summer of 2011, McNeilly helped lead the Canadian Cadet Men's Basketball team to a bronze medal at the FIBA Americas World Qualifying Championships held in Mexico. In 2012, McNeilly helped guide the Canadian Junior Men's National Team to a bronze medal finish at the FIBA Americas U18 Men's Championship.

McNeilly's international coaching experience continued in 2013 at the U19 World Championships. In the summer of 2015, McNeilly was an assistant for Canada at the FIBA U19 World Championship, before coaching at the FIBA U18 Americas Championship. He helped lead the gold medal-winning Canadian team in the 2017 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup.

McNeilly was a standout collegiate player for the New Orleans, earning Sun Belt all-conference recognition as a junior and making the league's academic honor roll following his senior year. He played for Williams as a senior in 2006-07 and averaged 16.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in conference play.

After earning a bachelor's degree from UNO in interdisciplinary studies in 2007, the Toronto native played professionally in Germany in 2007-08. He joined USC Heidelberg o the Pro A League, where he averaged 10.9 points, 3.0 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game.

McNeilly possessed international experience prior to his stint in Germany, having played for Team Canada in two consecutive World University Games. In 2007, he helped his team earn a bronze medal as a team captain.

McNeilly completes a TCU staff that includes Benford as assistant head coach and assistant coach Duane Broussard.