Background
He is also the son of University of Miami men"s basketball coach Jim Larranaga.
He is also the son of University of Miami men"s basketball coach Jim Larranaga.
He is the current head coach of the Irish national basketball team and an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. After graduating from Saint John"s Jesuit High School and Academy, Jay played college basketball for Bowling Green Falcons alongside Antonio Daniels. In 1997 Jay moved to Italy to play for Viola Reggio Calabria. Larranaga joined Peristeri British Columbia in Greece for the 1998-1999 season.
Larranaga moved back to Italy in November 2000 to join Olimpia Milano however he moved back to France to play for the now defunct Paris Basket Racing.
Larranaga then moved to Spain to play for Central Bank Gran Canaria and Cerebrospinal fluid Sevilla. He then moved back to Italy to join Pallacanestro Virtus Roma and his former club Viola Reggio Calabria.
Larranaga retired after spending two seasons in Eldo Caserta. In 2008 Jay was announced as player/manager of the Ireland team
Larranaga entered his first season as an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics in 2012.
He spent the previous two seasons as head coach of the Erie BayHawks of the National Basketball Association Development League. In two seasons with the BayHawks, Larranaga led his squad to consecutive playoff appearances while accumulating a regular season record of 60-40. He also established team records for all-time wins (60), wins in a season (32) and player call ups (12).
During Larranaga"s two years in Erie, eight different players received National Basketball Association call-ups.
Prior to arriving in Erie, Larranaga served as an assistant coach at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and before that he was head coach of the Irish National Team for two years. Larranaga spent the summer of 2012 as an assistant for the Ukraine National Team under former National Basketball Association coach Mike Fratello.
In 2013, Larranaga was considered by the Celtics to possibly replace Doc Rivers, but the job was given to Butler basketball head coach, Brad Stevens. In the 2014-2015 season, Jay and the coaching staff led the Celtics back to the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
France = All-Star Italy = Basket Napoli Spain = Real Madrid.