The Franklin Bulls have started the coaching rebuild with the signing of new Head Coach, Dan Ryan, from Chicago, Illinois.

Coach Ryan was recently appointed as assistant coach to Josh King at the South East Melbourne Phoenix in the Australian NBL. He will take on the New Zealand NBL as head coach at the end of the Australian season and has been signed to the Bulls for two seasons.

Ryan comes to the Bulls after spending a two years coaching in Europe, most recently with Darussafaka in the Turkish Super League and in the German Bundesliga with Riesen Ludwigsburg.