After spending 2021-22 as the Aggies' video coordinator, Justin Clareman was elevated to Director of Operations in July 2022 and enters his fourth season with the program in 2024-25.
As video coordinator, he created scouting, recruiting, and and practice edits utilized by the coaching staff, as well as in-house analytics and statistical work. Clareman utilized Sportscode to output reports and formulas that in turn provided UC Davis coaches and players with comprehensive post-game information, as well as Clareman's own analytics used to measure offensive set points per possession, individual defensive player efficiency, and lineup plus/minus.
Clareman played a major role in the skill development of the Aggies last season, including All-Big West First Teamer Ezra Manjon and All-Big West Second Team selection Elijah Pepper.
In addition to his video and on-court work, Clareman aided former Director of Basketball Operations Ryan Oliver and Associate Head Coach Kevin Nosek on a daily basis, including travel and budgetary items, and helped oversee a team of undergraduate managers.
A 2017 economics graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Clareman served three seasons with the Tulane Green Wave while completing his master’s of business administration from the New Orleans-based university. He worked with the team’s director of basketball operations and aided in running Tulane summer camps, but his primary duties were creating scouting reports for the coaching staff, coded games using Sportscode Software & Synergy, and edited video of recruits.
A former All-American water polo player from Brentwood High School in Los Angeles, Clareman co-founded a basketball podcast and website called “The Bench Mob.” At Tulane, he credits his time with head coach Mike Dunleavy in “learning a complex offensive scheme, with NBA-style actions and reads.” Then in his final season, Claremont worked for head coach Ron Hunter, from whom he honed expertise in matchup zone defense and off-ball misdirection screen plays.
Clareman also has worked two different stints for the Wasserman Media Group, first as an intern in the summer of 2015 then more recently as an assistant trainer in the summer of 2020. In that latter post, he worked alongside acclaimed basketball trainer Olin Simplis in helping the agency’s pre-draft clients hone their skills and techniques. Clareman also gained valuable industry experience as staff member for Under Armour AAU camps and as a marketing and membership engagement intern with the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment.
