Andre Watson joined the UD men's basketball program as a Graduate Assistant in the summer of 2023. He came to Dayton from DePaul, where he was a senior manager with the men's basketball team while earning his degree in Sports Communications.
A native of Muskegon, Michigan, Watson was a four-year varsity student-athlete for Muskegon Catholic Central. He was on two district championship teams and was named All-Conference, and All-Region. He was also named Honorable Mention All-Michigan as a senior.
Watson began his college career as a player at Muskegon Community College, where his team went 26-4 and won the MCCAA Western and State Championships as well was winning the Region 12 Championship and earning a national tournament berth in 2019-20.
While in Chicago Watson worked with the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. He spent the 2022 season as a Basketball Operations Intern as well as a practice player.
