In his second year as a manager with Missouri, J.D. Gravatt assists the women's basketball coaching staff with all facets of the program. J.D. assists with anything and everything. He is very skilled with the written word and various media and technical aspects of the profession. He gives the job his full attention and always brings good ideas." — Coach Stein
Gravatt comes to Mizzou from Florida Atlantic, where he served as the director of women's basketball operations during the 2007-08 season. His responsibilities included coordinating team travel, managing the team's day-to-day operations, film exchange and scouting.
Prior to working with the women's basketball team, Gravatt worked for the FAU men's team as a student assistant and video coordinator in 2006-07. He handled a variety of tasks, such as organizing practice drills and film exchange.
Before Gravatt arrived at FAU, he worked at Kansas as a student web assistant from 2003-04. He assisted in the web development for all 18 sports in the Kansas program, as well as creating and maintaining a player database for the KU student-athletes. Also while at Kansas, he gained basketball experience while working as a counselor and coach at summer camps for such coaches as Roy Williams, Bill Self, Dana Altman and Quin Snyder. Gravatt also worked as a high school referee from 1998-06 in both Kansas and Missouri.
A native of Lee's Summit, Mo., Gravatt earned his bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in business from Florida Atlantic. He transferred from the University of Kansas, where he studied sports management and fitness.