Rick Ray (basketball)
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Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
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1996–1997 | Omaha (graduate assistant) |
1997–2004 | Indiana State (assistant) |
2004–2006 | Northern Illinois (assistant) |
2006–2010 | Purdue (assistant) |
2010–2012 | Clemson (assistant) |
2012–2015 | Mississippi State |
2015–2020 | Southeast Missouri State |
2020–present | Colorado (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 88–164 |
Rick Ray (born May 8, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach at the University of Colorado. He was formerly the head men's basketball coach at Mississippi State and Southeast Missouri State.[1]
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Upon hiring Ray, Mississippi State Athletics Director Scott Stricklin said, “Rick fits the model of head coach we have sought to bring into our program over the last several years. He is bright, enthusiastic, disciplined and is a man of integrity. He has served with some of the top head and assistant coaches in college basketball and will bring a piece of all of them to our head coaching position.” [4]
On March 21, 2015 Ray was fired by Mississippi State.[5] He was subsequently hired by Southeast Missouri State. After finishing the 2019-20 season with a 7-24 record, Ray was let go by Southeast Missouri State.[6]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2012–2015) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Mississippi State | 10–22 | 4–14 | T–12th | |||||
2013–14 | Mississippi State
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14–19 | 3–15 | 14th | |||||
2014–15 | Mississippi State
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13–19 | 6–12 | T–11th | |||||
Mississippi State: | 37–60 (.381) | 13–41 (.241) | |||||||
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (Ohio Valley Conference) (2015–2020) | |||||||||
2015–16 | Southeast Missouri State | 5–24 | 2–14 | 6th (West) | |||||
2016–17 | Southeast Missouri State | 15–18 | 9–7 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2017–18 | Southeast Missouri State | 14–17 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
2018–19 | Southeast Missouri State | 10–21 | 5–13 | 11th | |||||
2019–20 | Southeast Missouri State | 7–24 | 3–15 | 12th | |||||
Southeast Missouri State: | 51–104 (.329) | 27–59 (.314) | |||||||
Total: | 88–164 (.349) |
References
- ^ Parrish, Gary. "SEMO hires Rick Ray". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ "Bulldogs new coach wants things done right". Retrieved 2012-04-08.
- ^ "Rick Ray bio at Clemson".
- ^ "Stricklin finds his man as MSU hires Ray". Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ "Mississippi State fires basketball coach Ray". 21 March 2015.
- ^ Ruch, Amber (March 3, 2020). "Rick Ray relieved of duties as SEMO head men's basketball coach". KFVS. Retrieved March 4, 2020.