Ritchie McKay
Ritchie McKay (born April 22, 1965)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Liberty Flames
Current conference: Conference USA (CUSA)
Portland State record: 24-29 (.453)
Colorado State record: 37-23 (.617)
Oregon State record: 22-37 (.373)
New Mexico record: 82-69 (.543)
Liberty record: 244-127 (.658)
Overall record: 409-285 (.589)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2005, 2019, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1999, 2023)
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2009, 2017, 2018)
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 0
- ASUN Regular Season Champion: 5 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Conference USA Tournament Champion: 0
- ASUN Tournament Champion: 3 (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 1 (2005)
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2019)
- ASUN Coach of the Year: 2 (2020, 2021)
- Big South Coach of the Year: 1 (2016)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2015-present | Liberty |
| 2009-2015 | Virginia (assoc. HC) |
| 2007-2009 | Liberty |
| 2002-2007 | New Mexico |
| 2000-2002 | Oregon State |
| 1998-2000 | Colorado State |
| 1996-1998 | Portland State |
| 1993-1995 | Washington (asst) |
| 1991-1993 | Bradley (asst) |
| 1990-1991 | Seattle Pacific (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | Queens (NC) (asst) |
| 1988-1989 | Washington (grad. asst) |
Ritchie McKay Facts
- Ritchie Lawrence McKay
- Born April 22, 1965
- Hometown: Mesa, Arizona
- Alma Mater: Seattle Pacific University (BA, 1987)
- Played for Claude Terry at D-II Seattle Pacific and then became a graduate assistant at Washington under head coach Andy Russo
- Spent the next six seasons as a full-time assistant at Queens (NC) (under Dale Layer), Seattle Pacific (under Ken Bone), Bradley (under Jim Molinari) and back to Washington (under Bob Bender) in 1993
- In Division I positions, McKay worked under head coaches Jim Molinari and Bob Bender
- Had three two-year stints as a head coach at Portland State, Colorado State and Oregon State
- Spent five seasons as the head coach at New Mexico, leading the Lobos to a MWC Tournament title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2005
- Started his first of two stints as the head coach at Liberty in 2007, going to the 2009 CIT in year two
- In between, he served as associate head coach to Tony Bennett at Virginia for six seasons
- Returned to Liberty for a second-stint as the head coach of the Flames in 2015
- Won five-straight ASUN regular season titles (2019-23) and three-straight ASUN Conference Tournament crowns (2019-21)
- Has been to two NCAA Tournaments, one NIT and two CITs during his second tenure at Liberty
Ritchie McKay Coaching Tree
- Dale Layer (Liberty, Colorado State)
- Joel Sobotka (Portland State)
