Bobby Dye
Bobby Dye (born May 16, 1937)
Teams coached: Cal State Fullerton Titans, Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners, Boise State Broncos
Cal State Fullerton record^: 109-78 (.583)
Cal State Bakersfield record^: 50-12 (.806)
Boise State record: 213-133 (.616)
Overall record^: 372-223 (.625)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1978, 1988, 1993, 1994)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1978)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1987, 1989, 1991)
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 2 (1988, 1989)
- PCAA/Big West Regular Season Champion: 1 (1976)
- CCAA (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 2 (1982, 1983)
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 3 (1988, 1993, 1994)
- PCAA/Big West Tournament Champion: 1 (1978)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 2 (1982, 1983)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 2 (1982, 1983)
Awards:
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 3 (1987, 1988, 1993)
- NABC Div III Coach of the Year: 1 (1982)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1997-1998 | Idaho Stampede |
| 1983-1995 | Boise State |
| 1981-1983 | Cal State Bakersfield |
| 1973-1980 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1967-1973 | Santa Monica CC |
| 1965-1967 | Cerritos CC (asst) |
Bobby Dye Facts
- Robert Lloyd Dye
- Born May 16, 1937
- Hometown: Los Angeles, California
- Alma Mater: Idaho State University (BA, 1962)
- After graduating from Downey HS (CA), Dye started his college career at Fullerton JC (CA)
- Transferred to Idaho State, where he played two years for head coach John Evans before graduating in 1962
- Returned to Southern California, spending three years as the head coach at St. John Bosco HS in Bellflower, CA
- Was an assistant for two years at Cerritos CC (CA) and then became the head coach at Santa Monica CC (CA) in 1967
- Went 115–50 in six seasons at SMCC and won the CCCAA title in 1972
- Hired in 1973 to be the head coach at Division II Cal State Fullerton; the program moved to Division I the following year
- Was 109-78 in seven years (93-68 in D-I), winning the Big West (then-PCAA) in 1976 and going to the 1978 Elite Eight
- After a year away, Dye was hired as the head coach at then-Division II Cal State Bakersfield in 1981
- Reached the D-II NCAA Final Four in each of his two years in Bakersfield, compiling a 50-12 overall record
- Left for Boise State in 1983, where he would coach the Broncos for 12 years to finish out his collegiate coaching career
- Had an overall record of 213-133 at BSU, going to three NCAA Tournaments and three NITs
- Claimed two Big Sky regular season titles and won three Big Sky Tournaments
- Had an overall record of 213-133 at BSU, going to three NCAA Tournaments and three NITs
- Came out of retirement in 1997 to become the first-ever head coach of the Idaho Stampede of the CBA
- Went 25-31 in the team’s inaugural season, losing in the first round of the playoffs
- Franchise eventually became a part of the NBA D-League (now G-League) and is now known as the Salt Lake City Stars
- Retired for good after the season and moved back to his home state of California
Bobby Dye Coaching Tree
- Donny Daniels (Cal State Fullerton)
- Rod Jensen (College of Idaho, Boise State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels only; CSU Bakersfield was a Division II program during Dye’s tenure there, while CSU Fullerton was in Division II for Dye’s first season there
