Chris Victor
Chris Victor (born March 24, 1982)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Seattle Redhawks
Current conference: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Seattle record: 66-35 (.653)
Overall record^: 66-35 (.653)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Championships: 1 (2024)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2024)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- WAC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- WAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2021-present | Seattle |
2017-2021 | Seattle (assoc. HC) |
2015-2017 | Eastern Washington (asst) |
2010-2015 | Citrus College |
2006-2010 | Concordia-Irvine (asst) |
2005-2006 | Citrus College (asst) |
Chris Victor Facts
- Christopher Karl Victor
- Born March 24, 1982
- Hometown: San Bruno, California
- Alma Mater: Concordia University Irvine (BA, 2004 & MA, 2010)
- Played basketball for head coach Ken Ammann at NAIA Concordia University Irvine (CA)
- Was part of back-to-back NAIA Runner-Up teams and ranks among the program’s best in points, steals and assists
- Victor was inducted into the Concordia-Irvine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012
- First coaching job was a one-year stint as an assistant under Rick Croy at Citrus College in Glendora, CA
- Returned to his alma mater in 2006 and spent the next four years as an assistant under Ammann
- Part of three Golden State titles and another trip to the NAIA title game (2007) as an assistant
- Became the head coach at Citrus College (CA) in 2010, going 103-39 in five seasons at the helm
- Won one league title and reached the CCCAA Final Four twice; was 44-16 overall in league play
- Moved up to the D-I ranks in 2015 when he was hired by Jim Hayford to be an assistant at Eastern Washington
- Followed Hayford to Seattle in 2017 and was named associate head coach of the Redhawks
- Named interim head coach for the 2021-22 season following Hayford’s resignation in November
- In March 2022, Victor had the interim tag removed; Redhawks would end up winning a share of the WAC title and Victor was named WAC COY
- Won 20+ games in each of his first three seasons at the helm, including a CBI Championship crown in 2024
Chris Victor Coaching Tree
- Alex Pribble (Idaho)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only