David Riley (born November 28, 1988)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Washington State Cougars
Current conference: Pac-12 Conference / West Coast Conference (WCC) (affiliate 2024-25)
Eastern Washington record: 62-38 (.620)
Washington State record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 62-38 (.620)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2023)
- CIT/TBC Appearances: 1 (2022)
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Pac-12 Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 2 (2023, 2024)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
- Pac-12 Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 2 (2023, 2024)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2024-present | Washington State |
2021-2024 | Eastern Washington |
2020-2021 | Eastern Washington (assoc. HC) |
2014-2020 | Eastern Washington (asst) |
2013-2014 | Eastern Washington (DBO) |
2011-2013 | Eastern Washington (grad. asst) |
David Riley Facts
- David Riley
- Born November 28, 1988
- Hometown: Palo Alto, California
- Alma Mater: Whitworth University (BA, 2011) / Eastern Washington University (MS, 2013)
- Born in Seattle, Riley was raised in the Bay Area and graduated from Gunn HS in Palo Alto, HS
- Played for Jim Hayford at D-III Whitworth in Spokane, WA for four seasons, earning all-conference honors every year
- Hayford left for Eastern Washington in 2011 and Riley joined his staff as a graduate assistant
- Riley has worked his way up the ranks at EWU, spending one season as DBO and six as an assistant coach
- Hayford left for Seattle in 2017 but Riley remained on staff under Shantay Legans for the next five seasons; in 2020, Legans elevated Riley to associate head coach and that year the Eagles made it to the NCAA Tournament
- Legans was hired by Portland in March 2021 and the later that week Riley was promoted to head coach at EWU
- Riley led the Eagles to an outright Big Sky titles in 2023 and 2024; was named 2023 and 2024 Big Sky COY
- Hired in April 2024 to be the new head coach at Washington State, who will play in the WCC for the 2024-25 season
David Riley Coaching Tree
- Mark Darnall (Jessup)