David Riley (born November 28, 1988)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Eastern Washington Eagles
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Eastern Washington record: 41-27 (.603)
Overall record: 41-27 (.603)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  1  (2023)
• TBC Appearances:  1  (2022)
• Big Sky Regular Season Champion:  1  (2023)
• Big Sky Tournament Champion:  0

Awards:

• Big Sky Coach of the Year:  1  (2023)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2021-present	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 title in 2022-23, his second season at the helm, and was named Big Sky COY

David Riley Coaching Tree

• Mark Darnall (Jessup)