Dick Edwards
Dick Edwards (1930-1981)
Teams coached: Pacific Tigers, California Golden Bears, Eastern Montana Yellowjackets
Pacific record: 168-72 (.700)
California record: 73-85 (.462)
Eastern Montana record^: 63-25 (.716)
Overall record^: 304-182 (.626)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1966, 1967, 1971)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 3 (1966, 1967, 1971)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 3 (1966, 1967, 1971)
- Frontier (NAIA) Regular Season Champion: 2 (1979, 1980)
Awards:
- WCC Coach of the Year: 3 (1966, 1967, 1971)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1978-1981 | Eastern Montana |
| 1972-1978 | California |
| 1963-1972 | Pacific |
Dick Edwards Facts
- Dick Edwards
- Born June 21, 1930
- Died January 31, 1981
- Hometown: Hannibal, Missouri
- Alma Mater: Culver-Stockton College (BA, 1952)
- Originally from Missouri, Edwards graduated from Culver-Stockton in Canton, MO
- First coaching role was a three-year stint leading the boys’ team at Yreka HS in California
- Hired in 1963 to be the head coach at Pacific, kicking off a successful nine-year tenure with the Tigers
- Went 168-72 overall, winning three WCC titles and going to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in each of those seasons
- Left Pacific for the Cal job in 1972, coaching the Golden Bears for the next six seasons
- Was not as successful, going 73-85 overall and finishing above .500 just once (1974-75)
- Final coaching stop was at NAIA Eastern Montana, where he won back-to-back Frontier titles in 1979 and 1980
- Suffered a heart attack in January 1981 and passed away at the age of 50
Dick Edwards Coaching Tree
- Bill Berry (San José State)
- Dick Davey (Santa Clara)
- Pat Douglass (UC Irvine, Cal State Bakersfield, Eastern Montana)
- Bob Thomason (Pacific, Stanislaus State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels