Eric Olen
Eric Olen (born October 15, 1980)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UC San Diego Tritons
Current conference: Big West Conference
UC San Diego record^: 210-114 (.648)
Overall record^: 210-114 (.648)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2024)
- Big West Regular Season Champion: 0
- CCAA (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (2017, 2019, 2020)
- Big West Tournament Champion: 0
- CCAA (Div II) Tournament Champion: 4 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Awards:
- Big West Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- CCAA (Div II) Coach of the Year: 2 (2017, 2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2013-present | UC San Diego |
| 2004-2013 | UC San Diego (asst) |
Eric Olen Facts
- Eric Olen
- Born October 15, 1980
- Hometown: Mobile, Alabama
- Alma Mater: Spring Hill College (BS, 2004)
- Played basketball at NAIA Spring Hill College in his hometown of Mobile, AL
- Helped lead the Badgers to three-straight NAIA Tournament appearances
- Started his coaching career at UC San Diego in 2004, becoming an assistant under Bill Carr
- Worked as an assistant for a total of nine seasons, three under Carr and and six under Chris Carlson
- Elevated to head coach of the Tritons in 2013, leading the program ever since
- Won 159 games with UCSD ahead of the transition to Division I in 2020
- Went to the NCAA D-II Tournament five times and won three CCAA titles and four CCAA Tournaments
- Named 2024 Big West COY after leading the Tritons to a 21-11 (15-5) season and a CBI appearance
Eric Olen Coaching Tree
- Nick Booker (Cal State San Marcos)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels; UCSD moved up to Division I prior to the 2020-21 season
