Jason Rabedeaux

Jason Rabedeaux (1965-2014)

Teams coached: UTEP Miners
UTEP record: 46-46 (.500)
Overall record^: 46-46 (.500)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  1  (2001)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2007-2008	Marquette (DBO)
2004-2007	Marquette (asst)
1999-2002	UTEP
1994-1999	Oklahoma (asst)
1991-1994	Washington State (asst)
1989-1991	Washington State (grad. asst)
1988-1989	North Adams State (asst)

Jason Rabedeaux Facts

• Jason Rabedeaux
• Born April 4, 1965
• Died September 22, 2014
• Hometown: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
• Alma Mater: University of California, Davis (BS, 1988) / Washington State University (MA, 1991)
• Born in Aurora, IL and raised in Eau Claire, WI, Rabedeaux played basketball, football and baseball at Eau Claire Memorial (HS)
• Played basketball for Bob Hamilton at (then D-II) UC Davis, going from being a walk-on to two-time all-conference
  • Scored over 1,000 points in his career and was inducted into the UC Davis Aggies Athletics HOF (c/o 1995)
• Started his coaching career at North Adams State (MA), then joined Kelvin Sampson‘s staff at Washington State as a grad assistant
  • Elevated to full-time assistant in 1991 and then followed Sampson to Oklahoma in 1994
  • Was part of six NCAA Tournaments and one NIT in ten years working for Sampson
• Hired in 1999 to be the head coach at UTEP, leading the Miners for the next three seasons
  • Went 46-46 overall, highlighted by a 23-9 record and NIT berth in his second year (2000-01)
  • Rabedeaux was given a contract extension through 2007 but in 2002 he resigned, citing “personal reasons”
• After a few years away, he was hired by Tom Crean to be an assistant – and later DBO – at Marquette
  • Went to three more NCAA Tournaments and another NIT at Marquette; left in 2008 when Crean took the Indiana job
• Went overseas, coaching the Jiangsu Dragons professional team in the Chinese Basketball Association from 2008-10
  • Worked with several other teams, including the Utsunomiya Brex (Japan) and Sichuan Blue Whales (China)
• Became the head coach of the Saigon Heat, located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2012
  • In 2014, Rabedeaux passed away at age 49 in Vietnam due to what his death certificate lists as a traumatic brain injury
  • He had struggled with alcoholism throughout much of his coaching career and had gained a significant amount of weight after a divorce and his move overseas; however, toxicology found that he had been sober when he died
  • Rabedeaux’s former mentor Kelvin Sampson delivered the eulogy at the funeral, which was held in Eau Claire, WI
  • Survived by two sons and one daughter that he had with his ex-wife, Stephanie

Jason Rabedeaux Coaching Tree

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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only