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