King Rice
King Rice (born December 14, 1968)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Monmouth Hawks
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Monmouth record: 207-208 (.499)
Overall record: 207-208 (.499)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2016, 2017)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 3 (2016, 2017, 2021)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- John McLendon Award: 1 (2016)
- MAAC Coach of the Year: 3 (2016, 2017, 2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-present | Monmouth |
| 2006-2011 | Vanderbilt (asst) |
| 1998-2000 | Providence (asst) |
| 1993-1998 | Illinois State (asst) |
| 1992-1993 | Oregon (asst) |
King Rice Facts
- King David Rice
- Born December 14, 1968
- Hometown: Binghamton, New York
- Alma Mater: University of North Carolina (BA, 1992)
- Played point guard for three seasons at UNC under Hall of Fame head coach Dean Smith, going to the Final Four in 1991
- First coaching job was as an assistant at Oregon under head coach Jerry Green
- Spent ten total seasons as an assistant coach to Kevin Stallings – five at Illinois State and five at Vanderbilt
- Also spent two seasons at Providence as an assistance to head coach Tim Welsh
- Between Providence and Vanderbilt, was the head coach of the Bahamas national basketball team (2001-2004)
- Hired as the head coach of the Monmouth Hawks in March 2011
- Led the Hawks to back-to-back MAAC titles and NIT berths in 2016 and 2017; won a share of the MAAC title again in 2021
King Rice Coaching Tree
- Sam Ferry (Rhode Island College)