Larry Reynolds (born May 16, 1952)
Teams coached: Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes, Long Beach State 49ers, Stanislaus State Warriors
Cal State San Bernardino record^: 110-35 (.759)
Long Beach State record: 45-83 (.352) **
Stanislaus State record^: 121-128 (.486)
Overall record^: 276-246 (.529) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2007)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big West Regular Season Champion: 1 (2007)
- CCAA (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (2000, 2001, 2002)
- Big West Tournament Champion: 1 (2007)
- CCAA (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2014)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 5 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2014)
Awards:
- Big West Coach of the Year: 1 (2007)
- CCAA (Div II) Coach of the Year: 4 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
- CCAA (Div II) Player of the Year: 1 (1975)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2009-2018 | Stanislaus State |
2002-2007 | Long Beach State |
1997-2002 | Cal State San Bernardino |
1995-1997 | San Francisco (asst) |
1979-1995 | UC Riverside (asst) |
Larry Reynolds Facts
- Larry Reynolds
- Born May 16, 1952
- Hometown: Los Angeles, California
- Alma Mater: University of California, Riverside (BA, 1976) / Azusa Pacific University (M.Ed, 1993)
- Reynolds played for Freddie Goss at (then-Div II) UC Riverside from 1972-76; named CCAA POY as a junior in 1975
- Played in the D-II NCAA Tournament three times, reaching the Elite Eight in all three years
- Started his coaching career at his alma mater UCR, spending sixteen seasons as an assistant under coach John Masi
- Part of ten D-II NCAA Tournament appearances, including two Final Fours (1989 and 1995)
- Moved up to the D-I level in 1995, spending two seasons as an assistant coach under Philip Mathews at San Francisco
- Was the head coach at D-II Cal State San Bernardino for five seasons, going 110-35 overall
- After going 12-15 (3-9) in his first season, Reynolds’ team improved to 23-8 (16-6) in year two and then won three-straight CCAA titles
- Went to the D-II NCAA Tournament four times, reaching the Elite Eight in both 1999 and 2001
- Hired in 2002 to be the head coach at D-I Long Beach State, leading the 49ers for five seasons
- Was 63-83 overall (45-83 officially), improving from 5 wins in year one to 24 wins and a Big West title in year five
- The NCAA charged Reynolds and LBSU with violations in 2007, vacating 18 wins from the 2005-06 season; Reynolds was fired following the 2006-07 season after winning the 2007 Big West COY award
- Returned to the CCAA in 2009, becoming the head coach at Stanislaus State (CA)
- Went 121-128 in nine seasons at the helm; went to the 2014 D-II NCAA Tournament after winning the CCAA Tournament
- Announced in 2017 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s; the school hired Paul Trevor to be the co-head coach for the 2017-18 season to help lower the workload on Reynolds (team went 17-12)
- Reynolds stepped away from coaching at the end of that season, with Trevor taking over as the sole head coach
- Inducted into the UC Riverside Athletics HOF in 1996 and the CSU San Bernardino Athletics HOF in 2017
Larry Reynolds Coaching Tree
- Anthony Stewart (Tennessee-Martin)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
** Listed records and accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA