Leon Rice
Leon Rice (born November 25, 1963)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Boise State Broncos
Current conference: Mountain West Conference (MWC)
Boise State record: 290-166 (.635)
Overall record^: 290-166 (.635)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (2013, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (2017, 2018, 2021)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2011)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 2 (2015, 2022)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 1 (2022)
Awards:
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 2 (2015, 2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2010-present | Boise State |
| 1999-2010 | Gonzaga (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Yakima Valley CC |
| 1996-1998 | Yakima Valley CC (asst) |
| 1992-1994 | Northern Colorado (asst) |
| 1990-1992 | Oregon (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | Oregon (grad. asst) |
Leon Rice Facts
- Leon Paul Rice
- Born November 25, 1963
- Hometown: Richland, Washington
- Alma Mater: Washington State University (BA, 1986) / University of Oregon (MA, 1991)
- First coaching jobs were as a graduate assistant and then full-time assistant at Oregon under Don Monson
- Was an assistant for two seasons at Northern Colorado under head coach Ken Smith
- Was the head coach at Yakima Valley CC during the 1998-99 season, going 31-2 overall and 12-0 in conference
- Spent eleven seasons as an assistant at Gonzaga under head coach Mark Few
- Hired as the head coach at Boise State in March 2010
- Has taken the Broncos to the postseason eight times (4 NCAA, 3 NIT, 1 CBI) during his tenure
- Won a share of the MWC title in 2015 and then won outright in 2022; named MWC COY for both years
- In July 2022, Rice signed a new five-year contract that will keep him with the program through 2026-27 season
Leon Rice Coaching Tree
- Chris Acker (Long Beach State)
- Jeff Linder (Wyoming, Northern Colorado)
- Ryan Lundgren (Carroll College)
- Shaun Vandiver (Emporia State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only