Mike Rhoades
Mike Rhoades (born September 21, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Penn State Nittany Lions
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Randolph-Macon record: 197–76 (.722)
Rice record: 47-52 (.475)
VCU record: 129-61 (.679)
Penn State record: 16-17 (.485)
Overall record^: 389-206 (.654)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2019, 2021, 2023)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2022)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2017)
- Big Ten Regular Season Champion: 0
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 2 (2019, 2023)
- ODAC (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
- Big Ten Tournament Champion: 0
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 1 (2023)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2002, 2003)
Awards:
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (2019)
- ODAC (Div III) Coach of the Year: 3 (2001, 2002, 2003)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Penn State |
| 2017-2023 | VCU |
| 2014-2017 | Rice |
| 2011-2014 | VCU (assoc. HC) |
| 2009-2011 | VCU (asst) |
| 1999-2009 | Randolph-Macon |
| 1996-1999 | Randolph-Macon (asst) |
Mike Rhoades Facts
- Michael David Rhoades
- Born September 21, 1972
- Hometown: Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Lebanon Valley College (BA, 1995)
- His father was the late James J. Rhoades, a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1981 until his death in 2008
- Played for head coaches Pat Flannery (1991-94) and Brad McAlester (1994-95) at D-III Lebanon Valley (PA)
- Earned All-America honors twice and named D-III National POY in 1995 by USA Today
- The 1993-94 Flying Dutchmen team won the NCAA D-III national title and Rhoades was named co-Most Outstanding Player
- Spent one year playing professionally in France after graduating
- First coaching job was a three-year stint as an assistant at D-III Randolph-Macon (VA) under Hal Nunnally
- Became head coach there in 1999; went 197-76 in 10 years, winning four ODAC titles and twice reaching the D-III Sweet Sixteen
- Joined Shaka Smart‘s first VCU staff as an assistant in 2009; promoted to associate head coach in 2011
- Hired in March 2014 to be the new head coach at Rice University
- Led the Owls to the 2017 CBI, winning 23 games after inheriting a team that had lost 23 games the year before
- Returned to VCU in March 2017 when he was hired as the Rams’ new head coach
- Claimed the 2019 Atlantic 10 regular season title in his second season, earning A-10 COY honors and a NCAA bid
- Reached the NCAA Tournament again in 2021 as a 10-seed, but the team’s First Round game against 7-seed Oregon was cancelled due to a positive COVID-19 test (ruled a “No Contest”)
- In 2023, the Rams were outright Atlantic 10 champions and also won the Atlantic 10 Tournament to get back to the NCAAT
- Left VCU in March 2023 to be the head coach at Penn State, his first coaching job in his home state
Mike Rhoades Coaching Tree
- Jeremy Ballard (FIU)
- Scott Pera (Rice)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels