Ray Giacoletti
Ray Giacoletti (born April 14, 1962)
Teams coached: North Dakota State Bison, Eastern Washington Eagles, Utah Utes, Drake Bulldogs
North Dakota State record^: 48-33 (.593)
Eastern Washington record: 69-50 (.580)
Utah record: 54-40 (.574)
Drake record: 32-69 (.317)
Overall record^: 203-192 (.514)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2004, 2005)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2005)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2003)
- Mountain West Regular Season Champion: 1 (2005)
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 1 (2004)
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 1 (2004)
Awards:
- Mountain West Coach of the Year: 1 (2005)
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2020-2022 | Saint Louis (asst) |
2019-2020 | Saint Louis (asst. to the HC) |
2013-2016 | Drake |
2007-2013 | Gonzaga (asst) |
2004-2007 | Utah |
2000-2004 | Eastern Washington |
1997-2000 | North Dakota State |
1994-1997 | Washington (asst) |
1990-1993 | Illinois State (asst) |
1986-1987 | Oral Roberts (asst) |
1985-1986 | Western Illinois (grad asst) |
1984-1985 | Minot State (student asst) |
Ray Giacoletti Facts
- Raymond Brian Giacoletti
- Born April 14, 1962
- Hometown: Peoria, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Minot State University (BA, 1985)
- Started coaching as an undergrad, spending the 1984-85 season as a student assistant at Minot State
- Was a graduate assistant at Western Illinois for one season under head coach Jack Margenthaler
- Became a full-time assistant in 1986, spending one year under Ted Owens at Oral Roberts
- Worked for two years as an assistant coach with the Fresno Flames of the professional World Basketball League (WBL)
- Spent six seasons as an assistant under head coach Bob Bender – three at Illinois State and three at Washington
- Was head coach for three seasons at North Dakota State while the program was at the Division II level, going 48-33 overall
- Joined the Division I head coaching ranks in 2000, leading the Eastern Washington program for four seasons
- Reached the NIT in 2003 and NCAA Tournament in 2004
- Took over at Utah in 2004, leading the Utes to a MWC title and Sweet Sixteen appearance in his first season there
- Between head coaching positions, spent six seasons on Mark Few‘s staff at Gonzaga
- Was the head coach at Drake from 2013 to December 2016, when he resigned eight games into the 2016-17 with a .317 winning percentage at the school
- Hired in October 2019 to be a special assistant to Travis Ford at Saint Louis
- Announced his retirement in June 2022 after 38 three seasons at SLU and 38 seasons overall in coaching
- Married to the former Kim Lankford
Ray Giacoletti Coaching Tree
- Mike Burns (Pacific, Eastern Washington)
- Matt Grahn (Dallas)
- Randy Rahe (Weber State)
- Bill Walker (Missouri S&T, Illinois-Springfield)
- Marty Wilson (Pepperdine)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels