Ray McCallum
Ray McCallum (born March 6, 1961)
Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Tulane Green Wave (Head coach: Ron Hunter)
Current conference: American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
Teams coached: Ball State Cardinals, Houston Cougars, Detroit Mercy Titans
Ball State record: 126-76 (.624)
Houston record: 44-73 (.376)
Detroit record: 130-132 (.496)
Overall record: 300-281 (.516)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1995, 2000, 2012)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1998, 2002, 2013)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1998, 2000)
- Horizon League Tournament Champion: 1 (2012)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 2 (1995, 2000)
Awards:
- MAC Player of the Year: 1 (1983)
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: 1 (1983)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Tulane (assoc. HC) |
| 2016-2019 | Georgia State (assoc. HC) |
| 2008-2016 | Detroit Mercy |
| 2006-2008 | Indiana (asst) |
| 2004-2006 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 2000-2004 | Houston |
| 1993-2000 | Ball State |
| 1993 | Michigan (asst) |
| 1984-1993 | Wisconsin (asst) |
| 1983-1984 | Ball State (asst) |
Ray McCallum Facts
- Ray Michael McCallum, Sr.
- Born March 6, 1961
- Hometown: West Memphis, Arkansas
- Alma Mater: Ball State University (BS, 1983)
- Played four seasons for the Ball State Cardinals, three for head coach Steve Yoder and one for Al Brown
- Standing just 5’9″ tall, McCallum won the 1983 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
- Was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 1983 NBA Draft but did not play any games in the league
- Started his coaching career at Ball State as an assistant to Al Brown, his coach as a senior
- Served as an assistant under Yoder at Wisconsin for eight seasons, then under Stu Jackson for one more
- First head coaching job came in 1993 when McCallum took over the Ball State program
- Led the Cardinals to two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT in seven seasons
- Took the same position at Houston in 2000, going 44-73 overall in four seasons (with one NIT)
- Was an assistant under Kelvin Sampson for four years – two each at Oklahoma and Indiana – before becoming a head coach again
- Led the Detroit Mercy Titans to the postseason twice – one NCAA and one NIT – in eight years as head coach
- Was fired in April 2016 following three straight sub-.500 seasons
- Became the associate head coach at Georgia State in July of the same year, joining Ron Hunter‘s staff
- Followed Hunter to Tulane in 2019, again as associate head coach
- Along with his wife, Wendy, has one daughter and one son
- His son, Ray Jr., played at Detroit Mercy and in the NBA, getting drafted 36th overall by the Sacramento Kings in 2013
Ray McCallum Coaching Tree
- Tim Buckley (Ball State)
- Larry Davis (Furman)
- Tracy Dildy (Chicago State)
- Jordan Fee (Gannon)
- Jay Smith (Kalamazoo)
- Bonzi Wells (LeMoyne-Owen)