Rich Grawer

Teams coached: Saint Louis Billikens
Saint Louis record: 159-149 (.516)
Overall record: 159-149 (.516)

1982-1992	Saint Louis
1981-1982	Missouri (asst)

Rich Grawer
Born April 19, 1943
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Alma Mater: Rockhurst College (BA, 1965)
Played collegiately at Rockhurst in Kansas City; helped lead the team to a NAIA National Championship in 1964
Started his coaching career at alma mater St. Louis University HS (MO), where he went 28-1 as the freshmen coach
Hired at the newly-opened DeSmet HS in 1971, coaching at the St. Louis school for ten seasons
- Won three state championships and at one point had a stretch of 63 straight victories (1977-79)
Left in 1981 to spent one year on Norm Stewart‘s staff at Missouri, in which the Tigers won the Big Eight and reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Hired by Saint Louis in 1982, where he would coach the Billikens for the next ten years
- Was 159-149 overall, improving from 5 wins in his first year to eventually a stretch of three 20+ wins seasons in four years
- Reached the NIT three times and finished as runner-up in back-to-back years (1989 and 1990)
- Among his many players was Anthony Bonner, the first-ever Billiken to be a 1st round NBA Draft pick (played six NBA seasons)
After leaving SLU in 1992, Grawer would go on to become athletic director for the Clayton (MO) School District
Grawer has been inducted into both the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame