Richie Riley
Richie Riley (born January 8, 1983)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: South Alabama Jaguars
Current conference: Sun Belt Conference
Nicholls State record: 35-28 (.556)
South Alabama record: 94-67 (.584)
Overall record: 129-95 (.576)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- TBC Appearances: 1 (2022)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 0
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2018)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Southland Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | South Alabama |
| 2016-2018 | Nicholls State |
| 2014-2016 | Clemson (asst) |
| 2012-2014 | UAB (asst) |
| 2011-2012 | Eastern Kentucky (asst) |
| 2009-2011 | Coastal Carolina (asst) |
| 2008-2009 | Pikeville (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2008 | Pikeville (asst) |
| 2005-2006 | Hawaii-Pacific (asst) |
| 2003-2005 | Georgetown College (vol. asst) |
Richie Riley Facts
- Richard Allen Riley II
- Born January 8, 1983
- Hometown: London, Kentucky
- Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky University (BA, 2005)
- Played for one season at EKU under former head coach Travis Ford
- Got started in coaching with positions at Georgetown College (KY) (under Happy Osborne), Hawaii-Pacific and Pikeville College (both under Kelly Wells)
- Assistant for two seasons at Coastal Carolina under Cliff Ellis, one season at EKU under Jeff Neubauer, two seasons at UAB under Jerod Haase and two seasons at Clemson under Brad Brownell before getting the Nicholls State job
- In his second year at Nicholls, Riley led the team to a share of the Southland regular season title
- Hired in March 2018 as the head coach at South Alabama
- Riley is 94-67 through five seasons, winning at least 17 games in each of those five years
- Along with his wife, Jess, has one son
Richie Riley Coaching Tree
- John Aiken (McNeese State)
- Austin Claunch (Nicholls)
- Tevon Saddler (Nicholls)
