Rick Ray
Rick Ray (born May 8, 1970)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Colorado Buffaloes (Head coach: Tad Boyle)
Current conference: Pac-12 Conference
Teams coached: Mississippi State Bulldogs, Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Mississippi State record: 37-60 (.381)
Southeast Missouri State record: 51-104 (.329)
Overall record: 88-164 (.349)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2020-present | Colorado (asst) |
2015-2020 | Southeast Missouri State |
2012-2015 | Mississippi State |
2010-2012 | Clemson (asst) |
2006-2010 | Purdue (asst) |
2004-2006 | Northern Illinois (asst) |
1997-2004 | Indiana State (asst) |
1995-1997 | Nebraska-Omaha (grad. asst) |
Rick Ray Facts
- Rick Ray
- Born May 8, 1970
- Hometown: Gardena, California
- Alma Mater: Grand View College (BA, 1994) / University of Nebraska-Omaha (MA, 1997)
- Though born in California, Ray was raised primarily in Kansas City
- Played at Grand View College in Iowa, where he was an All-American Scholar-Athlete
- About a year after graduating, took his first coaching job was as a graduate assistant at Nebraska-Omaha under Kevin Lehman
- Spent seven seasons as an assistant to Royce Waltman at Indiana State, then two under Rob Judson at Northern Illinois before taking a job on Matt Painter‘s staff at Purdue in 2006
- The Boilermakers made the NCAA Tournament in each of the four years that Ray was on the sideline, including two-straight trips to the Sweet Sixteen and a Big Ten title in 2010
- Joined Brad Brownell‘s first staff at Clemson in 2010 and after two years was hired to be the head coach at Mississippi State
- Went 37-60 over three seasons before getting fired in 2015
- Hired during that ensuing off-season to be new the head coach at Southeast Missouri State of the OVC
- Was 51-104 overall in five seasons at SEMO before getting let go in March 2020
- In June 2020, Colorado announced that Ray would be joining Tad Boyle‘s staff as an assistant coach
- Along with his wife, Breyana, has two sons and one daughter
Rick Ray Coaching Tree
- Wes Flanigan (Little Rock)
- Benjy Taylor (Tuskegee)