Ricky Stokes

Teams coached: Virginia Tech Hokies, East Carolina Pirates
Virginia Tech record: 45-70 (.391)
East Carolina record: 14-44 (.241)
Overall record: 59-114 (.341)

Ricky Leonard Stokes
Born March 29, 1962
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Alma Mater: University of Virginia (BA, 1984)
Starred at Highland Springs HS (VA) before playing four seasons for head coach Terry Holland at Virginia
- Went to the NCAA Tournament all four years, including two Final Four trips, and won three ACC titles
- Standing 5’10” tall, Stokes won he 1984 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Spent the 1984-85 seasons as one of Holland’s assistants to kick off his coaching career
Was an assistant to Jim Larrañaga at Bowling Green for a year before spending eight years with Dave Odom‘s at Wake Forest
Assisted Jeff Jones for one season at alma mater Virginia and Rick Barnes for one season at Texas
Hired in 1999 to be the head coach at Virginia Tech, leading the Hokies for four seasons
- Went 45-70 overall during a tenure that saw the program shift from the Atlantic-10 to the Big East
- In their first few years in the more competitive Big East, the Hokies struggled to win and Stokes let go in 2003
Spent the next two seasons as an assistant at South Carolina under Odom; the Gamecocks won the NIT in 2005
Was the head coach at East Carolina for two seasons, finishing with less than 10 wins each year
Along with his wife, Karen, has one daughter