Rodney Terry
Rodney Terry (born March 27, 1968)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current conference: Texas Longhorns
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Fresno State record: 126-108 (.538)
UTEP record: 37-48 (.435)
Texas record: 43-21 (.672)
Overall record: 206-177 (.538)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2016, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2023)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2017)
- CBI Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2014)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2014)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 0
- SEC Tournament Champion: 0
- Big 12 Tournament Champion: 1 (2023)
- Mountain West Tournament Champion: 1 (2016)
Awards:
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Texas |
| 2021-2022 | Texas (assoc. HC) |
| 2018-2021 | UTEP |
| 2011-2018 | Fresno State |
| 2002-2011 | Texas (asst) |
| 1998-2002 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 1996-1998 | Baylor (asst) |
| 1990-1991 | St. Edward’s (asst) |
Rodney Terry Facts
- Rodney Eric Terry
- Born March 27, 1968
- Hometown: Angleton, Texas
- Alma Mater: St. Edward’s University (BA, 1990)
- Starred at Angleton HS (TX) before playing for coach Tom Pate at D-II St. Edward’s in Austin, TX
- Began coaching right after graduation, spending a year as an assistant at his alma mater before working at the high school level
- Was a high school head coach for three years in Texas, two at Somerville HS and one at his alma mater Angleton HS
- Joined Harry Miller‘s staff at Baylor in 1996 and after two years moved on to UNC Wilmington to assist Jerry Wainwright
- Longest tenured position was an eleven-year stretch working with Rick Barnes at Texas; recruited and coached a number of future NBA players including LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, D.J. Augustin and Tristan Thompson
- Became the head coach at Fresno State in April 2011
- Won 126 games in seven years, turning the team into a consistent 20+ game winner
- Went to three postseason tournaments: a CBI runner-up in 2014, an NIT in 2017 and the 2016 NCAA Tournament
- Hired in March 2018 to be the new head coach of the UTEP Miners, returning to his home state of Texas
- Went 37-48 in three seasons at the helm, but did not reach the postseason
- Left UTEP in April 2021 to return to Texas as associate head coach under newly-hired Chris Beard
- In December 2022, Terry was named acting head coach following Beard’s arrest for domestic assault
- Beard was officially fired in January and Terry was given the opportunity to coach the rest of the season
- The Longhorns finished 2nd in the Big 12, won the 2023 Big 12 Tournament title and reached the NCAA Elite Eight under Terry
- In March 2023, Terry has the interim tag removed and officially signed a five-year contract to be head coach at UT
Rodney Terry Coaching Tree
- Michael Schwartz (East Carolina)