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King Rice

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King Rice
Rice on the sidelines in a November, 2017 game
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMonmouth
ConferenceCAA
Record207–208 (.499)
Biographical details
Born(1968-12-14)December 14, 1968(age 55)
Binghamton, New York,U.S.
Playing career
1987–1991North Carolina
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HCunless noted)
1992–1993Oregon(assistant)
1993–1998Illinois State(assistant)
1998–2000Providence(assistant)
2001–2004Bahamas men's team
2006–2011Vanderbilt(assistant)
2011–presentMonmouth
Head coaching record
Overall207–208 (.499)
Tournaments1–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • MAACregular season champion (2016, 2017, 2021)
Awards

King David Rice(born December 14, 1968) is an Americanbasketballcoach and former player. He is the head men'sbasketballcoach atMonmouth University.Rice replacedDave Callowayas head coach of the Hawks on March 29, 2011.[2]Previously, Rice was also the head coach of theBahamas national basketball teamfrom 2001 to 2004. He is a native ofBinghamton, New York,where he attendedBinghamton High Schoolfrom 1983 to 1987, and helped lead the basketball team to two state championships. He then starred at theUniversity of North Carolinabefore becoming acoach.

High school career

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Rice is a native ofBinghamton, New York,where he attendedBinghamton High Schoolfrom 1983 to 1987, and helped lead the basketball team to its only two and back-to-back New York State Championships, as apoint guardin 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons,[3]Southern Tier Athletic Conference (STAC) Championship and New York State Section IV Championships the last three years.[4]Rice was also the starting tailback on Binghamton high school's only state championshipfootballteam in 1985. Binghamton finished fourth in the USA Today high school basketball ranking in 1985–86, while the football team finished 17th that same year. Rice received both local and state honors as a starter on both of those teams.

In 1986, he earned the honor of being named Parade All-American 4th Team. In 1987, he was named Parade All-American 2nd Team, New York Mr. Basketball,[5]as well as being named a McDonald's High School All-American.[6]

College career

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Rice played point guard with the University ofNorth Carolina Tar Heels men's basketballteam under coachDean Smithfrom the1987–88 seasonuntil the1990–91 season.He played in 140 games finishing his career with 629 assists, which places him at sixth most all-time for the Tar Heels, and 22nd all-time for theAtlantic Coast Conference(ACC) after the 2021–22 season. These teams made it to the NCAA tournament Elite 8 in 1988 and the Sweet 16 in 1989 and 1990. In the 1990–91 season, holding the title of co-team captain along withPete ChilcuttandRick Fox,he helped the Tar Heels to a record of 29–6, reaching the 1991 NCAA men's Final Four. He was a part of the 1989 and 1991 ACC tournament championship teams. After his college basketball career, he went on to earn his bachelor's degree in Communications in 1992.[6]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Monmouth Hawks(Northeast Conference)(2011–2013)
2011–12 Monmouth 12–20[7] 10–8[7] T–5th[8]
2012–13 Monmouth 10–21 5–13 T–10th
Monmouth Hawks(Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2013–2022)
2013–14 Monmouth 11–21 5–15 9th
2014–15 Monmouth 18–15 13–7 T–3rd
2015–16 Monmouth 28–8 17–3 1st NIT Second Round
2016–17 Monmouth 27–7 18–2 1st NIT First Round
2017–18 Monmouth 11–20 7–11 T–7th
2018–19 Monmouth 14–21 10–8 6th
2019–20 Monmouth 18–13 12–8 T–3rd
2020–21 Monmouth 12–8 12–6 1st
2021–22 Monmouth 21–13 11–9 4th
Monmouth Hawks(Colonial Athletic Association)(2022–present)
2022–23 Monmouth 7–26 5–13 T–12th
2023–24 Monmouth 18–15 10–8 T–6th
Monmouth: 207–208 (.499) 135–111 (.549)
Total: 207–208 (.499)

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^Edelson, Stephen."Monmouth basketball: King Rice named MAAC Coach of the Year for third time".Asbury Park Press.RetrievedMarch 11,2021.
  2. ^Associated Press, The (March 29, 2011)."Monmouth hires Vanderbilt assistant King Rice as new head coach".ESPN.com.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
  3. ^"NYSPHSAA > Sports > Winter > Boys Basketball > Past Champions".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-09-08.Retrieved2015-07-21.
  4. ^"New York Section IV boys basketball. Past Champions".
  5. ^"King Rice Player Profile, North Carolina, NCAA Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM".
  6. ^ab"King Rice Biography".monmouthhawks.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2015-12-07.
  7. ^abMonmouth Hawks Basketball 2011-12 Schedule - Hawks Home and Away - ESPN
  8. ^Northeast Conference Standings (2011-12) - College Basketball - ESPN
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