Richie Riley

Richie Riley
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team South Alabama
Conference Sun Belt
Record 0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1983-01-08) January 8, 1983
London, Kentucky
Playing career
2001–2002 Eastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005 Georgetown (KY) (asst.)
2005–2006 Hawaii Pacific (asst.)
2006–2009 Pikeville (asst.)
2009–2011 Coastal Carolina (asst.)
2011–2012 Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
2012–2014 UAB (asst.)
2014–2016 Clemson (asst.)
2016–2018 Nicholls State
2018–present South Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall 35–28 (.556)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Southland regular season co-champions (2018)
Awards
Southland Coach of the Year (2018)

Richie Riley is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at South Alabama.[1]

Playing career

Riley played one season at Eastern Kentucky under Travis Ford. He graduated in 2005 from EKU.

Coaching career

While in college, Riley began his coaching career as an assistant coach at nearby Georgetown College. After graduation, Riley headed to Hawaii Pacific as an assistant for one season before a three-year stint at Pikeville from 2006 to 2009.

Riley joined Cliff Ellis's staff at Coastal Carolina for three seasons before a one-year stop as an assistant coach at his alma mater. He then had assistant stops at UAB and Clemson before accepting the head coaching position at Nicholls State becoming the 11th coach in program history, replacing J. P. Piper.[2][3][4]

After two seasons with Nicholls State, Riley was named the 10th head coach in program history at South Alabama, replacing Matthew Graves.[1]


Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Nicholls State (Southland) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Nicholls State 14–177–11T–8th
2017–18 Nicholls State 21–1115–3T–1st
Nicholls St.: 35–28 (.556)22–14 (.611)
South Alabama (Sun Belt) (2018–present)
2018–19 South Alabama 0–00–0
South Alabama: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:35–28 (.556)

      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

  1. 1 2 "RICHIE RILEY NAMED HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AT SOUTH ALABAMA - University of South Alabama".
  2. ↑ "Richie Riley Bio".
  3. ↑ "Richie Riley Bio - UAB Athletics Official Athletic Site".
  4. ↑ "The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics".


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