HEAD MEN’S COACH

373 Has 373 wins as a head coach, holding a 373-330 (.531) mark. 235 Compiled a 235-174 (.575) record at Oregon, be- coming the school’s winningest head coach. 6 Has made six NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1997 (Saint Mary’s), 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008. 2 Has been to the NCAA twice; 2002, 2007. 2 Has made two trips to the NIT Final Four: 1999, 2004. 3 Won three Conference Tournament Champion- ships: 1997 (Saint Mary’s), 2003, 2007. 2 Two-time Pac-10 Tournament Champion: 2003, 2007. 2 Two-time Regular Season Conference Champion: 1997 (Saint Mary’s), 2002. 18 About to enter his 18th year of coaching in the Pac-12. 24 Beginning his 24th year as a head coach in 2017- 18. 9 Beat out nine other coaches to be named Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2002. 3 Named District Coach of the Year by three or- ganizations in 2002; NABC, USBWA, Basketball Times. 20 One of 20 Naismith Coach of the Year Finalists in 2002. 4 Spent four years as a analyst for Pac-12 Networks and Fox Sports Net.

Smith Gym 124 | PO Box 641602 | Pullman, WA 99164-1602 ERNIE KENT HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH

AMONG STUDENT-ATHLETES COACHED 1 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year: (2001)

1 Pac-10 Player of the Year and Tournament MVP: Luke Ridnour (2003)

2 Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year: Josh Hawkinson (2015) Robert Franks (2018)

2 Pac-10 All-Newcomer Team: Alex Scales (1999) Darius Wright (1999)

5 NCAA All-Regional Team: (2002) Luke Ridnour (2002) Aaron Brooks (2007) (2007) Tajuan Porter (2007)

6 Pac-10/12 All-Freshman Team: Luke Ridnour (2001) Luke Jackson (2001) Aaron Brooks (2004) Malik Hairston (2005) Bryce Taylor (2005) Tajuan Porter (2007) Malachi Flynn (2017)HM

7 NBA Draft Choices: Bryan Bracey (2001) Frederick Jones (2002) Luke Ridnour (2003), Luke Jackson (2004) Aaron Brooks (2007) Malik Hairston (2008) (2008)

8 Pac-10 All-Tournament: James Davis (2003) Luke Jackson (2003-04) Luke Ridnour (2003) Andre Joseph (2004) Chamberlain Oguchi (2006) Aaron Brooks (2007) Tajuan Porter (2007) Bryce Taylor (2007)

9 All-Pac-10/12 Selections: Alex Scales (2000) Bryan Bracey (2001) Frederick Jones (2002) Luke Ridnour (2002-03) Luke Jackson (2003-04) Aaron Brooks (2007) Maarty Leunen (2008)2nd DaVonté Lacy (2015) Josh Hawkinson (2015-17)HM/2nd Robert Franks (2018)HM

Smith Gym 124 | PO Box 641602 | Pullman, WA 99164-1602 ERNIE KENT HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH

ACADEMICS UNDER HEAD COACH ERNIE KENT 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American: A.D. Smith, Third Team (2000)

2 CoSIDA First Team All-District: A.D. Smith (2000) Josh Hawkinson (2016)

1 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Josh Hawkinson (2017)

6 First Team Pac-10/12 All-Academic: A.D. Smith (1998, 1999, 2000) Ben Lindquist (2002) Josh Hawkinson (2016, 2017) Junior Longrus (2016) Jeff Pollard (2018)

7 Second Team Pac-10/12 All-Academic: Jay Anderson (2004) Jordan Kent (2005, 2006) Josh Hawkinson (2015) Junior Longrus (2015) Valentine Izundu (2016) Ny Redding (2016) Malachi Flynn (2018)

8 Best Team GPA in Eight Years • In Coach Kent’s first years, Cougar basketball received the WSU Seehafer Academic Award, given to the team that shows the strongest positive aca- demic progress in a given term at WSU. • Basketball won the award for just the second time, the other being in 2005. • WSU’s 2.71 fall semester GPA that year marked the highest by a WSU men’s basketball team since the fall of 2007. • WSU’s four Pac-12 All-Academic honorees in 2015-16 marked the most for the Cougars since 2009.

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