NEVADA MENʼS BASKETBALL 2016-17 MEDIA GUIDE HEAD COACH Head Coach ERIC MUSSELMAN INTRO SECOND SEASON Hometown: Ashland, Ohio Family: Wife – Danyelle; Sons – Michael & Matthew; Daughter – Mariah Education: San Diego, 1987 TEAM INFO 2015-16 Bleacher Report MW Coach of the Year Collegiate Coaching Record 2015-16 24-14 10-8 MW(T4th) 1-1 MW Tournament 5-1 CBI (Champions) Professional Coaching Experience 1989-90, 91-95: Head Coach, Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) 1990-91: Assistant Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves 1995-96: Head Coach, Florida Sharks (USBL) PLAYERS 1996-97: Head Coach, Florida/W. Palm Beach Dogs (CBA) 1998-00: Assistant Coach, Orlando Magic International Coaching Experience 2000-02: Assistant Coach, Atlanta Hawks 2009: China 2002-04: Head Coach, Golden State Warriors (NBA) 2010: USA 2004-06: Assistant Coach, Memphis Grizzlies 2010–11: Dominican Republic 2006-07: Head Coach, Sacramento Kings (NBA) 2011–13: Venezuela 2010-11: Head Coach, Reno Bighorns (NBADL) 2011-12: Head Coach, Los Angeles D-Fenders (NBADL) Professional Coaching Record: Overall: 566-340 COACHES & NBA: 108-138 (.439) 3 years - Golden State (2002-04), Sacramento (2006-07) STAFF College Coaching Experience 2012-13: Assistant Coach, Arizona State CBA: 270-122 (.689) 7 years - Rapid City (1989-1995), 2013-14: Associate Head Coach, Arizona State Florida/West Palm (1995-97) 2014-15: Associate Coach, LSU USBL: 53-3 (.946) 2 years - Florida/Bradenton (1995-1996) 2015-present: Head Coach, University of Nevada NBA-DL: 77-30 (.720) - Reno (2010-11), Los Angeles (2011-12) Eric Musselman was named the 18th coach at the ended his final campaign University of Nevada on March 26, 2015. Musselman signed being named the MVP of a five-year contract that runs through the 2019-20 season. the CBI. STATISTICS In his first season at Nevada head coach Eric Musselman Freshman changed the culture of the men’s basketball team. Cameron Oliver Musselman led the Wolf Pack to a 24-14 record and the had one of the College Basketball Invitational Championship. The 85-82 best seasons by overtime CBI Championship victory over Morehead State a Pack freshman came on Apr. 1, marking the first time a Wolf Pack basketball breaking the Nevada record, team had played a game in the month of April. Bleacher school freshman mark and MW Report named him their Mountain West Coach of the Year. freshman record with his 99 The 24 wins is the sixth most in school history and the blocks. Oliver was selected as RECORD BOOK RECORD 20-win season is the 13th in 102 years of Nevada basketball. the Freshman of the Year by He joined Mark Fox (2004-05) and David Carter (2008-09) the MW media and to their as the third consecutive first-year coach to win 20 games All-MW second team. The leading Pack basketball team. Musselman also won his first conference coaches named collegiate game as a head coach when the Pack defeated him to their defensive team Coastal Carolina 73-56 in Hawaii. and third team. After back- The Pack’s 15-win improvement from nine wins to 24 to-back double-doubles at ranked the team as the sixth most improved NCAA I squad the MW Championships he in the country. was named to the All-MW Three members of the Pack earned postseason honors Tournament team. He was HISTORY under his direction. Senior Marqueze Coleman earned the only player on the squad second-team All-MW honors from the coaches and media. that did not play in the title game. Coleman was also named to the NABC District 17 team. Nevada is Musselman’s first Coleman’s 1098 career points ranks 21st in school history. collegiate head coaching position Fellow senior Tyron Criswell was selected as the MW but he has been a head coach Sixth Man of the Year by the conference media. Criswell for seven professional teams, 16 Head Coach including two seasons with the Golden State Warriors have collected six division titles and have advanced to the (2002-04) and one with the Sacramento Kings (2006-07). postseason all seven times. He has coached 24 players that He has won more than 500 games as a head coach with an went on to play in the NBA. Five times he was named CBA overall winning percentage of .625 (566-340). all-star coach. The 51-year old Musselman spent the past three seasons He led the USBL Florida Sharks to a 53-3 record in two INTRO as an assistant coach at power five schools Arizona State seasons and a league championship which earned him USBL and LSU. In 2013 the Sun Devils advanced to the second Coach of the Year honors. round of the NIT and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament After working as an assistant under Doc Rivers and Hall of in 2014. The 2015 Tiger squad also advanced to the NCAA Fame coach Chuck Daly, he was named the head coach of Tournament. the Golden State Warriors in 2002. He led the Warriors to 38 The 2013 ASU squad improved by 12 wins and advanced wins, a team-high in more than 10 years, and was runner- to postseason play for the first time in three years. He was up in the NBA Coach of Year voting. He also coached the promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2013-14 Warriors during the 2003-04 season. season. Following a year as an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies While at ASU, Musselman coached 2013 second-round under Mike Fratello, he coached the Sacramento Kings for NBA selection Carrick Felix, 2012-13 Pac-12 co-Freshman the 2006-07 season. TEAM INFO of the Year Jahii Carson and Jordan Bachynski who led the Musselman worked as an analyst on radio and television nation in blocks in 2013-14. prior to coaching the Reno Bighorns (2010-11) and LA In his only season at LSU, he coached two first-team All- D-Fenders (2011-12) of the NBADL. In 2012 he earned Coach SEC selections in Jarrell Martin and Jordan Mickey. Mickey of the Year honors. was also selected to the SEC All-Defensive team. While coaching the Reno Bighorns in NBADL he worked Musselman returns to Reno where he spent the 2010-11 with Jeremy Lin, Danny Green and Steve Novak who were season coaching the NBA D-Leagues Bighorns and led them called up to the NBA. Gerald Green, Malcom Thomas, Darius to the only Western Conference title in franchise history. Morris, Jamario Moon and Courtney Fortson earned trips to The Ashland, Ohio native is one of 10 former NBA head the NBA when he coached them with the D-Fenders. PLAYERS coaches working in NCAA basketball. He joins John Calipari Musselman has experience coaching international (Kentucky), Rick Pitino (Louisville), Larry Brown (SMU), Lon basketball having served as the head coach of the Dominican Kruger (Oklahoma), Larry Krystkowiak (Utah), Eddie Jordan Republic National Team (2010-11), The US and Team China in (Rutgers), Mike Dunlap (LMU), Tim Floyd (UTEP) and Reggie the Adidas Global Experience (2009, 2010) and The Venezuela Theus (Cal State Northridge) as former NBA head coaches National Team (2011-13). that are current college head coaches. Born in Ashland, Ohio he attended high school in His father Bill was also an NBA head coach and they were Brecksville south of Cleveland. He attended the University the first father-son combination to become head coaches in of San Diego and helped the Toreros to a 24-6 record as a the NBA. Bill also coached the Reno Bighorns of the CBA in senior and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. USD lost in the STAFF 1978-79. first round to Auburn. While at USD he was named to the Musselman’s first head coaching job came at the age West Coast Conference All-Academic team three times and COACHES & of 23 when he was hired by the Rapid City Thrillers of the the Toreros played in two NCAA Tournaments. Continental Basketball Association in 1989. He was the Musselman is married to Danyelle Sargent Musselman youngest coach in CBA history and the fastest to win 100 who has worked at ESPN, Fox Sports and the NFL Network games. as a broadcaster. Musselman has two sons Michael (19) and Musselman has served as a head coach in the CBA, the Matthew (14) and the couple has a daughter Mariah (5). United States Basketball League (USBL) and the NBADL along with the two NBA head coaching stops. His teams STATISTICS RECORD BOOK RECORD HISTORY 17 NEVADA MENʼS BASKETBALL 2016-17 MEDIA GUIDE COACHING STAFF NEVADA MENʼS BASKETBALL 2016-17 MEDIA GUIDE COACHING STAFF Assistant Coaches INTRO DAVE RICE FIRST SEASON Assistant Coach Hometown: Claremont, Calif. Education: UNLV, B.A., 1991 - UNLV, M.B.A., 1993 Family: Wife - Mindy; Children; Travis, Dylan TEAM INFO Coaching Experience 2015 class earned the No. 11 ranking. The 2012 class included Mountain West Freshman of the Year 42016-present: Assistant Coach, Nevada Anthony Bennett who was selected first by the Cleveland Cavaliers 42011-16: Head Coach, UNLV in the 2000 NBA draft. In 2014 Rashad Vaughn was named the 42008-11: Associate Head Coach, BYU MW Freshman of the Year and was drafted 17th by Milwaukee. He PLAYERS 42005-08: Assistant Coach, BYU coached a pair of 2016 NBA Draft selections, Patrick McCaw who was 42004-05: Assistant Coach, Utah State taken by the Golden State Warriors with the 38th pick and Stephen 41994-04: Assistant Coach, UNLV Zimmerman Jr. who was the 41st selection of the Orlando Magic. 41993-94: Assistant Coach, Chaffey College Rice spent 18 years as an NCAA Division I assistant coach prior 41992-93: Assistant Coach, Claremont High School to being named the 11th head coach at UNLV.