Dave Rice (basketball)
David Wayne Rice (born August 29, 1968) is an American college basketball coach for Salt Lake Community College. He is also the former head men's basketball coach at UNLV where he ranks as the program's third-winningest coach. He spent the 2016-2017 season as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada, Reno, and an assistant coach at the University of Washington for the past three seasons (2017–present).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | California Baptist |
| Conference | WAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 29, 1968 Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1989 | Mt. San Antonio CC |
| 1989–1991 | UNLV |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1992 | UNLV (GA) |
| 1993–1994 | Chaffey CC (assistant) |
| 1994–2004 | UNLV (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | Utah State (assistant) |
| 2005–2011 | BYU (associate HC) |
| 2011–2016 | UNLV |
| 2016–2017 | Nevada (assistant) |
| 2017–2021 | Washington (assistant) |
| 2023–present | California Baptist (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 98–54 |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA Division I) |
Rice has served as a Division I assistant coach for 22 seasons. His first 11 seasons as a college assistant he spent at UNLV with those teams tallying 205 wins during that time.
In his most recent 11 seasons as an assistant coach, Rice has worked at Utah State, BYU, Nevada and Washington. The cumulative record of those teams during those 11 years was 274-99 for a .735 winning percentage. Those 11 seasons culminated in eight trips to the NCAA Tournament, two berths in the NIT, and eight league championships - six regular season conference titles and two conference tournament titles. Those teams dominated in conference play with six first place finishes, three second place finishes and one sixth place finish.