Rich Zvosec
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| Rich Zvosec | ||
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| Sport | Basketball | |
| Place of birth |  Lorain, Ohio |
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| NEC Coach of the Year (1991) Mid-Con Coach of the Year (2005) |
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| 1981–1983 | Defiance | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1988–1991 1991–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2007 |
St. Francis (NY) North Florida Millersville Saint Peter's (asst.) Missouri–Kansas City (asst.) Missouri–Kansas City |
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Rich Zvosec (born 1961) is a collegiate basketball coach. The Lorain, Ohio native coached the University of Missouri–Kansas City from 2001 to 2007, after succeeding Dean Demopoulos.
After graduating from Lorain Catholic High School in 1979, Zvosec enrolled at Defiance College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business. In 1988 he took over as head coach at Saint Francis College, becoming the youngest Division I coach in the country at age 27. In his third year, the Terriers recorded the program's first winning season since 1969 and had the most DI wins in two decades. Zvosec left as the school's third all-time winningest coach in 1991, and became head coach at the University of North Florida, the first the school ever had. In 1997 he left UNF for one year at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. In 2001 he succeeded Dean Demopoulos as head coach at UMKC. Four of his six teams finished with winning records. He left with the highest winning percentage in school history. Zvosec also had the second highest Mid-Continent Conference winning percentage during his six year tenure.
Zvosec was fired from UMKC on March 13, 2007. He is currently working as a color commentator for the Big Ten Network.
Zvosec was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame on May 3, 2007.
Official Website: www.coachZlive.com
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