Ritchie McKay
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| Ritchie McKay | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Liberty | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Team record | 16-16 | |
| Born | April 22, 1965 | |
| Place of birth |  Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 181-174 (.511) | |
| Championships | ||
| MWC Tournament Championship (2005) | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1983–1987 | Seattle Pacific | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1988–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1993 1993–1995 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2002 2002–2007 2007–present |
Washington (asst.) Queens (asst.) Seattle Pacific (asst.) Bradley (asst.) Washington (asst.) Portland State Colorado State Oregon State New Mexico Liberty |
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Ritchie Lawrence McKay (April 22, 1965 – ) is the current head coach of the Liberty University men's basketball team. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was the head coach at the University of New Mexico from 2002 until his firing on February 22, 2007. McKay's father, Joe McKay, was a starter for the Lobo basketball team from 1960-63.
During his time at New Mexico, McKay experienced mixed success. In 2005 his team won the Mountain West Tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. That successful season helped launch forward Danny Granger to an NBA career but McKay wasn't able to use that success as a springboard for a consistent program. In his two years after the 2005 season the Lobos' record was 32-26 and a disappointing 12-17 in the Mountain West Conference.
High school: Westwood High, Mesa, Ariz.
College: Seattle Pacific
Family: Wife, Julie; daughter, Ellie; sons, Gabriel and Luke
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Portland State (Big Sky Conference) (1996 — 1998) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Portland State | 9-17 | 6-10 | 7th | |||||
| 1997–1998 | Portland State | 15-12 | 10-6 | T-3rd | |||||
| Portland State: | 24-29 | 16-16 | |||||||
| Colorado State (Western Athletic Conference) (1998 — 1999) | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Colorado State | 19-11 | 7-7 | T-4th (Mountain) | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| Colorado State (Mountain West Conference) (1999 — 2000) | |||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Colorado State | 18-12 | 8-6 | T-4th | |||||
| Colorado State: | 37-23 | 15-13 | |||||||
| Oregon State (Pacific Ten Conference) (2000 — 2002) | |||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Oregon State | 10-20 | 4-14 | T-9th | |||||
| 2001–2002 | Oregon State | 12-17 | 4-14 | 9th | |||||
| Oregon State: | 22-37 | 8-28 | |||||||
| New Mexico (Mountain West Conference) (2002 — 2007) | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | New Mexico | 10-18 | 4-10 | 7th | |||||
| 2003–2004 | New Mexico | 14-14 | 5-9 | T-5th | |||||
| 2004–2005 | New Mexico | 26-7 | 10-4 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | New Mexico | 17-13 | 8-8 | 5th | |||||
| 2006–2007 | New Mexico | 15-17 | 4-12 | T-8th | |||||
| New Mexico: | 82-69 | 31-43 | |||||||
| Liberty (Big South Conference) (2007 — present) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Liberty | 16-16 | 7-7 | 4th | |||||
| Liberty: | 16-16 | 7-7 | |||||||
| Total: | 181-174 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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| Preceded by Randy Dunton |
Liberty Flames Head Mens Basketball Coach 2007— |
Succeeded by Current Coach |
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