| Jim Wooldridge | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UC Riverside |
| Record | 50–70 (.417) |
| Biographical details | |
| Place of birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1977 | Louisiana Tech |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1978 1978–1982 1982–1985 1985–1991 1991–1994 1994–1998 1998–2000 2000–2006 2007–present |
Louisiana Tech (asst.) East Central (asst.) Central Missouri St. (asst.) Central Missouri St. Texas State Louisiana Tech Chicago Bulls (asst.) Kansas State UC Riverside |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 362–307 (.541) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Southland Tournament Championship (1994) | |
Jim Wooldridge is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of California, Riverside.[1] Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Woolridge played on Putnam City High School's class 4A state basketball championship team in 1972. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Louisiana Tech in 1977, then earned a master’s degree in education from East Central University in 1979.[2]
Wooldridge previously held the head coaching position at Central Missouri State, Texas State University-San Marcos, Kansas State University and Louisiana Tech University. He was also an assistant with the Chicago Bulls during the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 seasons under former college teammate Tim Floyd.
During his coaching career, he has inherited an NCAA sanctioned Louisiana Tech team and a Kansas State team that had won just nine games the previous season. While improving the Kansas State Wildcats program, he was unable to reach the postseason and was ultimately let go. He went on to work in the athletic department for Texas State before becoming the head coach at UC Riverside. In his first year at UC Riverside, Wooldridge led the team to their first postseason victory in four years; a 62–54 victory over Cal Poly in the first round of the Big West tournament. In his second year, he tied the record for most wins in a season at UC Riverside since moving to the Division I level. His former assistant at Texas State and Kansas State Mike Miller is the head coach at Eastern Illinois University.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Central Missouri State (MIAA) (1985–1991) | |||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Central Missouri State | 17–10 | 9–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1986–1987 | Central Missouri State | 20–8 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1987–1988 | Central Missouri State | 18–10 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1988–1989 | Central Missouri State | 22–9 | 8–6 | 4th | NCAA Tournament (Div. II) | ||||
| 1989–1990 | Central Missouri State | 27–6 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament (Div. II) | ||||
| 1990–1991 | Central Missouri State | 27–5 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA Tournament (Div. II) | ||||
| Central Missouri State: | 131–48 (.732) | 58–28 (.674) | |||||||
| Southwest Texas State (Southland Conference) (1991–1994) | |||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Southwest Texas State | 7–20 | 4–14 | 8th | |||||
| 1992–1993 | Southwest Texas State | 14–13 | 9–9 | 5th | |||||
| 1993–1994 | Southwest Texas State | 25–7 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Southwest Texas State: | 46–40 (.535) | 27–27 (.500) | |||||||
| Louisiana Tech (Western Athletic Conference) (1994–1998) | |||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Louisiana Tech | 14–13 | 9–9 | 5th | |||||
| 1995–1996 | Louisiana Tech | 11–17 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 1996–1997 | Louisiana Tech | 15–14 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 1997–1998 | Louisiana Tech | 12–15 | 9–9 | 5th | |||||
| Louisiana Tech: | 52–59 (.468) | 34–38 (.472) | |||||||
| Kansas State (Big 12 Conference) (2000–2006) | |||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Kansas State | 11–18 | 4–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2001–2002 | Kansas State | 13–16 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 2002–2003 | Kansas State | 13–17 | 4–12 | 11th | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Kansas State | 14–14 | 6–10 | T–9th | |||||
| 2004–2005 | Kansas State | 17–12 | 6–10 | 10th | |||||
| 2005–2006 | Kansas State | 15–13 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
| Kansas State: | 83–90 (.480) | 32–64 (.333) | |||||||
| UC Riverside (Big West Conference) (2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | UC Riverside | 9–21 | 4–12 | 7th | |||||
| 2008–2009 | UC Riverside | 17–13 | 8–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2009–2010 | UC Riverside | 12–17 | 5–11 | 9th | |||||
| 2010–2011 | UC Riverside | 12–19 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
| UC Riverside: | 50–70 (.417) | 23–41 (.359) | |||||||
| Total: | 362–307 (.541) | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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