Leon Rice (basketball)

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Leon Rice
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Boise State
Record	71–49
Biographical details
Alma mater	Washington State, 1986
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1992 1992–1994 1996–1998 1998–2010 2010–present	Oregon (asst.) Northern Colorado (asst.) Yakima Valley CC (asst.) Gonzaga (asst.) Boise State
Head coaching record
Overall	71–49 (.592)

Leon Rice is an American college basketball coach, and the head men's basketball coach at Boise State University. Rice replaced Greg Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26, 2010.^[1] In his first season as head coach, he led Boise State to the finals of the 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament and to the semifinals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational. He is the first Boise State head coach to win 20 games in two of his first three seasons. In 2013, he guided the Broncos to their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Boise State Broncos (Western Athletic Conference) (2010–2011)
2010–11	Boise State	22–13	10–6	2nd	CBI semifinals
Boise State (WAC):		22–13	10–6
Boise State Broncos (Mountain West Conference) (2011–present)
2011–12	Boise State	13–17	3–11	T–7th
2012–13	Boise State	21–11	9–7	T–4th	NCAA First Four
2013–14	Boise State	15–8	5–5
Boise State (MWC):		49–36	17–23
Total:		71–49
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

Staton Hale (1933–1934)
Max Eiden (1934–1937)
No team (1937–1939)
Harry Jacoby (1939–1941)
George Allison (1941–1942)
John Glasby (1942–1944)
Rex Engleking (1944–1945)
Carl Warner (1945–1946)
Lyle Smith (1946–1947)
Bill Richter (1947–1948)
George Blankley (1948–1962)
Dale Chatterton (1962–1965)
Murray Satterfield (1965–1973)
Bus Connor (1972–1980)
Dave Leach (1980–1983)
Bobby Dye (1983–1995)
Rod Jensen (1995–2002)
Greg Graham (2002–2010)
Leon Rice (2010–)

v t e Current men's basketball head coaches of the Mountain West Conference

Dave Pilopovich (Air Force) Leon Rice (Boise State) Larry Eustachy (Colorado State) Rodney Terry (Fresno State) David Carter (Nevada) Craig Neal (New Mexico) Steve Fisher (San Diego State) Dave Wojcik (San Jose State) Dave Rice (UNLV) Stew Morrill (Utah State) Larry Shyatt (Wyoming)

Persondata
Name	Rice, Leon
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth
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