Randy Bennett

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Randy Bennett
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Saint Mary's
Record	263–125 (.678)
Biographical details
Born	(1962-06-09) June 9, 1962
Playing career
1980–1982 1983–1985	Mesa CC UC San Diego
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986 1986–1988 1988–1996 1996–1999 1999–2001 2001–present	San Diego (asst.) Idaho (asst.) San Diego (asst.) Pepperdine (asst.) Saint Louis (asst.) Saint Mary's
Head coaching record
Overall	263–125 (.678)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships WCC Tournament Champion (2010 & 2012)
Awards WCC Coach of the Year (2008 & 2011)

Randy Bennett (born (1962-06-09)June 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. Bennett has led the Gaels to a 263-125 record in his 12 years as head coach. Despite the dominance of Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference, Bennett has made Saint Mary's into arguably the top conference team with several 2nd place finishes and three NCAA tournament appearances, culminating in regular season conference championships in 2011 and 2012, as well as WCC tournament championship in 2010 and 2012.

Given this success, Bennett has been linked to several coaching jobs in higher profile conferences in recent years, most recently at California, Hawaii, Oregon State, Oregon, and Utah of the Pac-12.^[1]^[2]

Bennett is currently signed at Saint Mary's through 2021.^[3]

Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Saint Mary's, Randy Bennett was the top assistant at Pepperdine and St. Louis under current University of Washington head basketball coach Lorenzo Romar.^[4]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Saint Mary's (West Coast Conference) (2001–2008)
2001–2002	Saint Mary's	9–20	3–11	6th
2002–2003	Saint Mary's	15–15	6–8	5th
2003–2004	Saint Mary's	19–12	9–5	T–2nd
2004–2005	Saint Mary's	25–9	11–3	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2005–2006	Saint Mary's	17–12	8–6	T–2nd
2006–2007	Saint Mary's	17–15	8–6	T–3rd
2007–2008	Saint Mary's	25–7	12–2	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2008–2009	Saint Mary's	28–7	10–4	2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
2009–2010	Saint Mary's	28–6	11–3	2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
2010–2011	Saint Mary's	25–9	11–3	T–1st	NIT 1st Round
2011–2012	Saint Mary's	27–6	14–2	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2012–2013	Saint Mary's	28–7	14–2	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
Saint Mary's:		263–125	116–55
Total:		263–125
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

Notes

Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball head coaches

William Kidston (1907–1908)
Otto Rittler (1908–1909)
Frank Boek (1909–1911)
Otto Rittler (1911–1914)
Fred Broderick (1914–1915)
Frank Boek (1915–1916)
Otto Rittler (1916–1918)
Percival Ritchie (1918–1920)
H. C. McDonald (1920–1921)
Slip Madigan (1921–1927)
Louis Conlan (1927–1929)
Vince McNally (1929–1934)
Jim Underhill (1934–1936)
Harlan Dykes (1936–1938)
Jack Otten (1938–1939)
Louis Conlan (1939–1942)
James Phelan (1942–1944)
Clarence Andersen (1944–1947)
Benjamin Neff (1947–1950)
Thomas Foley (1950–1955)
James Weaver (1955–1962)
Mike Cimino (1962–1970)
Bruce Hale (1970–1973)
Frank LaPorte (1973–1979)
Bill Oates (1979–1986)
Lynn Nance (1986–1989)
Paul Landreaux (1989–1991)
Dave Fehte # (1990–1991)
Ernie Kent (1991–1997)
Dave Bollwinkel (1997–2001)
Randy Bennett (2001– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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

Dave Rose (BYU) Mark Few (Gonzaga) Max Good (Loyola Marymount) Marty Wilson (Pepperdine) Ron Verlin (Pacific) Eric Reveno (Portland) Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's) Bill Grier (San Diego) Rex Walters (San Francisco) Kerry Keating (Santa Clara)

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