Richie Riley

Richie Riley

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	South Alabama
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	117–87 (.574)
Biographical details
Born	(1983-01-08) January 8, 1983 (age 42) London, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
2001–2002	Eastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005	Georgetown (KY) (Assistant)
2005–2006	Hawaii Pacific (Assistant)
2006–2009	Pikeville (Assistant)
2009–2011	Coastal Carolina (Assistant)
2011–2012	Eastern Kentucky (Assistant)
2012–2014	UAB (Assistant)
2014–2016	Clemson (Assistant)
2016–2018	Nicholls State
2018–present	South Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	152–115 (.569)
Tournaments	2–1 (TBC)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Southland regular season (2018)
Awards
Southland Coach of the Year (2018)

Richard Allen Riley II[1] (born January 8, 1983) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at the University of South Alabama.[2]

Playing career

Riley played one collegiate season at Eastern Kentucky under Travis Ford. He graduated in 2005 from EKU.

Coaching career

Widely talked about as one of the highest regarded up-and-coming head coaches in Division 1 Men's Basketball, Richie Riley was recently ranked 16th on ESPN.com's “40 Under 40” list and a finalist for the Ben Jobe Award, presented annually to the top NCAA Division I minority coach by CollegeInsider.com. Known as an elite program builder and high level recruiter, especially in the transfer portal, Richie Riley's South Alabama Jaguars have had a top rated recruiting class all three of his years.

Riley joined Cliff Ellis's staff at Coastal Carolina for his first Division one assistant coaching job, spending three seasons there before a one-year stop as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Eastern Kentucky. He then had assistant stops at UAB and Clemson before accepting the head coaching position at Nicholls State becoming the 11th coach in program history, replacing J. P. Piper.[3][4][5]

After two seasons with Nicholls State, Riley was named the 10th head coach in program history at South Alabama, replacing Matthew Graves.[2]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nicholls State Colonels (Southland Conference) (2016–2018)
2016–17	Nicholls State	14–17	7–11	T–8th
2017–18	Nicholls State	21–11	15–3	T–1st
Nicholls State:		35–28 (.556)	22–14 (.611)
South Alabama Jaguars (Sun Belt Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19	South Alabama	17–17	8–10	8th
2019–20	South Alabama	20–11	13–7	T–2nd
2020–21	South Alabama	17–11	10–7	3rd (East)
2021–22	South Alabama	21–12	9–7	5th	TBC Semifinals
2022–23	South Alabama	19–16	9–9	T–7th
2023–24	South Alabama	16–16	8–10	T–7th
2024–25	South Alabama	7–4	0–0
South Alabama:		117–87 (.574)	57–50 (.533)
Total:		152–115 (.569)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Richie Riley (South Alabama Jaguars)". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
2. "RICHIE RILEY NAMED HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AT SOUTH ALABAMA - University of South Alabama". 15 March 2018.
3. "Richie Riley Bio".
4. "Richie Riley Bio - UAB Athletics Official Athletic Site".
5. "The Official Website of Nicholls Athletics".