Eric Olen (born October 15, 1980) is an American

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coach who is the current head coach of the

UC San Diego Tritons The UC San Diego Tritons are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, San Diego. UC San Diego has 23 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports. As of July 1, 2020, all UC San Diego tea ...

Playing career

Olen played at

Spring Hill College Spring Hill College is a private, Jesuit college in Mobile, Alabama. It was founded in 1830 by Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile. Along with being the oldest college or university in the state of Alabama, it was the first Catholic college in the ...

, where he was part of three-straight Badgers' NAIA national tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2000.

Coaching career

Olen would join his former college coach Bill Carr as an assistant at UC San Diego in 2004, and would stay in the role until 2013 before being promoted to head coach after then head coach Chris Carlson left for an administrative role with the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

. Olen has since led the Tritons to three CCAA regular season titles and four consecutive conference tournament titles in addition to four NCAA Division II tournament appearances. He will guide the Tritons into Division I as members of the

Big West Conference The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...

starting in 2020.

Head coaching record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olen, Eric 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Mobile, Alabama American men's basketball coaches College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Spring Hill Badgers men's basketball players UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball coaches