Michael David Rhoades (born September 21, 1972) is an American

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coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at

Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virgini ...

(VCU), a position he has held since 2017. Rhoades served as the head men's basketball coach at

Randolph–Macon College Randolph–Macon College is a private liberal arts college in Ashland, Virginia. Founded in 1830, the college has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students. It is the second-oldest Methodist-run college in the country, and the oldest in continu ...

from 1999 to 2009 and

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

from 2014 to 2017.

Biography

Playing career

Rhoades played college basketball at

Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley College (LVC, Lebanon Valley, or The Valley) is a private college in Annville, Pennsylvania. History Lebanon Valley was founded on February 23, 1866, with classes beginning May 7 of that year and its first class graduating in 1870 ...

and led the team to the 1994 Division III national championship. A shooting guard, he still holds the records for assists, steals, and free-throw percentage. He also graduated as the college's all-time leading scorer. Rhoades was an All-American twice, the 1995 Division III national player of the year, and his #5 jersey is retired at LVC.

Coaching career

After a playing career at Lebanon Valley under

Pat Flannery Pat Flannery (born September 23, 1957) is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball at Lebanon Valley College from 1989 to 1994 and Bucknell University from 1994 to 2008. Flannery was born in Pottsville ...

, Rhoades accepted his first coaching job at Randolph-Macon in 1996, under Hal Nunnally. Upon Nunnally's retirement in 1999, Rhoades was promoted to head coach at just 25 years old. He would go 197–76 in 10 seasons, reaching four NCAA Division III Tournaments and two Sweet Sixteens. In 2009, Rhoades accepted a spot as the associate head coach at VCU . While on the Rams' staff Rhoades was a part of Final Four squad during the 2010-11 season, and part of four-straight NCAA tournament teams. VCU's record was 137-46 during this period. The Rams also won the 2010

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championship, and the 2012 CAA conference tournament championship. On March 25, 2014, Rhoades was named the head coach at

, replacing

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. He engineered a turnaround of the Rice program. Rice went 12-49 the two prior seasons to Rhoades' arrival. Rhoades led Rice to an immediate five win improvement from the prior season during his first year at the helm. Rice went 23–12 in Rhoades' third year. This was Rice's first 20 win season since 2003–04, and the 23 wins are the second-most in program history. Rhoades also led Rice to the second round of the CBI which was the program's first post season appearance since 2011–12. On March 21, 2017, Rhoades was named the 12th head coach in program history, at VCU.

Family

Rhoades is the son of former Pennsylvania State Senator James J. Rhoades.

Head coaching record

References

External links

VCU profile
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