Randy Michael Rahe (born June 12, 1960) is an American

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coach and the former head men's basketball coach at

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. Randy Rahe was hired on March 23, 2006, as the 9th coach in Weber State's 47-year history. Rahe announced his retirement May 16, 2022 through the University, Rahe came to WSU from the

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where he was an assistant under former coach

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. Rahe was also an assistant under Stew Morrill for 13 seasons, first at

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and then at

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. Rahe posted a record of 54–17 as a high school coach in Colorado from 1985 to 1988. He has also been an assistant coach at Colorado College, Colorado and Denver. Born in

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, Rahe graduated from

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located in

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in 1982. At BVU he played

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in basketball and shortstop in

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. After completing 6 seasons at Weber State, Rahe has had many accolades: 4 Big Sky Conference MVP players, 5 Post-season tournament appearances, 6 Big Sky post-season tournament appearances, 8 Big Sky All-Conference 1st team performers, 18 Big Sky All-Conference performers, 18 Big Sky Academic All-Conference members, 20 or more wins in four seasons, and a 76% winning percentage in Big Sky games. Rahe also coached

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who was drafted #6 in the 1st round of the 2012 NBA draft. In June 2016, Rahe signed a contract extension good until the 2023-24 season. On February 13, 2016 vs Portland State, Rahe recorded both his 200th total win and 124th Big Sky Conference win, the latter breaking the Big Sky record previously held by Mick Durham of Montana State. On February 17, 2018 against Sacramento State, Rahe broke Durham's record of most total wins by a Big Sky coach with his 247th win.

Head coaching record

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