Rodney Lewis Jensen (born November 16, 1953) is an American basketball coach who was most recently a women's basketball assistant coach for

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Coaching career

Jensen graduated from the

University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private university headquartered in Redlands, California. The university's main, residential campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations throughout Califo ...

in 1975 with a degree in business administration. He was an assistant coach at Redlands from 1980 to 1982, after which he served as assistant coach at

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for the 1982–83 season under

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. After being an assistant coach at

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under

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from 1983 to 1995, Jensen was head coach at Boise State from 1995 to 2002. In seven seasons, Jensen had a 109–93 record at Boise State. During his tenure, Boise State played in three different conferences: the Big Sky Conference in his first season, the Big West Conference from 1996 to 2001, and the Western Athletic Conference in his final season. Boise State won the East Division title in a tie with New Mexico State in the 1998–99 season but never made any postseason tournaments during Jensen's tenure. In March 2002, athletic director

Gene Bleymaier Eugene Anthony Bleymaier (born 1953) is an American university administrator who was most recently special advisor to the president at San Jose State University. Bleymaier was previously an athletic director, first at Boise State University from ...

fired Jensen, with one year remaining on Jensen's contract. Jensen was an assistant coach from 2002 to 2004 at Virginia under

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. In 2005, he joined

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's coaching staff at

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. In 2006, Jensen was promoted to associate head coach, a position he would hold until 2010. After 8 seasons away from the state of Idaho, Jensen became head coach at the

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, serving from 2010 to 2013. The College of Idaho opted not to renew Jensen's contract after Jensen's third season. Jensen then joined

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's staff at Washington State for the 2013–14 season. From 2015 to 2018, Jensen was an assistant coach for Washington State Cougars women's basketball under

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. In 2019, he became an assistant coach for

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under Jerry Finkbeiner.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Utah State bioWashington State bioCollege of Idaho bioUNC Greensboro bio
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