Randy Rahe

Randy Michael Rahe (born June 12, 1960) is an American former college basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Weber State University. He 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 University of Utah where he was an assistant under former coach Ray Giacoletti. Rahe was also an assistant under Stew Morrill for 13 seasons, first at Colorado State University and then at Utah State University. 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.^[1]

Randy Rahe

Biographical details
Born	(1960-06-12) June 12, 1960 (age 64) Bancroft, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1978–1982	Buena Vista
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1988	Stratton Senior HS
1988–1989	Colorado College (assistant)
1989–1990	Colorado (assistant)
1990–1991	Denver (assistant)
1991–1998	Colorado State (assistant)
1998–2004	Utah State (assistant)
2004–2006	Utah (assistant)
2006–2022	Weber State
Head coaching record
Overall	316–191 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5x Big Sky regular season (2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016) 3x Big Sky tournament (2007, 2014, 2016)
Awards
4× Big Sky Coach of the Year (2007, 2009, 2010, 2014)

Born in Bancroft, Iowa, Rahe graduated from Buena Vista University located in Storm Lake, Iowa in 1982. At BVU he played point guard in basketball and shortstop in baseball.

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 Damian Lillard 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.^[2]

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

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky Conference) (2006–2022)
2006–07	Weber State	20–12	11–5	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2007–08	Weber State	16–14	10–6	3rd
2008–09	Weber State	21–10	15–1	1st	NIT First Round
2009–10	Weber State	20–11	13–3	1st	NIT First Round
2010–11	Weber State	18–14	11–5	3rd	CBI First Round
2011–12	Weber State	25–7	14–2	2nd	CIT Second Round
2012–13	Weber State	30–7	18–2	2nd	CIT Finals
2013–14	Weber State	19–12	14–6	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2014–15	Weber State	13–17	8–10	T–7th
2015–16	Weber State	26–9	15–3	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2016–17	Weber State	20–14	12–6	T–3rd	CIT Second Round
2017–18	Weber State	20–11	13–5	T–3rd
2018–19	Weber State	18–15	11–9	T–4th
2019–20	Weber State	12–20	8–12	T–8th
2020–21	Weber State	17–6	12–3	2nd
2021–22	Weber State	21–12	13–7	T–3rd
Weber State:		316–191 (.623)	198–91 (.685)
Total:		316–191 (.623)
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. "Randy Rahe Hired at Weber State". KSL. Associated Press. March 24, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
2. Hein, Brett (June 7, 2016). "Randy Rahe signs 8-year contract to remain Weber State men's basketball coach". The Standard-Examiner. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

External links

• Weber State profile