Ray Lopes
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 8, 1962 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school | Moreau Catholic (Hayward, California) |
| College |
|
| Coaching career | 1987–2014 |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 1987–1988 | West Valley CC (assistant) |
| 1988–1989 | Weber State (assistant) |
| 1989–1993 | UC Santa Barbara (assistant) |
| 1993–1994 | Washington State (assistant) |
| 1994–2002 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 2002–2005 | Fresno State |
| 2006–2008 | Idaho Stampede (associate HC) |
| 2008–2009 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 2009–2012 | Idaho (associate HC) |
| 2012–2014 | Washington State (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
As coach:
| |
| Stats at NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Stats at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Career coaching record | |
| NCAA: | 50–37 (.575) |
| Record at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Raymond Lopes (born December 8, 1962) is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach at Washington State University. He was the head men's basketball coach at Fresno State from 2002 to 2005, before resigning due to his involvement in the recruiting violations the program committed during his time there.[1]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Lopes began his coaching career at West Valley Community College as an assistant coach, later going on to coach at Weber State, UC Santa Barbara, Washington State, and Oklahoma.
Fresno State
[edit | edit source]Lopes was named the head coach at Fresno State on April 3, 2002, replacing Jerry Tarkanian.[2] In his first season at the helm, he led the Bulldogs to their first outright regular season conference title since 1965 en route to earning conference Coach of the Year honors.[3]
Lopes resigned from Fresno State after the 2004–05 season after it was revealed that he had violated the telephone contact recruiting rule, something that he had also done while as an assistant at Oklahoma.[1] He received a three-year show-cause penalty as a punishment, beginning from his departure from Fresno State.[4]
Post–Fresno State
[edit | edit source]Lopes spent one season as a scout with the San Antonio Spurs before joining the Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League as the associate head coach.[5] He was also an assistant coach at Idaho before returning for another stint at Washington State as an assistant.[6][7]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno State (Western Athletic Conference) (2002–2005) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Fresno State | 20–8 [n 1] | 13–5 [n 1] | 1st [n 1] | |||||
| 2003–04 | Fresno State | 14–15 | 10–8 | 6th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Fresno State | 16–14 | 9–9 | T–4th | |||||
| Fresno State: | 50–37 (.575) | 32–22 (.593) | |||||||
| Total: | 50–37 (.575) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Fresno State was not eligible for the NCAA tournament as they were under probation for academic violations and as a result, was not eligible for the WAC tournament.[8]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hayward, California
- Basketball players from New Haven, Connecticut
- Basketball players from California
- Basketball coaches from Connecticut
- Basketball coaches from California
- West Valley Vikings men's basketball players
- College of Idaho Coyotes men's basketball players
- West Valley Vikings men's basketball coaches
- Weber State Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball coaches
- Washington State Cougars men's basketball coaches
- Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball coaches
- Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball coaches
- Idaho Stampede coaches
- Idaho Vandals men's basketball coaches