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| Randy Rahe, WSU Head Coach |
Big Sky Coach of the Year: 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10
USBWA All-District Coach of the Year: 2006-07
The Wizard of Weber's Bio
3 Big Sky Championships
3 Big Sky Coach of the Year honors
4 Big Sky Conference MVP players
5 Post-season tournament appearances
7 Big Sky post-season tournament appearances
10 Big Sky All-Conference 1st team performers
22 Big Sky All-Conference performers
18 Big Sky Academic All-Conference members
20 or more wins in five seasons at WSU
77 Percent winning percentage in Big Sky games
| Overall Record | 150-73 |
| Overall Home Record | 93-13 |
| Overall Road Record | 59-58 |
| Big Sky Record | 100-30 |
| Big Sky Home Record | 59-6 |
| Big Sky Road Record | 41-24 |
| Eastern Washington | 12-3 |
| Idaho State | 11-3 |
| Montana | 9-9 |
| Montana State | 11-5 |
| Northern Arizona | 14-3 |
| Northern Colorado | 11-3 |
| North Dakota | 3-0 |
| Portland State | 14-3 |
| Sacramento State | 13-1 |
| Southern Utah | 2-0 |
Randy Rahe was hired on March 23, 2006, as the 9th coach in WSU's 49 year history. Rahe came to WSU from the U of U 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 and then at Utah State. Rahe posted a record of 54-17 as a high school coach in Colorado from 1985-88. He has also been an assistant coach at Denver, Colorado, & Colorado College.
In 1982, Rahe graduated from Buena Vista University located in Storm Lake, IA. At BVU he played point guard in basketball and shortstop in baseball.
Rahe's initial contract was for 4 years (2007-2010). After the 2007 season Rahe signed a 2 year extension and after the 2010 season he signed a 5 year extension keeping him at Weber State through the 2017 season.
2011-12 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Damian Lillard: NABC All-America Third Team (1st in Big Sky History)
Damian Lillard: Lute Olson All-America team
Damian Lillard: Lou Henson Mid-Major All-America team
Damian Lillard: John Wooden Award finalist
Damian Lillard: Oscar Robertson Award finalist
Damian Lillard: Bob Cousy Award finalist
Damian Lillard: District VIII Player of the Year
Damian Lillard: Big Sky MVP
Damian Lillard: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Damian Lillard: 5 time Big Sky Player of the Week; National Player of the week in January
Scott Bamforth: Big Sky All-Conference 2nd Team
Kyle Tresnak: Big Sky Honorable Mention
Kyle Bullinger: Lowe's Senior CLASS Ward Nominee
2011-12 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (25-7, 14-2)
First Weber State post season tournament win since 1999
CIT Tournament Second Round
CIT Tournament Appearance
Finished 2nd in conference standings
Sixth consecutive appearance in Big Sky Tournament
Big Sky Conference Tournament championship appearance
Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals appearance
Home record: 16-0
Home record Big Sky: 8-0
Lead the nation in free-throw percentage, 81.4% (#1 Big Sky history)
7th nationally in three-point FG's per game, 8.9
11th nationally in least turnovers per game, 10.6
17th nationally in three-point percentage, 39.1%
17th nationally in points per game, 77.3
24th nationally in assist/turnover ratio, 1.25
25th nationally in winning percentage, 78.1%
2010-11 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Kyle Bullinger: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Scott Bamforth: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Byron Fulton: Big Sky Freshman of the Year
Trevor Morris: Big Sky Honorable Mention
Lindsey Hughey: Big Sky Honorable Mention
2010-11 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (18-14, 11-5)
CBI Tournament Appearance
Finished 3rd in conference standings
Fifth consecutive appearance in Big Sky Tournament
Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals appearance
Home record: 11-2
Home record Big Sky: 8-1
2009-10 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (20-11, 13-3)
Undefeated at home in Big Sky; 1st time since 2003
2nd year in a row to sweep Eastern Washington
2nd year in a row to sweep Idaho State
2nd year in a row to sweep Northern Arizona
3rd year in a row to sweep Sacramento State
3rd road win in a row at Montana State
6th home win in a row against Montana
Player of the week honors: Lillard, 2 times; Panos, 1
70th all-time win against Montana State
1st win against Utah in 9 years
20th all-time win against Southern Utah
Remained undefeated at home all-time vs Northern Colorado
Won back-to-back titles for 1st time since 1993-94, 1994-95
Hosted Big Sky Conference Tournament
Hosted Tournament in back-to-back seasons for 1st time since 1978-79, 1979-80
Big Sky Tournament Championship Appearance
4th consecutive Big Sky Tournament appearance
4th consecutive Big Sky Tournament semifinals appearance
Highest conference attendance average
Highest WSU attendance average since 2003
Big Sky Conference Regular Season Champions
NIT appearance
Home record: 13-2
Home record Big Sky: 9-1
2009-10 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Franklin Session, 2nd in WSU history for single game steals with 8 vs NAU
Nick Hansen, 4th in WSU history for single game 3-pointers with 7 vs ISU
Nick Hansen tied WSU record for single game 3-point % hitting 6-6 vs UNC
Steve Panos, 1st player to be part of 3 Big Sky titles in at least 30 years
Damian Lillard, AP All-American
Damian Lillard, Big Sky Conference MVP
Damian Lillard, Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Damian Lillard, Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Damian Lillard, USBWA All-District VIII Team
Franklin Session, Big Sky Newcomer of the Year
Franklin Session, Big Sky All-Conference 2nd Team
Franklin Session, Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Steve Panos, Big Sky All-Conference 2nd Team
Coach Rahe, 1st coach to win 3 titles in 4 years since Phil Johnson (1968-71)
Coach Rahe, Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year; 3rd time in 4 years
Coach Rahe, becomes one of 6 all-time Big Sky coaches to win coach of the year award 3 times
Coach Rahe, Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year candidate
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2008-09 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (21-10, 15-1)
At least 2 conference road sweeps in one season, first time since 2003
12 straight wins - was 2nd longest win streak in the nation
1st win streak of at least 6 in a row in 6 years
1st Bengal sweep since 2003
Most 3-point shots ever in a game for a WSU team (15)
Player of the week honors: McCoy, 3 times; Davis, 1
40th home win all-time vs Idaho State
40th home win all-time vs Northern Arizona
Remained undefeated at home all-time vs Northern Colorado
Hosted Big Sky Conference Tournament
3rd consecutive appearance in Big Sky Tournament
Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals appearance
Highest conference attendance average
Big Sky Conference Regular Season Champions
20 win season
1st ever conference 8-0 road record
Back-to-back season road sweeps of the Montanas
2nd road sweep of the Montanas in 6 years
5 votes for AP and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Polls final week of regular season
Finished season ranked 14th in the Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
NIT appearance
Home record: 11-3
Home record Big Sky: 7-2
Road record: 11-6
Road record Big Sky: 8-0 - First time in Big Sky history
2008-09 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Kellen McCoy: Big Sky Conference MVP
Kellen McCoy: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Kellen McCoy: Associated Press All-American honorable mention
Damian Lillard: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Damian Lillard: Big Sky Freshman of the Year
Damian Lillard: collegeinsider.com All-America Freshman Team
Daviin Davis: Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year
Daviin Davis: Big Sky Honorable Mention
Kyle Bullinger: Big Sky Honorable Mention
Coach Rahe: Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year
Coach Rahe: Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year candidate
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2007-08 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (16-14, 10-6)
25th all-time win vs Utah State
60th all-time win vs Montana
1st road sweep of the Montanas in 5 years
Remained undefeated at home vs UNC
First win streak of 5 in a row in 5 years
Finished 3rd in conference standings
Second consecutive appearance in Big Sky Tournament
Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinals appearance
Home record: 12-2
Home record Big Sky: 8-1
2007-08 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Arturas Valeika: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
Dezmon Harris: Big Sky All-Conference 2nd Team
Daviin Davis: Big Sky Honorable Mention
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2006-07 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (20-12, 11-5)
800th all-time win
500th all-time home win
1st conference road trip sweep in 4 years
60th all-time win against NAU
20th all-time win against PSU
Single season team dunk record
1st winning season in 3 years
Big Sky Conference Regular Season Champions
Hosted Big Sky Conference Tournament
Big Sky Conference Tournament Champions
20 win season: 1st in 4 years
First game with 9,000+ in attendance in 4 years
Highest conference attendance average
NCAA Tournament appearance
Finished season ranked 25th in Collegeinsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25
Finished season #12 in the nation for FG%
Finished season #18 in the nation for 3-point FG%
Home record: 13-2
Home record Big Sky: 9-1
2006-07 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
David Patten: Big Sky Conference MVP
David Patten: Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
David Patten: Big Sky Conference Tournament MVP
David Patten: Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
David Patten: Named to the USBWA All-District VIII team
David Patten: Associated Press All-American honorable mention
David Patten: Competed in ESPN College Slam Dunk Contest
David Patten: WSU single season player dunk record (54)
JP Silveira: Big Sky All-Conference 2nd Team
JP Silveira: Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Arturas Valeika: Big Sky Honorable Mention
Dezmon Harris: Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Coach Rahe: Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year
Coach Rahe: USBWA All-District Coach of the Year
Coach Rahe: Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year candidate
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After Rahe signed a 2 year extension after his first season at WSU:
"I think that's why this extension is so important, because building a program takes time. The kids did a tremendous job, but we still need a couple more recruiting classes to build our foundation. We want this program to be one where every year we feel like we have a chance to compete for a championship. Now we've got the time to really build this and do it the way we want to do it. That meant a lot to me."
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