Dick Davey
Davey in 2010.
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| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 5, 1942 San Francisco, California |
| Alma mater |
University of the Pacific (B.A., 1964) |
| Playing career | |
| 1961–1964 | Pacific |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1967–1972 | Leland HS |
| 1972–1977 | California (asst.) |
| 1977–1992 | Santa Clara (asst.) |
| 1992–2007 | Santa Clara |
| 2008–2012 | Stanford (assoc. HC) |
Richard James "Dick" Davey (born April 5, 1942) is a retired American college basketball coach. Davey is best known for being head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992 to 2007. Most recently, Davey was the associate head men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins from 2008 to 2012 and helped Stanford win the 2012 National Invitation Tournament.
Born in San Francisco, Davey grew up in Ceres, California and graduated from Ceres High School in 1960. He then attended the University of the Pacific, lettering in baseball and basketball. In 2007, he was inducted into the UOP hall of fame. Davey graduated from UOP with a Bachelor of Arts in education in 1964. After graduating, Davey played minor league baseball in the San Francisco Giants farm system as a catcher and outfielder, for the Decatur Commodores in 1964 and Magic Valley Cowboys in 1965.
Davey then was an assistant basketball coach at Leland High School in San Jose, California for five years, before becoming an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley in 1972.
Davey moved to Santa Clara University in 1977 and served as assistant to longtime Broncos head coach Carroll Williams. In 1992 Davey was elevated to head coach with Williams' move to the Athletic Director position. In his first season, Davey's Broncos finished third but won the WCC tournament and became only the second 15-seeded team to win in the first round, defeating 2-seed Arizona 64-61. The win is considered one of the top ten upsets in NCAA Tournament history. [1]
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