Mike Rice (basketball)
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| College | Duquesne (1960–1962) |
| NBA draft | 1962 / Round: 8 / Pick: 64th overall |
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1978–1982 | Duquesne |
| 1982–1987 | Youngstown State |
| 1988 | Youngstown Pride |
Mike T. Rice Sr. is a former National Basketball Association color commentator, one half of the Portland Trail Blazers' television broadcasting team. A former player and coach, he is the only broadcaster ejected from an NBA game.
A basketball player at Duquesne University, Rice earned an All-American honorable mention selection his senior year, leading his Dukes to the 1962 NIT tournament. During the semifinals in which Duquesne was defeated by the St. John's Red Storm Rice became involved in a fight with Donnie Burks that lasted at least a minute. As spectators at Madison Square Garden became involved it was broken up by the New York City Police Department. No one was injured and the referees did not call fouls on either Rice or Burks. The Associated Press described the event as a "lively brawl".
Although the NBA was calling and the Detroit Pistons selected him in the eighth round of the 1962 NBA Draft, Rice decided that his skills could be better utilized from an educational standpoint and opted for a career in coaching.
Rice coached for 13 years at the high school level, posting a career record of 245–71, before moving to college coaching in 1977 when he accepted a position as an assistant coach at Duquesne. He was named the head coach of Duquesne for the 1978–79 season and over his four-year tenure he amassed a record of 62–49, garnering two berths in the National Invitation Tournament and twice being named Eastern Eight Coach of the Year.
Rice then moved to Youngstown State University, where he coached for five years, from 1982–83 through 1986–87. During this period the Penguins twice finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference, peaking with a high of 19 victories in the 1984–85 season. The team amassed 75 wins against 67 losses during the Mike Rice years.
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