Ray Giacoletti
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 14, 1962 Peoria, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1984 | Minot State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984–1985 | Minot State (GA) |
| 1985–1986 | Western Illinois (GA) |
| 1986–1987 | Oral Roberts (assistant) |
| 1988–1989 | Fresno Flames (assistant) |
| 1990–1993 | Illinois State (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | Washington (assistant) |
| 1997–2000 | North Dakota State |
| 2000–2004 | Eastern Washington |
| 2004–2007 | Utah |
| 2007–2013 | Gonzaga (assistant) |
| 2013–2016 | Drake |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 203–192 (.514) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
Big Sky Tournament championship (2005) MWC Tournament championship (2005) Big Sky regular season championship (2004) MWC regular season championship (2005) |
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Raymond Bryan Giacoletti (born April 14, 1962) was the men's basketball coach at Drake University. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980–1984, where he was a four-year letterman and a team captain for two seasons. He received his degree in physical education in 1985.
Giacoletti was previously the head coach at North Dakota State University, Eastern Washington University, and the University of Utah. At Utah, he was a finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award in 2005, he was also named the 2005 Playboy National Coach of the Year. Giacoletti resigned as Drake coach on December 6, 2016.
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Giacoletti began coaching in 1984 when he was named a student assistant coach at Minot State while finishing up his degree. Giacoletti then became a graduate assistant at Western Illinois University during the 1985-86 season. After spending a year at Western Illinois, Giacoletti became an assistant coach for Oral Roberts University during the 1986-87 season.
After 3 seasons at the collegiate level, Giacoletti moved to the professional ranks, where he spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the Fresno Flames of the old World Basketball League. Giacoletti then returned to college coaching in the 1989 season, where he was named an assistant head coach under Bob Bender at Illinois State. After three seasons with Illinois State, Bender was named the head coach of the University of Washington, where Giacoletti accepted an assistant position with the program. He was an assistant coach with the Washington Huskies from 1993–1997, until he accepted the head coaching job at North Dakota State.
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