Rick Majerus
Majerus in the 1977–78 season as Marquette assistant coach
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 17, 1948 Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin |
| Died | December 1, 2012 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1967–1968 | Marquette |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1983 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 1983–1986 | Marquette |
| 1986–1987 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
| 1987–1989 | Ball State |
| 1989–2004 | Utah |
| 2007–2012 | Saint Louis |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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MWC Regular Season Championship (2003) WAC Tournament Championship (1995, 1997, 1999) WAC Regular Season Championship (1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) MAC Tournament Championship (1989) MAC Regular Season Championship (1989) |
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| Awards | |
| WAC Coach of the Year (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999) | |
Richard Raymond Majerus (February 17, 1948 – December 1, 2012) was an American college basketball coach. He coached at Marquette University (1983–1986), Ball State University (1987–1989), the University of Utah (1989–2004), and Saint Louis University (2007–2012). Majerus' most successful season came at Utah in the 1997–98 season, when the Utes finished as NCAA national runners-up.
Majerus graduated from Marquette University High School in 1966 and then attended Marquette University, where he tried out as a walk-on in the 1967 season. He did not play for Marquette, but stayed on as a student assistant. He graduated in 1970 with a degree in history. He began coaching eighth-graders at St. Sebastian Grade School in Milwaukee, then coached freshmen boys at Marquette University High School. He was an assistant coach with the Marquette Warriors (now Golden Eagles) for 12 years under mentor Al McGuire, until 1977, and under Hank Raymonds until taking over as head coach in 1983. After three years as head coach at Marquette, and a 56-35 record, he became an assistant coach with the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks for the 1986–87 season. He coached at Ball State during the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons, finishing with a record of 43–17.
He was an assistant coach under Don Nelson for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.
Majerus led Utah to the Final Four in 1998, eventually losing to Kentucky in the National Championship Game. He was greatly affected by the loss, and claimed to be able to recite the last six minutes of play of the championship game second by second. While at Utah, he was known for living out of a hotel room, noting that he liked that "There’s clean towels, my bed is turned down every night and there’s a mint on my pillow, no matter what psychological or emotional crisis the maid is going through."
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