Russell Turner (basketball)
Russell Turner in 2009 as Golden State Warriors assistant coach.
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UC Irvine |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 118–90 (.567) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 24, 1970 |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1992 | Hampden–Sydney |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1994 | Hampden–Sydney (asst.) |
| 1994–2000 | Wake Forest (asst.) |
| 2000–2004 | Stanford (asst.) |
| 2004–2010 | Golden State Warriors (asst.) |
| 2010–present | UC Irvine |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× Big West regular season championships (2014, 2016) Big West Tournament championship (2015) |
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| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (2014) | |
Russell Devlin Turner (born October 24, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head men's basketball coach at UC Irvine, a position he has held since 2010.
As the head coach at UC Irvine, Turner led the Anteaters to the second round of the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, the program’s first postseason win since 2002. UC Irvine also reached the Big West Conference tournament final and won the third most single-season games in UC Irvine history with 21 in the 2012-13 season. The Anteaters went a perfect 9-0 in home Big West games and 13-1 overall in home contests. UCI was also ranked first in the Big West and 15th in the nation in field-goal percentage defense at .387. In 2014, UCI earned the regular season conference championship and secured a berth in the 2014 NIT where they lost to top seeded SMU. That year Turner was named the Big West Coach of the Year and also the 2014 NABC District 9 Coach of the year. In 2015, in his third consecutive 20+ win season, Turner let the Anteaters of UCI to the first NCAA tournament in school history where they narrowly lost to Louisville who later made it to the Sweet 16. In 2016, in a school record fourth consecutive 20+ win season, Turner's team broke the school record for season wins previously set at 25 with 28 victories and were runner ups in the 2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament falling to Colombia in the Championship Game.
Turner has most recently been considered a candidate for jobs at California, George Mason, Rice, Wake Forest, UC San Diego, and Tulsa. His overall coaching record is 116-89, and in the last four seasons has amassed a win-loss record of 91-50 with four consecutive 20+ win seasons, two regular season championships, and one conference championship.
He was formerly an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA, serving under head coach Mike Montgomery and then for head coach Don Nelson. For Golden State, Turner has worked closely with players on individual skill development. Turner has also served as a coach for the Warriors summer league entry in Las Vegas for five consecutive years. Additionally, he coached at the NBA/Haier Camp in China. Prior to that, he served as a coach at the NBA's Basketball Without Borders camp in Lithuania in 2006.
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