Rick Pietri

Rick Pietri (born July 6, 1965)[1] is an American college basketball coach and the current women's head coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and compete in the NCAA's Division I. The former head coach at the University of South Alabama was named as JSU's new coach on June 25, 2013.[2]

Rick Pietri
Current position
Titlewomen's head coach
TeamJacksonville State
ConferenceOVC
Biographical details
Born (1965-07-06) July 6, 1965
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1989St. Paul's HS (LA) (asst)
1989–1993Spring Hill (asst)
1993–1994Birmingham-Southern (asst)
1994–1998B.C. Rain HS
1998–2000St.Paul's HS (AL)
2000–2013South Alabama
2013–presentJacksonville State

Personal life

A graduate of DeLaSalle High School in New Orleans, Pietri has a bachelor's degree in communication and a master's degree in education from the University of South Alabama (USA). He is married to the former Suzanne Odom of Mobile, Alabama, and they are the parents of two.[3]

Coaching career

After graduating from South Alabama, where he was manager of the men's basketball team from 1983–87, Pietri began his coaching career as an assistant at St. Paul's High School in Covington, Louisiana. He then spent four years as an assistant with the men's team at Spring Hill College in Mobile before moving to Birmingham and one season as an assistant for Birmingham-Southern College's successful men's NAIA program.

Pietri then became the boys' basketball head coach at B.C. Rain High School in Mobile, directing his team to the Alabama Final Four four years in a row, including the Alabama Class 5A state championship in 1997. After two season as boys' coach at St. Paul's High School in Mobile, Pieri was named women's coach at South Alabama, taking over leadership of a program that had gone through ten consecutive losing seasons.[3]

In thirteen seasons at South Alabama, Pietri's Lady Jaguars had nine winning seasons, won the West division of the Sun Belt Conference twice and made two appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. With a record of 220–167 and 111–104 in the Sun Belt, Pietri is the winningest coach in US women's basketball. On March 13, 2013, Pietri was fired.[4]

In his first year at Jacksonville State, Pietri led a program that had gone 5–52 (2–30 OVC) in its previous two years to a record of 14–18 (8–8 OVC) and a semi-final finish in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. He was also named 2013–14 Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year.

Head Coaching Record

Source:

  • OVC 2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings[5]
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Alabama Lady Jaguars (Sun Belt Conference[6][7]) (2000–2013)
2000–01 USA Lady Jaguars 13–165–115th West
2001–02 USA Lady Jaguars 17–117–83rd West
2002–03 USA Lady Jaguars 19–1110–51st WestWNIT 1st round
2003–04 USA Lady Jaguars 22–711–41st WestWNIT 1st round
2004–05 USA Lady Jaguars 13–157–83rd West
2005–06 USA Lady Jaguars 15–148–74th West
2006–07 USA Lady Jaguars 14–167–114th East
2007–08 USA Lady Jaguars 20–1110–83rd East
2008–09 USA Lady Jaguars 21–1110–82nd East
2009–10 USA Lady Jaguars 15–169–95th East
2010–11 USA Lady Jaguars 17–138–84th East
2011–12 USA Lady Jaguars 17–139–74th East
2012–13 USA Lady Jaguars 17–1310–104th East
USA Lady Jaguars: 220–167 (.568)111–104 (.516)
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Ohio Valley Conference[8]) (2013–present)
2013–14 JSU Gamecocks 14–188–85th East
2014–15 JSU Gamecocks 19–1010–6t-4th
2015–16 JSU Gamecocks 10–185–1110th
2016–17 JSU Gamecocks 13–156–1010th
2017–18 JSU Gamecocks 19–1212–6T-4th
JSU Gamecocks: 76–73 (.510)41–41 (.500)
Total:295–240 (.551)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 30 Sep 2015.
  2. "Rick Pietri Named Women's Head Basketball Coach at Jax State". Jacksonville State University.
  3. "2012-13 women's basketball media guide - University of South Alabama" (PDF). usajaguars.com.
  4. "South Alabama's Rick Pietri relieved of duties as women's basketball coach".
  5. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/WomensSports/WBasketball/MediaGuide.aspx
  7. "Sun Belt Conference". www.sunbeltsports.org.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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