Greg Graham (basketball coach) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Greg Graham Title Head coach College Boise State Sport Basketball Place of birth Eugene, Oregon Career highlights Championships 2007-08 WAC Regular Season Championship, 2007-08 WAC Tournament Championship Awards 2007-08 WAC Coach of the Year, 2007-08 National Association of Basketball Coaches District 13 Coach of the Year. Playing career 1974–1978 Oregon Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1978–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1989 1989–1992 1992–1997 1997–2002 2002–present Marist HS (asst.) Louisville HS Oregon (asst.) New Mexico (asst.) Western New Mexico San José State (asst.) San Diego State (asst.) Saint Mary's (asst.) Oregon (asst.) Boise State Greg Graham is the head men's basketball coach at Boise State University. With a conference championship, the most wins in a single basketball season in Boise State history, his team’s appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and two coach of the year awards to his credit in 2007-08, last season was one of the high points in Bronco head coach Greg Graham’s career. Not only did Graham, who enters his seventh season at BSU, lead the Broncos to a share of the regular-season Western Athletic Conference title, but he also guided them to a memorable run through the WAC Tournament — culminated by one of the best and most exciting men’s basketball contests in school history in the championship game — and their first trip the NCAA Tournament since 1993-94. Based on Boise State’s stellar performance in 2007-08, which included school records in wins (25) and road victories (12), he was named WAC Coach of the Year and the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 13 Coach of the Year. The WAC Tournament, hosted by defending champion New Mexico State, was an exhilarating highlight to one of the best seasons in Bronco basketball history. After the Broncos earned a share of the regular-season title, they traveled Las Cruces, N.M., where the magic began with an 80-74 win over Hawaii in the opening round. Boise State then defeated Utah State 88-78 in the semifinals to advance to the championship game against host New Mexico State. And if the Broncos’ 107-102 triple overtime thriller over the Aggies in the championship game wasn’t the greatest men’s basketball game in Boise State history, it is certainly high on the list. Led by Reggie Larry’s 31 points and 16 rebounds and Matt Nelson’s 26 points, the Broncos outlasted the Aggies and reached the NCAAs for the first time in 14 years with their gritty win on New Mexico State’s home court. The title game between BSU and New Mexico State was tied at 71 at the end of regulation, at 80 after the first overtime and at 92 after two OTs. Tyler Tiedeman scored 17 points, Matt Bauscher added 14, and Anthony Thomas had 13 for the Broncos in the title game. During their three wins in the WAC Tournament, the Broncos averaged 91.7 points per game and shot over 50 percent from the floor and the 3-point line. Boise State’s season continued the following week with a trip Birmingham, Ala., and an appearance in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Although BSU lost 79-61 to Louisville in the opening round, the 2007-08 season will go down as one of the best in Bronco basketball lore. In addition to ending the year at 25-9 for the most wins in the program’s history, Boise State finished the season third in the country in field goal percentage (50.8 percent), seventh in assists per game (17.8/game), 10th in scoring (81.4 ppg) and 20th in 3-point field goal percentage (39.3 percent). The 2007-08 Broncos also set new school marks for points scored (2,767), field goals made (994), 3-point field goals made (271), and assists (605). Individually, the Broncos reaped the rewards of a successful season — both on the court and in the classroom. In addition to Graham’s two coach of the year honors, Larry was named first-team All-WAC, U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District VII, and MVP of the WAC Tournament. Nelson earned second-team All-WAC recognition and claimed a spot on the WAC All-Tournament team. Bauscher claimed All-Tournament honors and was on the WAC All-Defensive team. Academically, the Broncos also put together a great year with a league-high four players earning WAC All-Academic recognition and the team combining for a league-leading Academic Performance Rate (APR) for the second straight season. As a team, Boise State compiled a WAC-best multi-year APR of 954.The APR covers four seasons, stretching from 2003-04 to 2006-07.In addition, Nelson was also one of 15 players nationally to be named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America University Division Men’s Basketball team. Nelson, a third-team selection, was the first Boise State men’s basketball player to ever be honored and just the 11th Bronco player in any sport. Nelson and fellow senior Bauscher along with sophomore Kurt Cunningham and freshman Paul Noonan all earned a spot on the WAC’s All-Academic team. On Feb. 7, 2008, Graham joined some select company as Boise State defeated Louisiana Tech 73-61 for his 100th career win with the Broncos. Graham joined Bobby Dye (213 wins) and Rod Jensen (109 wins) as the only coaches in Boise State history to win 100 games at the school. He increased that total to 108 by the end of the 2007-08 season. [edit] 2003-04 NIT Run In his six seasons at Boise State, Graham has achieved several accomplishments few other Bronco coaches have done in the history of the program. In 2003-04, his second year, he became just the third coach in Boise State’s 38 years as an NCAA Division I program to win at least 20 games by his second season as the Broncos went 23-10 and earned a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. The Broncos’ appearance in the 2003 NIT also marked the first time a coach had led the men’s team to the postseason in just his second year. BSU advanced to the NIT’s Sweet 16 that year with victories over UNLV and UW-Milwaukee, marking the first time in school history that its men’s basketball team had won a pair of postseason games in the same season. Graham also joined Bus Connor as the only two coaches to lead Boise State to the championship game of its league tournament by his third season at the helm. He also became Boise State’s third coach to lead a Bronco team to the NCAA Tournament. In March of 2002 Graham was named the sixth men’s head basketball coach during the school’s four decades as a four-year institution. Graham came to Boise State after spending the previous five years as the top assistant at the University of Oregon under Ernie Kent. He helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-10 regular-season championship in 2002 as well as a spot in the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. Graham was also on the coaching staff that led the Ducks to an NCAA tournament bid in 2000 and a NIT Final Four appearance in 1999. While at Oregon, Graham was instrumental in the success of a potent Oregon offensive attack. Kent referred to Graham as the team’s “offensive guru” after the Ducks finished the 2001-02 season ranked third (behind only Kansas and Duke) in the country in scoring, averaging 85.9 points per game. The Ducks also finished fourth in the nation in scoring margin with a 14.5 point per game advantage over their opponents. In addition to handling the Ducks’ offense, Graham was the team’s recruiting coordinator, directed game and practice organization, coordinated all aspects of game preparation and served as scouting coordinator and budget administrator. His 2000 recruiting class was ranked 25th in the nation and No. 1 in the West. Before coaching at Oregon, Graham spent five seasons with Kent at St. Mary’s College in California. While at the West Coast Conference school, he served in the same roles as he did at Oregon and was also the academic liaison for the program. Graham’s five years with Kent at Oregon was his second coaching stint with the Ducks. He was also an assistant coach during the 1982-83 season. His other stops as an assistant were at New Mexico (1983-84), San Jose State (1985-89), and San Diego State (1989-92). He was the head coach at Western New Mexico during the 1984-85 season, where he led his team to an 18-5 record. He started his coaching career as an assistant at Marist High School in Eugene, Ore., in 1978 and was the head coach at Louisville High School in Louisville, Ohio, from 1979-82. A four-year letterman at Oregon, Graham helped the Ducks to three NIT trips as a player. Graham, who was Oregon’s team captain his senior season, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in biology in 1978.He also earned a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Dayton in 1982 [show]v • d • eCurrent head men's basketball coaches of the Western Athletic Conference Greg Graham (Boise State) · Steve Cleveland (Fresno State) · Bob Nash (Hawaii) · Don Verlin (Idaho) · Kerry Rupp (Louisiana Tech) · Mark Fox (Nevada) · Marvin Menzies (New Mexico State) · George Nessman (San Jose State) · Stew Morrill (Utah State) [show]v • d • eBoise State Broncos head basketball coaches Hale • Eiden • Jacoby • Allison • Glasby • Engleking • Warner • Smith • Richter • Blankley • Chatterton • Satterfield • Connor • Leach • Dye • Jensen • Graham This biographical article relating to a U.S. basketball coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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