Mike Rhoades

Michael David Rhoades (born September 21, 1972) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at Penn State University, where he was hired on March 29, 2023. Prior to his position at Penn State, Rhoades served as the head men's basketball coach at Randolph–Macon College from 1999 to 2009, at Rice University from 2014 to 2017, and at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2017 to 2023.

Mike Rhoades
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamPenn State
ConferenceBig Ten
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1972-09-21) September 21, 1972
Playing career
1991–1995Lebanon Valley
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999Randolph–Macon (assistant)
1999–2009Randolph–Macon
2009–2014VCU (associate HC)
2014–2017Rice
2017–2023VCU
2023–presentPenn State
Head coaching record
Overall373–189 (.664)
Tournaments3–4 (NCAA Division III)
0–3 (NCAA Division I)
1–1 (NIT)
1–1 (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 ODAC regular season (2002–2005)
ODAC tournament (2003)
2 Atlantic 10 regular season (2019, 2023)
Atlantic 10 tournament (2023)
Awards
Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2019)

Biography

Playing career

Rhoades played college basketball at Lebanon Valley College and led the team to the 1994 Division III national championship. A shooting guard, he still holds the records for assists, steals, and free-throw percentage. He also graduated as the college's all-time leading scorer. Rhoades was an All-American twice, the 1995 Division III national player of the year, and his #5 jersey is retired at LVC.[1]

Coaching career

After a playing career at Lebanon Valley under Pat Flannery, Rhoades accepted his first coaching job at Randolph-Macon in 1996, under Hal Nunnally. Upon Nunnally's retirement in 1999, Rhoades was promoted to head coach at just 25 years old. He would go 197–76 in 10 seasons, reaching four NCAA Division III Tournaments and two Sweet Sixteens.

In 2009, Rhoades accepted a spot as the associate head coach at VCU . While on the Rams' staff Rhoades was a part of Final Four squad during the 2010-11 season, and part of four-straight NCAA tournament teams. VCU's record was 137-46 during this period. The Rams also won the 2010 College Basketball Invitational championship, and the 2012 CAA conference tournament championship.

On March 25, 2014, Rhoades was named the head coach at Rice University, replacing Ben Braun. He engineered a turnaround of the Rice program. Rice went 12-49 the two prior seasons to Rhoades' arrival. Rhoades led Rice to an immediate five win improvement from the prior season during his first year at the helm. Rice went 23–12 in Rhoades' third year. This was Rice's first 20 win season since 2003–04, and the 23 wins are the second-most in program history. Rhoades also led Rice to the second round of the CBI which was the program's first post season appearance since 2011–12.[2]

On March 21, 2017, Rhoades was named the 12th head coach in program history, at VCU. During his 5 seasons at VCU, his overall records was 94–50 (0.653) and his conference record was 50–28 (.641). He coached the VCU Rams to the NCAA Tournament in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.

On March 29, 2023, Rhoades was named the head men's basketball coach at Penn State University, the 15th head coach in program history. His contract was valued at $25.9 million over the course of 7 years. Along with his base pay the contract contains $1.075 million in incentives per year for various achievements ranging from 10 to 150 thousand dollars each. Furthermore the contract also allows for a stipend of a private vehicle, use of private aircraft, ticket allowance and a relocation allowance.[3]

Family

Rhoades is the son of former Pennsylvania State Senator James J. Rhoades.[4]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (1999–2009)
1999–00 Randolph–Macon 13–1210–84th
2000–01 Randolph–Macon 16–1012–64th
2001–02 Randolph–Macon 24–616–21stNCAA Division III Sweet 16
2002–03 Randolph–Macon 28–317–11stNCAA Division III Sweet 16
2003–04 Randolph–Macon 23–516–21stNCAA Division III second round
2004–05 Randolph–Macon 17–1013–51st
2005–06 Randolph–Macon 22–715–32ndNCAA Division III first round
2006–07 Randolph–Macon 14–129–96th
2007–08 Randolph–Macon 20–614–43rd
2008–09 Randolph–Macon 20–614–22nd
Randolph–Macon: 197–76 (.722)136–42 (.764)
Rice Owls (Conference USA) (2014–2017)
2014–15 Rice 12–208–10T–7th
2015–16 Rice 12–207–11T–9th
2016–17 Rice 23–1211–75thCBI quarterfinal
Rice: 47–52 (.475)26–28 (.481)
VCU Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2017–2023)
2017–18 VCU 18–159–9T–5th
2018–19 VCU 25–816–21stNCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20 VCU 18–138–10T–8th
2020–21 VCU 19–710–42ndNCAA Division I Round of 64
2021–22 VCU 22–1014–4T–2ndNIT second round
2022–23 VCU 27–815–31stNCAA Division I Round of 64
VCU: 129–61 (.679)72–32 (.692)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Penn State 0–00–0
Penn State: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:373–189 (.664)

      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. "VCU TO NAME MIKE RHOADES MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH - VCU". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22.
  2. "VCU TO NAME MIKE RHOADES MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH - VCU". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22.
  3. "Penn State hires Mike Rhoades as new basketball coach, releases contract terms". Lions247. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  4. "Stadium - Your source for sports news and information".
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