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 NCAA Division I and, as of the upcoming 2023–24 basketball season, compete in Conference USA (C-USA). 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
TitleHead coach
TeamJacksonville State
ConferenceC-USA
Biographical details
Born (1965-07-06) July 6, 1965
Alma materSouth Alabama ('87)
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
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
ASUN West Division (2022)

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 USA 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]
  • JSU[6]
  • ASUN[7]
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Alabama Lady Jaguars (Sun Belt Conference[8][9]) (2000–2013)
2000–01 South Alabama 13–165–115th (West)
2001–02 South Alabama 17–117–83rd (West)
2002–03 South Alabama 19–1110–51st (West)WNIT 1st round
2003–04 South Alabama 22–711–41st (West)WNIT 1st round
2004–05 South Alabama 13–157–83rd (West)
2005–06 South Alabama 15–148–74th (West)
2006–07 South Alabama 14–167–114th (East)
2007–08 South Alabama 20–1110–83rd (East)
2008–09 South Alabama 21–1110–82nd (East)
2009–10 South Alabama 15–169–95th (East)
2010–11 South Alabama 17–138–84th (East)
2011–12 South Alabama 17–139–74th (East)
2012–13 South Alabama 17–1310–104th (East)
South Alabama: 220–167 (.568)111–104 (.516)
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Ohio Valley Conference[10]) (2013–2021)
2013–14 Jacksonville State 14–188–85th (East)
2014–15 Jacksonville State 19–1010–6T–4th
2015–16 Jacksonville State 10–185–1110th
2016–17 Jacksonville State 13–156–1010th
2017–18 Jacksonville State 19–1212–6T–4th
2018–19 Jacksonville State 15–159–9T–6th
2019–20 Jacksonville State 14–1610–8T–5th
2020–21 Jacksonville State 15–912–74th
JSU Gamecocks (OVC): 119–113 (.513)72–65 (.526)
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (ASUN Conference) (2021–2023)
2021–22 Jacksonville State 24–813–31st (West)WNIT First Round
2022–23 Jacksonville State 16–149–98th
Jacksonville State (ASUN): 40–22 (.645)22–12 (.647)
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Conference USA) (2023–present)
2023–24 Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State: 40–22 (.645)22–12 (.647)
Total:379–302 (.557)

      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". 15 March 2013.
  5. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  7. "2022-23 ASUN Conference Women's Basketball Standings". ASUN Conference. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  8. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/WomensSports/WBasketball/MediaGuide.aspx
  9. "Sun Belt Conference". www.sunbeltsports.org.
  10. "OVCSports.com - Official Web Site of the Ohio Valley Conference". Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.


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