Rodney Tention
Rodney Ellis Tention (born May 27, 1963) is an American basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach at Cal Poly.[1]
 Tention as assistant coach for Stanford in 2010. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Cal Poly |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 27, 1963 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1984 | Air Force |
| 1984–1985 | Grossmont CC |
| 1986–1988 | San Francisco |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1989 | Skyline CC (assistant) |
| 1989–1991 | South Florida (assistant) |
| 1991–1994 | College of Notre Dame (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | College of Notre Dame |
| 1997–2005 | Arizona (assistant) |
| 2005–2008 | Loyola Marymount |
| 2008–2011 | Stanford (assistant) |
| 2011–2015 | San Diego (assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | San Jose State (assistant) |
| 2018–2019 | Palo Alto HS |
| 2019–present | Cal Poly (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 48–123 (.281) |
Tention was formerly the head men's basketball coach at the College of Notre Dame and Loyola Marymount University. He then served an assistant at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins for three years, at San Diego under Bill Grier for five, and at San Jose State under Dave Wojcik for two. Following Wojcik's resignation, Tention became interim head coach of San Jose State on July 11, 2017.[2] He held this position while the school performed its search, eventually hiring Jean Prioleau.[3]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Notre Dame Argonauts[4] (Northern California Athletic Conference) (1994–1997) | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | College of Notre Dame | 8–18 | 6–8 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | College of Notre Dame | 4–22 | 1–13 | ||||||
| 1996–97 | College of Notre Dame | 6–20 | 2–12 | ||||||
| College of Notre Dame: | 18–60 (.231) | 9–33 (.214) | |||||||
| Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2005–2008) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Loyola Marymount | 12–18 | 8–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2006–07 | Loyola Marymount | 13–19 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Loyola Marymount | 5–26 | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
| Loyola Marymount: | 30–63 (.323) | 15–27 (.357) | |||||||
| Total: | 48–123 (.281) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- Sabedra, Darren (May 10, 2018). "Basketball: Rodney Tention takes over as Palo Alto High's coach". The Mercury News. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- "Men's Basketball Head Coach Dave Wojcik Resigns". San José State University Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Jean Prioleau named San Jose State University men's basketball head coach". San Jose State Spartans. August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- 2005-06 Loyola Marymount media guide, p. 41.