Ritchie McKay

Ritchie McKay
Current position
McKay in 2014
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	Liberty
Record	13–19 (.406)
Biographical details
Born	(1965-04-22) April 22, 1965 Indianapolis, Indiana
Playing career
1983–1987	Seattle Pacific
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989	Washington (asst.)
1989–1990	Queens (asst.)
1990–1991	Seattle Pacific (asst.)
1991–1993	Bradley (asst.)
1993–1995	Washington (asst.)
1996–1998	Portland State
1998–2000	Colorado State
2000–2002	Oregon State
2002–2007	New Mexico
2007–2009	Liberty
2009–2015	Virginia (assoc. HC)
2015–present	Liberty
Head coaching record
Overall	217–205 (.514)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MWC Tournament championship (2005)
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2016)

Ritchie Lawrence McKay (born April 22, 1965) is an American basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Liberty University. McKay for the last 6 seasons had been the associate head coach at University of Virginia. He has previously been the head coach of the University of New Mexico, Oregon State, Colorado State, and Portland State.

Life and sports

McKay got his first head coaching job with Portland State. After a poor first year, McKay led the team to a third-place conference finish in his second season. He used that success as a springboard to his next coaching job, this time at Colorado State. He stayed two seasons there before heading to Oregon State, and then another two at Oregon State before accepting the head coaching position at New Mexico. While there, he experienced mixed success. In 2005, his team won the Mountain West Tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. That successful season helped launch forward Danny Granger to an NBA career. Still, McKay couldn't turn New Mexico into a consistent program, and in February 2007, he was fired.

McKay then took a job at Liberty University, where he took the Flames to Big South semifinals in back-to-back years. His second-year, with the help of Seth Curry, McKay led the LU to a Division I school-record 23 wins^[1] and a bid to the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.^[2] After the season ended, Curry transferred to Duke University, and McKay's longtime friend Tony Bennett was hired as head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers. Bennett then asked McKay to join his staff as his associate head coach, and McKay accepted. On April 1, 2015, McKay was selected to return to Liberty University as head coach.^[3]

Personal life

High school: Westwood High, Mesa, Ariz.
College: Seattle Pacific
Family: Wife, Julie; daughter, Ellie; sons, Gabriel and Luke

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Portland State (Big Sky Conference) (1996–1998)
1996–97	Portland State	9–17	6–10	7th
1997–98	Portland State	15–12	10–6	T–3rd
Portland State:		24–29 (.453)	16–16 (.500)
Colorado State (Western Athletic Conference) (1998–1999)
1998–99	Colorado State	19–11	7–7	T–4th (Mountain)	NIT Quarterfinals
Colorado State (Mountain West Conference) (1999–2000)
1999–00	Colorado State	18–12	8–6	T–4th
Colorado State:		37–23 (.617)	15–13 (.536)
Oregon State (Pacific-10 Conference) (2000–2002)
2000–01	Oregon State	10–20	4–14	T–9th
2001–02	Oregon State	12–17	4–14	9th
Oregon State:		22–37 (.373)	8–28 (.222)
New Mexico (Mountain West Conference) (2002–2007)
2002–03	New Mexico	10–18	4–10	7th
2003–04	New Mexico	14–14	5–9	T–5th
2004–05	New Mexico	26–7	10–4	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2005–06	New Mexico	17–13	8–8	5th
2006–07	New Mexico	15–17	4–12	T–8th
New Mexico:		82–69 (.543)	31–43 (.419)
Liberty (Big South Conference) (2007–2009)
2007–08	Liberty	16–16	7–7	4th
2008–09	Liberty	23–12	12–6	3rd	CIT Quarterfinals
Liberty (Big South Conference) (2015–Present)
2015–16	Liberty	13–19	10–8	T–5th
2016–17	Liberty	0–0	0–0
Liberty:		52–47 (.525)	29–21 (.580)
Total:		217–205 (.514)
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

Portland State Vikings men's basketball head coaches

John Jenkins (1946–1947) Joe Holland (1947–1948) Arba Ager (1948–1953) Sharkey Nelson (1953–1965) Marion Pericin (1965–1972) Ken Edwards (1972–1978) Glen Kinney (1978–1981) No team (1981–1996) Ritchie McKay (1996–1998) Joel Sobotka (1998–2002) Heath Schroyer (2002–2005) Ken Bone (2005–2009) Tyler Geving (2009– )

Colorado State Rams men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1905)
Claude Rothgeb (1905–1910)
George Cassidy (1910–1911)
Harry W. Hughes (1911–1925)
Rudy Lavik (1925–1928)
Joe Ryan (1928–1934)
Saaly Salwachter (1934–1935)
Sam Campbell (1935–1937)
John Davis (1937–1945)
E. D. Taylor (1945–1949)
Bebe Lee (1949–1950)
Bill Strannigan (1950–1954)
Jim Williams (1954–1980)
Tony McAndrews (1980–1987)
Boyd Grant (1987–1991)
Stew Morrill (1991–1998)
Ritchie McKay (1998–2000)
Dale Layer (2000–2007)
Tim Miles (2007–2012)
Larry Eustachy (2012– )

Oregon State Beavers men's basketball head coaches

J. B. Patterson (1901–1902)
J. W. Viggers (1902–1903)
W. O. Trine (1903–1907)
Roy Heater (1907–1908)
E. D. Angell (1908–1910)
Clifford Reed (1910–1911)
E. J. Stewart (1911–1916)
Everett May (1916–1917)
Howard Ray (1917–1918)
H. W. Hargiss (1919–1920)
R. B. Rutherford (1920–1922)
Robert Hager (1922–1928)
Slats Gill (1928–1959)
Paul Valenti # (1959–1960)
Slats Gill (1960–1964)
Paul Valenti (1964–1970)
Ralph Miller (1970–1989)
Jim Anderson (1989–1995)
Eddie Payne (1995–2000)
Ritchie McKay (2000–2002)
Jay John (2002–2007)
Kevin Mouton # (2008)
Craig Robinson (2008–2014)
Wayne Tinkle (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

New Mexico Lobos men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1900)
No team (1900–1901)
No coach (1902–1903)
No team (1903–1904)
No coach (1904–1910)
Ralph Hutchinson (1911–1917)
No team (1917–1918)
John F. McGough (1918–1919)
Roy W. Johnson (1919–1920)
No team (1920–1921)
Roy W. Johnson (1921–1931)
Tom Churchill (1931–1933)
Roy W. Johnson (1933–1940)
Benjamin Sacks (1940–1941)
Willis Barnes (1941–1943)
George White (1943–1944)
Woody Clements (1944–1951)
Berl Huffman (1951–1952)
Woody Clements (1952–1955)
Bill Stockton (1955–1958)
Bob Sweeney (1958–1962)
Bob King (1962–1972)
Norm Ellenberger (1972–1979)
Charlie Harrison (1979–1980)
Gary Colson (1980–1988)
Dave Bliss (1988–1999)
Fran Fraschilla (1999–2002)
Ritchie McKay (2002–2007)
Steve Alford (2007–2013)
Craig Neal (2013– )

Liberty Flames basketball head coaches

Dan Manley (1972–1977) Skeeter Swift (1977–1978) Dale Gibson (1978–1981) Jeff Meyer (1981–1997) Randy Dunton (1997–1998) Mel Hankinson (1998–2002) Randy Dunton (2002–2007) Ritchie McKay (2007–2009) Dale Layer (2009–2015) Ritchie McKay (2015– )

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Big South Conference

Kevin McGeehan (Campbell) Barclay Radebaugh (Charleston Southern) Tim Craft (Gardner–Webb) Scott Cherry (High Point) Ritchie McKay (Liberty) Jayson Gee (Longwood) Gregg Nibert (Presbyterian) Mike Jones (Radford) Nick McDevitt (UNC Asheville) Pat Kelsey (Winthrop)

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