Dick Tarrant

Dick Tarrant

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	August 4, 1931 Englewood, New Jersey
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1981	Richmond (asst.)
1981–1993	Richmond
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
4× CAA Coach of the Year (1984, 1986, 1989, 1991)

Dick Tarrant (born August 4, 1931) was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond^[1] from 1981 through 1993. Tarrant, the winningest coach in Richmond history by both victories and winning percentage, led the Spiders to five NCAA Tournament and four NIT berths in his twelve seasons as head coach--the first postseason appearances in school history.^[2]

Under Tarrant, the Spiders gained a reputation as giant killers. In their first NCAA appearance, in 1984, they upended an Auburn team led by Charles Barkley in the first round. In 1988, they defeated defending national champion Indiana and Georgia Tech to advance to the Sweet Sixteen--the deepest run by a Colonial Athletic Association team at the time--before losing to Temple. In 1991, Tarrant led the 15th seed Spiders to an upset win over second-seeded Syracuse--the first time that a 15th seed had made it out of the first round.

In 2013, Tarrant was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.^[3]

NCAA Division I coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Richmond (ECAC South/CAA) (1981–1993)
1981–82	Richmond	18–11	6–4	2nd	NIT First Round
1982–83	Richmond	12–16	2–7	6th
1983–84	Richmond	22–10	7–3	1st	NCAA Second Round
1984–85	Richmond	21–11	11–3	T-1st	NIT Second Round
1985–86	Richmond	23–7	12–2	2nd	NCAA First Round
1986–87	Richmond	15–14	8–6	3rd
1987–88	Richmond	26–7	11–3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1988–89	Richmond	21–10	13–1	1st	NIT Second Round
1989–90	Richmond	22–10	10–4	T-2nd	NCAA First Round
1990–91	Richmond	22–10	10–4	2nd	NCAA Second Round
1991–92	Richmond	22–8	12–2	T-1st	NIT First Round
1992–93	Richmond	15–12	10–4	3rd
Richmond:		239–126	112–43
Total:		239–126
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. Feinstein, John (12 December 1988). "Into The Limelight". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
2. Iannazzone, Al (14 September 2010). "Former coach Dick Tarrant keeping a hand in hoops". North Jersey. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
3. "Coach Tarrant Elected To Virginia Sports Hall Of Fame". Richmond Spiders. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.