Rick Pietri

Rick Pietri
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head women's coach
Team Jacksonville State
Conference OVC
Biographical details
Born (1965-07-06) July 6, 1965
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1989 St. Paul's HS (LA) (asst)
1989–1993 Spring Hill (asst)
1993–1994 Birmingham-Southern (asst)
1994–1998 B.C. Rain HS
1998–2000 St.Paul's HS (AL)
2000–2013 South Alabama
2013–present Jacksonville State

Rick Pietri (born July 6, 1965)[1] is an American college basketball coach and the current head women's coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and compete in the NCAA's Division I. The former head coach at the University of South Alabama was named as JSU's new coach on June 25, 2013.[2]

Personal life

A graduate of DeLaSalle High School in New Orleans, Pietri has both 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 head coach of the boy's basketball team 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 and 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 2013-2014 Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year.

Head Coaching Record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
South Alabama Lady Jaguars (Sun Belt Conference[5][6]) (2000–2013)
2000–01 USA Lady Jaguars 13-16 5-11 5th West
2001–02 USA Lady Jaguars 17-11 7-8 3rd West
2002–03 USA Lady Jaguars 19-11 10-5 1st West WNIT 1st round
2003–04 USA Lady Jaguars 22-7 11-4 1st West WNIT 1st round
2004–05 USA Lady Jaguars 13-15 7-8 3rd West
2005–06 USA Lady Jaguars 15-14 8-7 4th West
2006–07 USA Lady Jaguars 14-16 7-11 4th East
2007–08 USA Lady Jaguars 20-11 10-8 3rd East
2008–09 USA Lady Jaguars 21-11 10-8 2nd East
2009–10 USA Lady Jaguars 15-16 9-9 5th East
2010–11 USA Lady Jaguars 17-13 8-8 4th East
2011–12 USA Lady Jaguars 17-13 9-7 4th East
2012–13 USA Lady Jaguars 17-13 10-10 4th East
USA Lady Jaguars: 220–167 111–104
Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Ohio Valley Conference[7]) (2013–present)
2013–14 JSU Gamecocks 14-18 8-8 5th East
2014–15 JSU Gamecocks 19–10 10–6 t-4th
JSU Gamecocks: 33–28 18–14
Total: 253–195

      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

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