Eric Olen
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UC San Diego |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 159–56 |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2004 | Spring Hill |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2013 | UC San Diego (assistant) |
| 2013–present | UC San Diego |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 159–56 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 CCAA regular season (2017, 2019, 2020) 4 CCAA Tournament (2017–2020) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× CCAA Coach of the Year (2017, 2020) | |
Eric Olen is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UC San Diego Tritons.[1]
Playing career
Olen played at Spring Hill College, where he was part of three-straight Badgers' NAIA national tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2000.[1]
Coaching career
Olen would join his former college coach Bill Carr as an assistant at UC San Diego in 2004, and would stay in the role until 2013 before being promoted to head coach after then head coach Chris Carlson left for an administrative role with the West Coast Conference.[2][3] Olen has since led the Tritons to three CCAA regular season titles and four consecutive conference tournament titles in addition to four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances.[1] He will guide the Tritons into Division I as members of the Big West Conference starting in 2020.[4]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (2013–2020) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | UC San Diego | 15–11 | 11–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2014–15 | UC San Diego | 16–11 | 14–8 | T-4th | |||||
| 2015–16 | UC San Diego | 24–8 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division II West Region Final | ||||
| 2016–17 | UC San Diego | 27–6 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II West Region Final | ||||
| 2017–18 | UC San Diego | 21–11 | 15–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Division II West Region Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2018–19 | UC San Diego | 26-8 | 17–5 | T-1st | NCAA Division II West Region Semifinal | ||||
| 2019–20 | UC San Diego | 30-1 | 21–1 | 1st | |||||
| UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | UC San Diego | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| UC San Diego: | 159–56 (.740) | 110–40 (.733) | |||||||
| Total: | 159–56 (.740) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b c "Eric Olen - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". University of California, San Diego.
- ^ "Eric Olen Takes Over as UC San Diego Head Men's Basketball Coach". goccaa.org.
- ^ Staff, Guardian (October 21, 2013). "UCSD Names New Head Coach".
- ^ "UC San Diego makes it official: It's joining Div. I, Big West". San Diego Union-Tribune. November 27, 2017.