Nolan Richardson Jr.
Alma Mater:
Texas Western
Class of:
Hometown:
El Paso, TX
High School:
Bowie High School
- Received Naismith Award as national coach of the year and shared similar NABC award in 1994
- Coach of three Final Four teams--1990 (tied for third place), 1994 (champion) and 1995 (runner-up)
- Coach of 1981 NIT champion with Tulsa and 1997 fourth-place team with Arkansas
- Coach of six conference tournament champions--two in Missouri Valley (1982 and 1984), three in Southwest Conference (1989, 1990 and 1991) and one in SEC (2000)
- Arkansas' all-time winningest coach
- Won 1980 NJCAA Tournament championship (37-0 record)
- Compiled a 101-14 record (.878) for Western Texas Junior College in three seasons from 1977-78 through 1979-80
- Major-college career playing statistics under Harold Davis and Don Haskins (14.7 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 41.8 FG%, 58.9 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (13: AP/UPI/USA)--1982 (10/11), 1984 (12/12/21), 1985 (18/14/NR), 1989 (NR/17/20), 1990 (7/8/4), 1991 (2/2/5), 1992 (9/8/10), 1993 (12/12/10), 1994 (2/1/1), 1995 (6/6/2), 1996 (NR/NR/18), 1998 (17/22) and 1999 (17/25)
- All-Americans (five): Tulsa's Steve Harris (1985) and Paul Pressey (1982) and Arkansas' Todd Day (1991 and 1992), Lee Mayberry (1992) and Corliss Williamson (1994 and 1995).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26-7 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NIT (5-0) | |||
24-6 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
19-12 | 11-7 | T-3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
27-4 | 13-3 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-8 | 12-4 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
12-16 | 4-12 | 7th | DNP | |||
19-14 | 8-8 | 5th | NIT (1-1) | |||
21-9 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-7 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
30-5 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
34-4 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
26-8 | 13-3 | 1st | SEC (Western) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
22-9 | 10-6 | 1st | SEC (Western) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
31-3 | 14-2 | 1st | SEC (Western) | NCAA (6-0) | ||
32-7 | 12-4 | T-1st | SEC (Western) | NCAA (5-1) | ||
20-13 | 9-7 | T-2nd | SEC (Western) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
18-14 | 8-8 | 2nd | SEC (Western) | NIT (3-2) | ||
24-9 | 11-5 | 2nd | SEC (Western) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
23-11 | 9-7 | 2nd | SEC (Western) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
19-15 | 7-9 | 3rd | SEC (Western) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
20-11 | 10-6 | 2nd | SEC (Western) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
13-14 | 5-10 | T-4th | SEC (Western) | DNP |
* His contract was bought out for $3 million with one regular-season game remaining after complaining he was treated differently because he is black.
- 22-Year Coaching Record: 508-206 (.711) overall
- 119-37 (.763) in five years at Tulsa
- 389-169 (.697) in 17 years at Arkansas
- 59-23 (.720) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 65-31 (.677) in Southwest Conference
- 108-67 (.617) in Southeastern Conference
- 11-3 (.786) in MVC Tournament
- 10-3 (.769) in SWC Tournament
- 14-9 (.609) in SEC Tournament
- 26-15 (.634) in NCAA Tournament
- 9-4 (.692) in NIT