Jerry Tarkanian
Fresno State (CA)
- UPI national coach of the year in 1983
- Coach of 1990 NCAA champion
- Reached NCAA Final Four with UNLV four times (1977, 1987, 1990 and 1991)
- Coach of eight conference tournament champions--seven in Big West (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991 with UNLV) and one in Western Athletic (2000 with Fresno State)
- Guided UNLV to nation's best record among more than 70 independent schools in 1977
- UNLV's all-time winningest coach
- Compiled a 9-11 record (.450) in brief stint with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs at the start of 1992-93 season
- Compiled a 212-26 record (.891) in seven seasons as coach for two California community colleges--145-22 (.868) at Pasadena City in five seasons from 1961-62 through 1965-66 and 67-4 (.944) at Riverside City in two seasons in 1966-67 and 1967-68
- College career playing statistics under Clark Van Galder and Bill Vandenburgh (2 ppg, 60 FT%)
- Final Division I Top 20 Rankings (17: AP/UPI/USA)--1970 (19/15), 1971 (16/14), 1972 (5/6), 1973 (3/3), 1975 (17/14), 1976 (3/4), 1977 (4/6), 1983 (6/6/18), 1984 (13/13/10), 1985 (9/9/20), 1986 (11/10/13), 1987 (1/1/2), 1988 (12/11/22), 1989 (15/14/9), 1990 (2/2/1), 1991 (1/1/2) and 1992 (7/NR/NR)
- Final Division II Top 20 Rankings (one)--1969 (11)
- All-Americans (seven): Long Beach State's Ed Ratleff (1972 and 1973), UNLV's Stacey Augmon (1991), Armon Gilliam (1987), Sidney Green (1983), Larry Johnson (1990 and 1991) and Eddie Owens (1977) and Fresno State's Courtney Alexander (2000).
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23-3 | 11-1 | 1st | CCAA | DNP | ||
24-5 | 10-0 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (1-2) | ||
24-5 | 10-0 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (2-1) | ||
25-4 | 10-2 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (2-1) | ||
26-3 | 10-2 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (2-1) | ||
20-6 | 10-4 | 3rd | WCAC | DNP | ||
24-5 | 13-1 | 1st | WCAC | NCAA (2-1) | ||
29-2 | NCAA (1-1) | |||||
29-3 | NCAA (4-1) | |||||
20-8 | Probation | |||||
21-8 | Probation | |||||
23-9 | NIT (3-2) | |||||
16-12 | DNP | |||||
20-10 | NIT (1-1) | |||||
28-3 | 15-1 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (0-1) | ||
29-6 | 16-2 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (2-1) | ||
28-4 | 17-1 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (1-1) | ||
33-5 | 16-2 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (2-1) | ||
37-2 | 18-0 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (4-1) | ||
28-6 | 15-3 | 1st | PCAA | NCAA (1-1) | ||
29-8 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
35-5 | 16-2 | T-1st | NCAA (6-0) | |||
34-1 | 18-0 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
26-2 | 18-0 | 1st | Probation | |||
22-11 | 13-5 | 3rd | NIT (2-1) | |||
20-12 | 12-4 | T-1st | WAC (Pacific) | NIT (0-1) | ||
21-13 | 10-4 | 2nd | WAC (Pacific) | NIT (3-2) | ||
21-12 | 9-5 | T-2nd | WAC (Pacific) | NIT (0-1) | ||
24-10 | 11-3 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-7 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-15 | 9-9 | T-5th | NIT (0-1) |
NOTE: Vacated nine NCAA Tournament games with Long Beach State from f1971 through 1973 and a total of 49 victories with Fresno State in 1999 (20), 2000 (12 plus 0-1 NCAA playoff record) and 2001 (17).
- 31-Year College Coaching Record: 784-205 (.793) overall
- 122-20 (.859) in five years at Long Beach State
- 509-105 (.829) in 19 years at UNLV
- 153-80 (.657) in seven years at Fresno State
- 23-5 (.821) in West Coast Athletic Conference
- 205-17 (.923) in Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference
- 77-33 (.700) in Western Athletic Conference
- 24-2 (.923) in Big West Tournament
- 8-6 (.571) in WAC Tournament
- 38-18 (.679) in NCAA Tournament
- 9-9 (.500) in NIT