Men’s head coach: Ernie Kent
Alma Mater: Oregon ’77
Career Record: 195-142
Year at Oregon: Sixth
Record at Oregon: 103-62 (49-45 Pac-10)
Ernie Kent, the 2002 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year and a 2002 Naismith Coach of the Year Finalist, needs just nine victories at the helm of the Ducks to move into fifth-place all-time. The former “Kamikaze Kid” helped lead Oregon to a No. 8 national ranking as a sophomore. He completed his collegiate career averaging 7.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. Upon completion of his playing career, Kent became head coach at O’Hara Catholic School in Eugene, then took over as head coach for the al-Khaleej Club in Sayhat, Saudi Arabia. In 1988, he became an assistant coach at Colorado State, eventually moving on to an assistant position at Stanford (1990-91). In 1992, Kent was hired as head coach at St. Mary’s, where he led the Gaels to a 90-80 overall record and a berth in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. In 1997, he returned to his alma mater as the 18th head coach in Oregon history. In 2001, he helped lead the USA Basketball Junior National Team to a World Championship as an assistant coach.