Ray McCallum

College coach infobox


Name = Ray McCallum
Sport = Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1961|3|6
Birthplace = flagicon|United States West Memphis, Arkansas
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College = Detroit
Title = Head coach
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Championships = MAC Tournament Championship (1995, 2000)
MAC Regular Season Championship (1998)
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OverallRecord = 170-149 (.533)
Player = *
Years = 1979–1983
Team = Ball State
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CoachYears = 1983–1984
1984–1993
1993
1993–2000
2000–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2008-present
CoachTeams = Ball State (asst.)
Wisconsin (asst.)
Michigan (asst.)
Ball State
Houston
Oklahoma (asst.)
Indiana (asst.)
Detroit
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Ray McCallum (born March 6, 1961 in West Memphis, Arkansas) is the current head coach for the men's basketball team at the University of Detroit Mercy and is a former player and head coach of Ball State University. From 2006 to 2008 he served as an assistant coach at Indiana University. Previously, McCallum also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Oklahoma

McCallum won Indiana High School Athletic Association Championships in both his junior and senior year at Muncie Central High School. At Ball State he scored 2,109 points during his career and was Player of the Year in the Mid-American Conference his senior year. In 1983 he was awarded the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award. His number (10) is one of two numbers retired at Ball State, along with Bonzi Wells's 42.

McCallum's coaching record at Ball State was 126-76. [ [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607-mg-32-41staff.pdf Indiana University Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 36] ] He guided the Cardinals to two NCAA appearances during his tenure.

McCallum also served as an assistant coach at Wisconsin, Michigan and Oklahoma. From 2000 until 2004, he served as head coach at Houston, where his record was 44-73 [ [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/hou/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607-mg-pgs148-174.pdf University of Houston Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 149] ] .

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