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Dick Davey 
Dick Davey (center) Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Associate head coach Team Stanford Biographical details Born 1942 Place of birth Ceres, California, USA Playing career 1960–1964 Pacific Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1972–1977
1977–1992
1992–2007
2008-presentCalifornia (asst.)
Santa Clara (asst.)
Santa Clara
Stanford (asst.)Dick Davey (born 1942) is an American college basketball coach, and the associate head men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Davey is best known as head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992-2007.
Davey was born and raised in Ceres, California and attended the University of the Pacific, lettering in baseball and basketball. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants and played in their minor-league system for two years. Davey then coached at San Jose's Leland High School for three years before becoming an assistant coach at Cal in 1971.
After serving as assistant to longtime Broncos head coach Carroll Williams since 1977, Davey was elevated to head coach after the 1992 season with Williams' move to Athletic Director. In his first season, Davey's Broncos finished third but won the WCC tournament and became only the second 15-seeded team to win in the first round, defeating 2-seed Arizona 64-61.
Led by future NBA MVP Steve Nash, Santa Clara would go on to win the West Coast Conference regular season in 1994-1995 and 1995–1996 and garner NCAA Tournament berths. The 10-seed Broncos beat Maryland in the first round in 1996. Santa Clara was expected to falter after Nash's departure to the NCAA in 1997, but again won the league title led by long range bomber Marlon Garnett. Despite mediocre achievements in several subsequent injury riddled seasons Davey was awarded a seat on the NABC Board of Directors by his fellow coaches and the Broncos continued to shock high flying opponents such as eventual NCAA champion North Carolina in 2004.[1]
Davey 'retired' as Santa Clara coach with a statement on February 1, 2007 [2]. Newspapers widely reported the Santa Clara administration forcing the move to bring in a new coach [3][4], who eventually was Kerry Keating, an assistant at UCLA. Davey spent the rest of the year being lauded by local and national media, fans, and even by opposing teams' fans at away games. Raw emotions led to the firing of Santa Clara's longtime radio announcer Dave Lewis when he referred to Davey's departure at a Santa Clara event. [5]
Santa Clara was forecast to be in the middle of the standings by the preseason coaches poll but with conference-leading defense [6], the Broncos finished 2nd and made the conference tournament final, losing to Gonzaga. The team's 21 wins were the 5th most in Santa Clara's 100 year basketball history. Davey's coaching colleagues voted him coach of the year in the WCC during his final season. It was his fourth time garnering the award. Davey's teams compiled a 251-190 record during his tenure and his conference win percentage of .581 was second only to Gonzaga during his 15 seasons.
In late 2007, Davey had a biography entitled Dick Davey: A Basketball Life Richly Led published by a sports writer and friend, Chuck Hildebrand. [7] In June 2008 Davey became the Associate Head Coach under Johnny Dawkins at Stanford University.[8]
Davey is married to Jeanne Davey, formerly a kindergarten teacher and has two children. Davey's son, Michael, has been head coach of local area Saratoga High School where he has compiled a record of 231-140 [9] in 14 seasons.[10] Mike is married to Kathleen who had a cardiac arrest in January 2004 and has been in a coma since. [11] Mike and Kathleen have two daughters, Samantha and Rachel. Dick Davey's daughter Kimberly, a former professional ballet dancer for the San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet theaters is married to Alvaro Orozco and they have two children, Nicholas and Kyra.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Santa Clara (West Coast Conference) (1992–2007) 1992–1993 Santa Clara 19–12 9–5 3rd NCAA 2nd Round 1993–1994 Santa Clara 13–14 6–8 T–4th 1994–1995 Santa Clara 21–7 12–2 1st NCAA 1st Round 1995–1996 Santa Clara 20–9 10–4 T–1st NCAA 2nd Round 1996–1997 Santa Clara 16–11 10–4 T–1st 1997–1998 Santa Clara 18–10 8–6 3rd 1998–1999 Santa Clara 14–15 8–6 4th 1999–2000 Santa Clara 19–12 9–5 4th 2000–2001 Santa Clara 20–12 10–4 3rd 2001–2002 Santa Clara 13–15 8–6 3rd 2002–2003 Santa Clara 13–15 4–10 T–6th 2003–2004 Santa Clara 16–16 6–8 5th 2004–2005 Santa Clara 15–16 7–7 T–3rd 2005–2006 Santa Clara 13–16 5–9 T–6th 2006–2007 Santa Clara 21–10 10–4 2nd Santa Clara: 251–190 122–88 Total: 251–190 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionExternal links
Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball head coaches Coach unknown (1904–1906) • No team (1906–1908) • Coach unknown (1908–1917) • Jerry Desmond (1917–1918) • Norbert Keefe (1918–1919) • Robert Harmon (1919–1921) • Joe Aurreocoecha (1921–1923) • Eddie Keinholz (1923–1925) • Russell Wilson (1925–1926) • Harlan Dykes (1926–1935) • George Barsi (1935–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • George Barsi (1944–1945) • Ray Pesco (1945–1950) • Bob Feerick (1950–1962) • Dick Garibaldi (1962–1970) • Carroll Williams (1970–1992) • Dick Davey (1992–2007) • Kerry Keating (2007– )
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