Eric Olen (born October 15, 1980)[1] is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UC San Diego Tritons.[2]
Playing career
Olen played at Spring Hill College, where he was part of three-straight Badgers' NAIA national tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2000.[2]
Coaching career
Olen would join his former college coach Bill Carr as an assistant at UC San Diego in 2004, and would stay in the role until 2013 before being promoted to head coach after then head coach Chris Carlson left for an administrative role with the West Coast Conference.[3][4] Olen has since led the Tritons to three CCAA regular season titles and four consecutive conference tournament titles in addition to four NCAA Division II tournament appearances.[2] He guided the Tritons men's basketball program into its status in NCAA Division I as members of the Big West Conference beginning in 2020-21.[5]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| UC San Diego Tritons (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (2013–2020) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | UC San Diego | 15–11 | 11–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2014–15 | UC San Diego | 16–11 | 14–8 | T-4th | |||||
| 2015–16 | UC San Diego | 24–8 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division II West Region Final | ||||
| 2016–17 | UC San Diego | 27–6 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Division II West Region Final | ||||
| 2017–18 | UC San Diego | 21–11 | 15–7 | T-3rd | NCAA Division II West Region Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2018–19 | UC San Diego | 26–8 | 17–5 | T-1st | NCAA Division II West Region Semifinal | ||||
| 2019–20 | UC San Diego | 30–1 | 21–1 | 1st | |||||
| UC San Diego Tritons (Big West Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | UC San Diego | 7–10 | 4–8 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | UC San Diego | 13–16 | 7–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2022–23 | UC San Diego | 10–20 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2023–24 | UC San Diego | 21–12 | 15–5 | 2nd | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2024–25 | UC San Diego | 24-4 | 14-2 | ||||||
| UC San Diego: | 234–118 (.665) | 155–79 (.662) | |||||||
| Total: | 234–118 (.665) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ Heidi VanDerveer [@Hoops4Heidi] (October 15, 2020). "Wishing a Happy Birthday to @CoachEricOlen this cute little boy turned into a hooper, evolved into an excellent coach and an even better person. I am lucky to work with him and more fortunate to call him my friend! @UCSDtritons @UCSDmbb @UCSDwbb" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c "Eric Olen - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". University of California, San Diego.
- ^ "Eric Olen Takes Over as UC San Diego Head Men's Basketball Coach". goccaa.org.
- ^ Guardian Staff (October 21, 2013). "UCSD Names New Head Coach".
- ^ "UC San Diego makes it official: It's joining Div. I, Big West". San Diego Union-Tribune. November 27, 2017.