1. Ritchie Lawrence McKay was born on April 22,1965 and is an American basketball coach who is in his second stint as the head coach of the Liberty Flames of Liberty University.
11 Facts About Ritchie McKay
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Ritchie McKay had previously been the head coach of New Mexico, Oregon State, Colorado State, and Portland State.
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Ritchie McKay got his first head coaching job with Portland State.
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Ritchie McKay used that success as a springboard to his next coaching job, this time at Colorado State.
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Ritchie McKay stayed two seasons there before heading to Oregon State, and then another two at Oregon State before accepting the head coaching position at New Mexico.
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Still, Ritchie McKay couldn't turn New Mexico into a consistent program, and in February 2007, he was fired.
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Ritchie McKay then took a job at Liberty University, where he took the Flames to Big South Conference semifinals in back-to-back years.
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Bennett then asked Ritchie McKay to join his staff as his associate head coach, and Ritchie McKay accepted.
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En route to a school-record 28 wins, Ritchie McKay's Flames defeated the storied UCLA Bruins on their home court in Los Angeles by 15 points, prompting the immediate firing of UCLA head coach Steve Alford in December 2018, before the Pac-12 Conference season even began.
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Ritchie McKay graduated from Westwood High School, and played college basketball at Seattle Pacific University, where he set the single-season and career record for steals, and he was third in career assists.
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Ritchie McKay has a wife, Julie, daughter, Ellie, and sons Luke and Gabriel.