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Chris Victor
American basketball coach
Chris Victor is an American college basketball head coach who is currently the head coach at Seattle University.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Seattle |
| Conference | WAC |
| Record | 66–35 (.653) |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Concordia–Irvine |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | Citrus College (assistant) |
| 2006–2010 | Concordia–Irvine (assistant) |
| 2010–2015 | Citrus College |
| 2015–2017 | Eastern Washington (assistant) |
| 2017–2022 | Seattle (assistant/interim HC) |
| 2022–present | Seattle |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–35 (.653) (NCAA) 103–39 (.725) (NJCAA) |
| Tournaments | 4–0 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| WAC regular season (2022) CBI (2024) | |
| Awards | |
| WAC Coach of the Year (2022) | |
Victor attended Concordia–Irvine from 2001 to 2004. He helped lead Concordia to a NAIA title in 2003.[1] Victor scored a season high 26 points and had 9 assists in the title game. During his senior season, Concordia again reached the NAIA championship game.[2]
Victor began his coaching career as an assistant under Rick Croy at Citrus College in 2005, leading his team to 17 wins in his only season. Victor became an assistant at Concordia–Irvine in 2006 and helped the team to a 119-22 record. The team won three out of four Golden State Athletic Conference Championships and reached the NAIA championship game in 2007.[2] Victor was hired as head coach at Citrus College in 2010. In his first season, he led the team to a 27-6 record and helped the team reach the CCCAA State Regional Finals.[3] Victor served as head coach of Citrus College from 2010 to 2015, compiling a 103-39 record. In June 2015, he joined Eastern Washington as an assistant under Jim Hayford.[4] Hayford was hired as head coach of Seattle in 2017, and Victor was named assistant coach. In four seasons, Victor helped the team to a 64-55 record.[1]
Hayford was placed on administrative leave on November 5, 2021, following an investigation that indicated he used racial slurs.[5] Victor coached the Redhawks as they opened their season with a 69-66 win over Alcorn State. On November 11, Hayford officially resigned and Victor was named interim head coach.[1] On March 1, 2022, Victor’s status as interim head coach was rescinded, and he was officially named Seattle’s head coach.[6]
Junior college
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Owls (Western State Conference) (2010–2015) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Citrus | 27–6 | 9–3 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | Citrus | 28–2 | 12–0 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | Citrus | 16–11 | 6–4 | ||||||
| 2013–14 | Citrus | 16–9 | 8–4 | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Citrus | 16–11 | 9–5 | ||||||
| Citrus: | 103–39 (.725) | 44–16 (.733) | |||||||
| Total: | 103–39 (.725) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Redhawks (Western Athletic Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | Seattle | 23–9 | 14–4 | T–1st | |||||
| 2022–23 | Seattle | 20–12 | 11–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Seattle | 23–14 | 11–9 | T–4th | CBI champion | ||||
| Seattle: | 66–35 (.653) | 36–20 (.643) | |||||||
| Total: | 66–35 (.653) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- Allen, Scott (November 11, 2021). "Jim Hayford resigns as Seattle U men's basketball coach following report that he twice repeated racial slurs". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Victor". Citrus College. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- Ramirez, Stephen (March 13, 2011). "Owls' journey ends on sour note". Daily Bulletin. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Area roundup: Eastern hires Chris Victor as assistant men's basketball coach". The Spokesman-Review. June 9, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Seattle University puts basketball coach on administrative leave". KNKX. Associated Press. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Chris Victor gets interim tag removed, officially named Seattle U men's basketball coach". The Seattle Times. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.