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Eric Olen
American college basketball coach (born 1980)
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]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UC San Diego |
| Conference | Big West |
| Record | 210–114 (.648) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1980-10-15) October 15, 1980 (age 43) Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2004 | Spring Hill |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2013 | UC San Diego (assistant) |
| 2013–present | UC San Diego |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 210–114 (.648) |
| Tournaments | 5–4 (NCAA DII) 0–1 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 CCAA regular season (2017, 2019, 2020) 4 CCAA tournament (2017–2020) | |
| Awards | |
| Big West Coach of the Year (2024) 2× CCAA Coach of the Year (2017, 2020) | |
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]
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 will guide the Tritons into Division I as members of the Big West Conference starting in 2020.[5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| UC San Diego: | 210–114 (.648) | 141–77 (.647) | |||||||
| Total: | 210–114 (.648) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- 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.
- "Eric Olen - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". University of California, San Diego.
- 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.