Dick Davey
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| Dick Davey | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Santa Clara | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | 1942 | |
| Place of birth |  Ceres, CA |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1960-1964 | Pacific | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1972–1977 1977–1992 1992–2007 |
California (asst.) Santa Clara (asst.) Santa Clara |
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Dick Davey was the head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992-2007.
Davey grew up 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.
Davey retired as Santa Clara coach with a statement on February 1, 2007[1]. Newspapers widely reported the Santa Clara administration forcing the move to bring in a new coach[2][3], who eventually was Kerry Keating, an assistant at UCLA. Davey spent the rest of the year being lauded by 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. [4]
Santa Clara was forecast to be in the middle of the standings by the preseason coaches poll but with conference-leading defense, the Broncos finished 2nd and made the conference tournament final, losing to Gonzaga.
In late 2007, Davey had a biography published by his friend, Chuck Hildebrand. [[5]]
Davey's son, Michael, is head coach of local area Saratoga High School.[6]
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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