Eric Olen

American college basketball coach (born 1980)

Eric OlenCurrent 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)

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

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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

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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]

## Head coaching record

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Statistics overview  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
UC San Diego: | 210–114 (.648) | 141–77 (.647) |
Total: | 210–114 (.648) |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b c "Eric Olen - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". University of California, San Diego.
3. ^ "Eric Olen Takes Over as UC San Diego Head Men's Basketball Coach". goccaa.org.
4. ^ Guardian Staff (October 21, 2013). "UCSD Names New Head Coach".
5. ^ "UC San Diego makes it official: It's joining Div. I, Big West". San Diego Union-Tribune. November 27, 2017.

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Men's basketball head coaches of the Big West Conference

* Mike DeGeorge (Cal Poly)
* Rod Barnes (Cal State Bakersfield)
* Dedrique Taylor (Cal State Fullerton)
* Andy Newman (Cal State Northridge)
* Eran Ganot (Hawaiʻi)
* Chris Acker (Long Beach State)
* Jim Les (UC Davis)
* Russell Turner (UC Irvine)
* Mike Magpayo (UC Riverside)
* Eric Olen (UC San Diego)
* Joe Pasternack (UC Santa Barbara)

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UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball head coaches

* Jack Shawcroft (1965–1966)
* Neale Stoner (1966–1969)
* Barry Cunningham (1969–1972)
* Bill Reeves (1972–1974)
* Barry Cunningham (1974–1976)
* Dick Satterlee (1976–1977)
* Barry Cunningham (1977–1979)
* Ron Carter (1979–1980)
* John Block (1980–1983)
* Tom Marshall (1983–1994)
* Greg Lanthier (1994–2004)
* Bill Carr (2004–2007)
* Chris Carlson (2007–2013)
* Eric Olen (2013– )

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Big West Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

* 1978: Grant
* 1979: Morrison
* 1980: Berry & Tueller
* 1981: Grant
* 1982: Grant
* 1983: Tarkanian
* 1984: Tarkanian
* 1985: Tarkanian
* 1986: Mulligan
* 1987: Tarkanian
* 1988: Tarkanian
* 1989: McCarthy
* 1990: McCarthy
* 1991: Tarkanian
* 1992: Pimm & Tarkanian
* 1993: Thomason
* 1994: Morrison
* 1995: Eustachy
* 1996: Baker
* 1997: Thomason
* 1998: Eustachy
* 1999: Williams
* 2000: Morrill
* 2001: Douglass
* 2002: Morrill
* 2003: Williams
* 2004: Thomason
* 2005: Thomason
* 2006: Thomason
* 2007: Reynolds
* 2008: Braswell
* 2009: Braswell
* 2010: Williams
* 2011: Monson
* 2012: Monson
* 2013: Monson
* 2014: Turner
* 2015: Les
* 2016: Ganot
* 2017: Turner
* 2018: Les
* 2019: Turner
* 2020: Turner
* 2021: Pasternack
* 2022: Monson
* 2023: Magpayo
* 2024: Olen

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