His first 11 seasons as a college assistant he spent at UNLV with those teams tallying 205 wins during that time.
[2] In his most recent 11 seasons as an assistant coach, Rice has worked at Utah State, BYU, Nevada and Washington.
Rice was also a member of the 1990-91 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team that went 34-1 and advanced to the 1991 Final Four.
He spent 10 seasons at UNLV under head coaches Grgurich, Bill Bayno and Charlie Spoonhour.
Marquee wins included a 90-80 victory over #1 North Carolina on Nov. 27, 2011[7] in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational, and #3 Arizona 71-67 on Dec. 23, 2014.
In his time as UNLV head coach, Rice had seven players who moved on to play in the NBA.
In the 2015-16 season, UNLV started 7-1[9] including wins over ranked opponents, Indiana[10] and Oregon.
[13] Rice joined Eric Musselman's staff as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada on April 27, 2016.
Washington won its first game of the NCAA Tournament upending the higher eighth-seed Utah State 78-61.
Washington was eliminated with an 81-59 loss to top-seeded North Carolina in the second round to end a their successful season.
On April 11, 2024 Dave Rice was officially hired as the head basketball coach for Salt Lake Community College.
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