(St. Louis, MO) – A man with high major coaching experience has become the head coach at Southeast Missouri. Rick Ray, formerly of Mississippi State was announced as the new Redhawk leading man.
Ray was 37-60 with the Bulldogs, where he was fired less than a month ago. Ray was an assistant at Clemson and Purdue. The California native, grew up in Kansas City, and was also a part of mid-major basketball, while coaching at Indiana State and Northern Illinois.
His time spent at Purdue was spent working under Head Coach Matt Painter and with current California Coach Cuonzo Martin where the Boilermakers won 103 games and participated in the NCAA tournament in all five seasons.
Mark Alnutt – go southeast.com
Athletic Director Mark Alnutt has had a busy offseason (for basketball) adding both Ray and a head women’s basketball coach.
Ray is a proven recruiter, has a resume from junior college, to mid-major and high major programs.
Ray inherits a team that finished 13-17 and loses leading players Jarekious Bradley, Nino Johnson (first and third in scoring), but returns second and fourth leading scorers Antonius Cleveland (10.8) and Isiah Jones (9.8).
The program loses three other seniors.
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