King had a couple of Junior and Senior laden groups of players the last two years whereas he has lots of new "young and inexperienced" players this year.
Hopefully, he can survive this rocky transition which represents an upgrade in conference (from the MAAC); the Hawks one win this year is versus an old MAAC opponent . . . Manhattan. They did play Charleston in a fairly competitive manner for most of the first half yesterday.
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Source: Monmouth University Athletics Website [My Edits: (King's son plays at Bucknell leading the Bison in scoring, assists and steals.) AND (Look at the results during his time at VU.)
NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES
As a head coach (2):
NIT (Monmouth, 2016, 2017)
As an assistant coach (8):
NCAA (Illinois State 1997, 1998, Vanderbilt 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
NIT (Illinois State 1995, 1996)
As a player (4):
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (North Carolina 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 [Final Four])
ACC Tournament Championship Teams (1989, 1991)
WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT KING RICE
"We want to congratulate King and his family for this great opportunity to be a collegiate head coach. He brought a tremendous amount of energy, liveliness, hard work, and dedication to his position here at Vanderbilt, and I believe those attributes will make him a very successful head coach at Monmouth. We wish him, his wife Summer, and their son Alexander all of the best in their future endeavors."
- Kevin Stallings, Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh
"I am ecstatic for King and the Monmouth basketball program. He will do a great job there. He was a coach on the floor as a player and has always thought like a coach. He is ready to be a head coach. I'm confident that Monmouth will look upon this as a great day in its basketball program's history."
- Roy Williams, Head Coach, University of North Carolina
Rice's Year-by-Year Coaching Record
Hopefully, he can survive this rocky transition which represents an upgrade in conference (from the MAAC); the Hawks one win this year is versus an old MAAC opponent . . . Manhattan. They did play Charleston in a fairly competitive manner for most of the first half yesterday.
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Source: Monmouth University Athletics Website [My Edits: (King's son plays at Bucknell leading the Bison in scoring, assists and steals.) AND (Look at the results during his time at VU.)
NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES
As a head coach (2):
NIT (Monmouth, 2016, 2017)
As an assistant coach (8):
NCAA (Illinois State 1997, 1998, Vanderbilt 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
NIT (Illinois State 1995, 1996)
As a player (4):
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (North Carolina 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 [Final Four])
ACC Tournament Championship Teams (1989, 1991)
WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT KING RICE
"We want to congratulate King and his family for this great opportunity to be a collegiate head coach. He brought a tremendous amount of energy, liveliness, hard work, and dedication to his position here at Vanderbilt, and I believe those attributes will make him a very successful head coach at Monmouth. We wish him, his wife Summer, and their son Alexander all of the best in their future endeavors."
- Kevin Stallings, Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh
"I am ecstatic for King and the Monmouth basketball program. He will do a great job there. He was a coach on the floor as a player and has always thought like a coach. He is ready to be a head coach. I'm confident that Monmouth will look upon this as a great day in its basketball program's history."
- Roy Williams, Head Coach, University of North Carolina
Rice's Year-by-Year Coaching Record
| Season | Overall | Conference | Postseason |
| 2011-12 | 12-20 | 10-8 (T-5th NEC) | NEC First Round |
| 2012-13 | 10-21 | 5-13 (T-10th NEC) | N/A |
| 2013-14 | 11-21 | 5-15 (9th MAAC) | MAAC First Round |
| 2014-15 | 18-15 | 13-7 (T-3rd MAAC) | MAAC Semifinals |
| 2015-16 | 28-8 | 17-3 (1st MAAC) | MAAC Finals, NIT Second Round |
| 2016-17 | 27-7 | 18-2 (1st MAAC) | MAAC Semifinals, NIT First Round |
| 2017-18 | 11-20 | 7-11 (T-7th MAAC) | MAAC First Round |
| 2018-19 | 14-21 | 10-8 (6th MAAC) | MAAC Finals |
| 2019-20 | 18-13 | 12-8 (T-3rd MAAC) | MAAC Tournament Canceled - COVID-19 |
| 2020-21 | 12-8 | 12-6 (T-1st MAAC) | MAAC Quarterfinals (COVID shortened year) |
| 2021-22 | 21-13 | 11-9 (4th MAAC) | MAAC Finals |
| TOTAL | 182-167 | 120-90 15-21 NEC 105-69 MAAC |
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