Background
Ray was born in Compton, California, however his family moved to Kansas City when Ray was 6 years old.
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Rick Ray
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He was previously the head coach at Mississippi State. He is an All-American Scholar Athlete basketball player who played at Grand View College, where he majored in Applied Mathematics and Secondary Education. After graduation, Ray worked as an actuary in Chicago, but soon realized that he wanted to be a basketball coach.
After 1 1/2 years, he left to become a graduate assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha.
While at Nebraska-Omaha, he also earned a Master"s degree in Sports Administration. From there, Ray was an assistant coach at Indiana State, Northern Illinois, Purdue, and Clemson, before being hired by Mississippi State.
Upon hiring Ray, Mississippi State Athletics Director Scott Stricklin said, “Rick fits the model of head coach we have sought to bring into our program over the last several years. He has served with some of the top head and assistant coaches in college basketball and will bring a piece of all of them to our head coaching position.”
On March 21, 2015 Ray was fired by Mississippi State.
Personality
He is bright, enthusiastic, disciplined and is a man of integrity.
