Mike Rice Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Rice Jr.
Occupation	American Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1969(1969-02-13)
Age	55
Birthplace	Pittsburgh
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Aquarius

Mike Rice Jr. Biography

Mike Rice Jr. is one of the most popular and richest American basketball coach who was born on February 13, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Michael Thomas Rice Jr. was born February 13,

1969. He is an American college basketball coach. Rice is the son and former college basketball coach, as well as Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Mike Rice. He was instrumental in leading Robert Morris to the first NCAA Tournament since 1992. When Rutgers broadcast Rutgers practice videos, ESPN made national headlines. The footage showed Rice verbally and physically abusing students. Rice was fired the following day. He now resides in Little Silver (New Jersey).

Rice was fined $50,000 and suspended for three games with no pay on December 13, 2012. After Tim Pernetti, athletic director, obtained video footage of Rice throwing basketballs at Rutgers players and cursing at them, Pernetti suspended Rice. During Rice’s suspension, the team was led by assistant coach David Cox. Rice was also banned from having contact with his players and from going on recruiting visits. He was also banned from entering campus. Pernetti described the suspension as “a complete withdrawal from the program”, but said that Rice would be returning to Rutgers in the 2013-14 season, subject to a review of his behavior.

• Rutgers suspended Rice for three games in December 2012. During Rice’s suspension, assistant coach David Cox was the interim coach. However, Rutgers credits Rice for the entire 2012-13 season.

Mike Rice Jr. Net Worth

Mike Rice Jr. is one of the richest American Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Rice Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Rice was the son of Mike and Kathy Rice. Rice attended Boardman High School, Boardman, Ohio. He was a three-year starter at basketball guard. From 1988 to 1991, he was a three year starter on the Fordham University basketball team and was the team’s captain when Fordham reached the National Invitation Tournament. He earned a bachelor’s in communication. He was an assistant coach for several programs, including Fordham 1991-1994, Marquette University 1994-1997, Niagara University 1997-1998 and Chicago State University 1998-192001. He was also a member of the Hoop Group, Neptune (New Jersey), where he was the director of the Eastern Invitational Basketball Camp.

He was named head coach at Robert Morris University in 2007, and then he was promoted to Rutgers University’s head coach in 2010.

The situation changed dramatically on April 2, 2013, when ESPN’s Outside the Lines aired several hours of video from Rice’s practices. According to ESPN, the video, provided to Pernetti by then-assistant coach Eric Murdock, showed Rice berating, pushing, kicking, cursing, using homophobic slurs, and throwing basketballs at players during practices. Murdock said that he first told Pernetti about the abuse in the summer of 2012, but Pernetti took no action until he and other Rutgers officials saw the video in December. Murdock claims he was fired in July for reporting the abuse, and sued Rutgers for wrongful termination. An independent investigation found that there was insufficient evidence to support Murdock’s claims that Rice created a hostile work environment. It also found the video was not in context, since it depicted practices from Rice’s first year at Rutgers. However, it did find that Rice’s actions brought “shame and disgrace” to Rutgers–on paper, grounds to fire Rice for cause regardless of the merits of Murdock’s claims. Pernetti later said that his gut feeling had been to fire Rice on the spot, but ultimately concluded that Rutgers policy would not justify a firing.

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Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular American basketball coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mike Rice Jr. celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.

Where is Mike Rice Jr now?

Rice gained national attention in 2013, when ESPN aired Rutgers practice videos showing the coach verbally and physically abusing players. Rice was fired the next day. He resides in Little Silver, New Jersey.

How did Rutgers deal with Mike Rice?

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players and using gay slurs during practice. The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” prompted sharp criticism from New Jersey Gov.

What is Mike Rice Sr doing now?

In 1994, Mike Rice Sr. was ejected from a Portland Trail Blazers game — as a broadcaster, a first for the N.B.A. (Now 74, he still works as a color commentator for the Blazers.)

Why did Mike Rice get fired?

Former Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice was the talk of college basketball for all the wrong reasons seven months ago when he was fired after a video showed him physically and mentally abusing his players during practice.

Why was Rutgers coach fired?

On Wednesday morning, Rutgers fired Mr. Rice, a day after video surfaced of him berating players during practice, throwing basketballs at them, kicking them and taunting them with vulgar language, including homophobic slurs. The firing came four months after Rutgers learned of the abuse allegation and punished Mr.