1986–87 Real Dairy Classic (wins over College of Idaho, Idaho State).1984–85 Gem State Classic (wins over Northwest Nazarene, Idaho State).On February 13, 2021, Rice won his 214th game to become the winningest head coach in Boise State history. In 2015, he led the Broncos to their first ever Mountain West regular season championship, and first conference title for Boise State since 2008, and was named the Mountain West coach of the year. In 2013, he guided the Broncos to their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. He is the first Boise State head coach to win 20 games in two of his first three seasons and has 20 or more wins in eight of his ten seasons. In his first season as head coach, he led Boise State to the finals of the 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament and to the semifinals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational. Leon Rice replaced Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26, 2010.
We felt that in the best interest of the program we needed to make a change." Leon Rice era In 2010, after a 15–17 season, Bleymaier fired Graham and stated: "We appreciate everything that Coach Graham and his staff have contributed to Boise State the past eight years. For leading Boise State to the NCAA Tournament, the Western Athletic Conference named Graham "Coach of the Year" in 2008. In eight seasons, Graham had a 142–112 record at Boise State and led Boise State to a berth in the 2004 NIT, 2008 NCAA Tournament and 2009 CBI. See also: List of Boise State Broncos men's basketball seasons Greg Graham era Īthletic director Gene Bleymaier hired Greg Graham to be head coach in 2002.