Ritchie McKay

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Ritchie McKay
Title	Head coach
College	Liberty
Sport	Basketball
Team record	16-16
Born	April 22, 1965 (1965-04-22) (age 43)
Place of birth	Indianapolis, Indiana
Career highlights
Overall	181-174 (.511)
Championships
MWC Tournament Championship (2005)
Playing career
1983–1987	Seattle Pacific
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1993 1993–1995 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2002 2002–2007 2007–present	Washington (asst.) Queens (asst.) Seattle Pacific (asst.) Bradley (asst.) Washington (asst.) Portland State Colorado State Oregon State New Mexico Liberty

Ritchie Lawrence McKay (April 22, 1965 – ) is the current head coach of the Liberty University men's basketball team. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was the head coach at the University of New Mexico from 2002 until his firing on February 22, 2007. McKay's father, Joe McKay, was a starter for the Lobo basketball team from 1960-63.

During his time at New Mexico, McKay experienced mixed success. In 2005 his team won the Mountain West Tournament and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. That successful season helped launch forward Danny Granger to an NBA career but McKay wasn't able to use that success as a springboard for a consistent program. In his two years after the 2005 season the Lobos' record was 32-26 and a disappointing 12-17 in the Mountain West Conference.

High school: Westwood High, Mesa, Ariz.
College: Seattle Pacific
Family: Wife, Julie; daughter, Ellie; sons, Gabriel and Luke

[edit] Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Portland State (Big Sky Conference) (1996 — 1998)
1996–1997	Portland State	9-17	6-10	7th
1997–1998	Portland State	15-12	10-6	T-3rd
Portland State:		24-29	16-16
Colorado State (Western Athletic Conference) (1998 — 1999)
1998–1999	Colorado State	19-11	7-7	T-4th (Mountain)	NIT Quarterfinals
Colorado State (Mountain West Conference) (1999 — 2000)
1999–2000	Colorado State	18-12	8-6	T-4th
Colorado State:		37-23	15-13
Oregon State (Pacific Ten Conference) (2000 — 2002)
2000–2001	Oregon State	10-20	4-14	T-9th
2001–2002	Oregon State	12-17	4-14	9th
Oregon State:		22-37	8-28
New Mexico (Mountain West Conference) (2002 — 2007)
2002–2003	New Mexico	10-18	4-10	7th
2003–2004	New Mexico	14-14	5-9	T-5th
2004–2005	New Mexico	26-7	10-4	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2005–2006	New Mexico	17-13	8-8	5th
2006–2007	New Mexico	15-17	4-12	T-8th
New Mexico:		82-69	31-43
Liberty (Big South Conference) (2007 — present)
2007–2008	Liberty	16-16	7-7	4th
Liberty:		16-16	7-7
Total:		181-174
National Champion         Conference Champion         Conference Tournament Champion

Preceded by Randy Dunton

Liberty Flames Head Mens Basketball Coach 2007—

Succeeded by Current Coach

v • d • e Portland State Vikings Head Basketball Coaches Jenkins • Holland • Ager • Nelson • Pericin • Edwards • Kinney • McKay • Sobotka • Schroyer • Bone

v • d • e Colorado State Rams Head Basketball Coaches Rothgeb • Cassidy • Hughes • Lavik • Ryan • Salwachter • Campbell • Davis • Taylor • Lee • Strannigan • Williams • McAndrews • Grant • Morrill • McKay • Layer • Miles

v • d • e Oregon State Beavers Head Basketball Coaches Patterson • Viggers • Trine • Heater • Angell • Reed • Stewart • May • Ray • Hargiss • Rutherford • Hager • Gill • Valenti • Miller • Anderson • Payne • McKay • John • Mouton • Robinson

v • d • e New Mexico Lobos Head Basketball Coaches Hutchinson • Johnson • Churchill • Johnson • Sacks • Barnes • White • Clements • Huffman • Clements • Stockton • Sweeney • King • Ellenberger • Harrison • Colson • Bliss • Fraschilla • McKay • Alford

v • d • e Liberty Flames Head Basketball Coaches Manley • Swift • Gibson • Meyer • Dunton • Hankinson • Dunton • McKay

v • d • e Current Head Men's Basketball Coaches of the Big South Conference Barclay Radebaugh (Charleston Southern) | Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina) | Bart Lundy (High Point) | Ritchie McKay (Liberty) | Brad Greenberg (Radford)| Eddie Biedenbach (UNCA) | Duggar Baucom (VMI)| Randy Peele (Winthrop)