Bob Rager - Men's Basketball Head Coach

Bob Rager completed his 21st year as head coach of the Point Park University men's basketball team after the 2009-10 season. He is the longest-tenured coach in the program's 43-year history, and he has won nearly 300 games in his career.

Rager has a record of 295-289 at Point Park, where he completed his All-American playing career in 1974. He was hired prior to the 1989-90 season as the fourth men's basketball game in school history.

Rager enters the 2010-11 season trailing Point Park's all-time wins leader, Jerry Conboy, by 11 victories. Conboy, who was Rager's successor, won 305 games from 1969-1988.

During his time at Point Park, Rager has led the Pioneers to plenty of success on the NAIA level. He has guided Point Park to three appearances in the NAIA national tournament with a highlight being a trip to the NAIA Division I Final Four in 1996-97.

Rager also led Point Park to the NAIA Division II tournament in 2000-01 and 2006-07. The Pioneers made it to the Sweet 16 in 2000-01, and they were ranked No. 3 in the country in the final poll of 2006-07.

He has been named Coach of the Year on two occasions. Most recently he was named the AMC North Coach of the Year after leading Point Park to the AMC Championship in 2006-07. He was also named AMC North Coach of the Year in 2004-05.

Through the years, Rager has continued the strong tradition built by his college coach and has also had several standout seasons. 

The Pioneers are just two years removed from winning the AMC championship in 2006-07. That year, Point Park earned a trip to the NAIA Division II tournament after winning 29 of their first 30 games. Although Point Park lost in the first round, it set a record for wins in a season with a final record of 29-2. Also, the Pioneers set a record for consecutive victories by winning 20 games in a row.

The 2006-07 season marked the second straight AMC North Division title for the Pioneers, and they ended the season with a No. 3 ranking in the final NAIA Division II poll to set a school record for highest spot in the national ratings.

Playing Rager's fast, up-tempo style of play, Point Park led the nation in scoring in 2006-07 and 2005-06. The Pioneers averaged 92.94 points per game in 2006-07 to lead NAIA Division II, and the year before they averaged a national-best 89.84 points per game.

Point Park was third in the country in scoring in 2007-08 at 88.29 points per game.

In 1996-97, Rager guided Point Park to the best finish in school history by leading the Pioneers to an appearance in the NAIA Division I Final Four in Tulsa, Okla. That year, Point Park had a record of 23-8, which was the first of Rager's three 20-win seasons.

Beginning in 2000-01, Rager began an eight-year stretch in which he averaged 18 wins per season. That year, Point Park posted a record of 21-12 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NAIA Division II tournament in Point Lookout, Mo.

Rager has a record of 75-65 (.535) in 10 seasons in the AMC. Point Park joined the AMC in 1998-99, but was not eligible for league standings until the following year.  In 1999-00, Rager's team was 3-15 in AMC play but engineered a remarkable turnaround the following season.

In 2000-01, Point Park' second official season in the league, the Pioneers were 13-5 in AMC play and lost in the championship game of the conference tournament.

In his previous 20 years as Point Park coach, Rager has a record of 128-120 in conference play.

A native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Munhall, Pa., Rager was Point Park's first All-American, and he is one of a dozen players who have scored more than 1,000 career points.

Rager scored 1,071 career points, and his 367 career assists rank sixth in school history. In his four-year career he averaged 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. Rager shot 43 percent from the field.

BOB RAGER'S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS AT POINT PARK

YEAR           OVERALL         CONF.         PCT.

2009-10               9-16          5-11          .360

2008-09             12-16            4-9          .429

2007-08             16-12            6-4          .571

2006-07               29-2            9-1          .935

2005-06               17-8          10-4          .680

2004-05             15-15            7-7          .500

2003-04             14-13            5-9          .519

2002-03             11-13            6-6          .458

2001-02             19-10          12-6          .655

2000-01             21-12          13-5          .636

1999-00               4-23          3-15          .148

1998-99               9-14            NA          .391

1997-98             14-12            8-4          .538

1996-97               23-8            8-4          .741

1995-96             13-15            7-5          .464

1994-95               9-19            5-7          .320

1993-94             13-13            6-7          .500

1992-93             18-10            6-4          .600

1991-92               8-21            1-9          .276

1990-91             12-16            7-5          .429

1989-90               9-21            5-9          .300

TOTAL          295-289   133-131          .505

*Note:  The 1998-99 season was Point Park's first year in the AMC. The Pioneers were not eligible for a conference record until the 1999-2000 season.  Rager has a record of 75-66 (.531) in nine seasons in the AMC.