Rick Croy

Rick Croy

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	California Baptist
Conference	WAC
Record	233–113 (.673)
Biographical details
Born	(1977-07-19) July 19, 1977 San Diego County, California, U.S.
Playing career
1996–1999	San Francisco State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001	UC Riverside (asst.)
2001–2002	Concordia Irvine (asst.)
2002–2005	UC Riverside (asst.)
2005–2010	Citrus College
2010–2013	St. Mary's (asst.)
2013–present	California Baptist
Head coaching record
Overall	130–35 (.788) (junior college) 233–113 (.673) (college)
Tournaments	7–4 (NCAA Division II) 0–2 (CBI)

Richard K. Croy (born July 19, 1977) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team. Croy has been a basketball coach since 1999 and has held his current position at California Baptist since 2013.

Croy grew up in Walnut Creek, California and played college basketball at San Francisco State. He began his basketball coaching career as an assistant at UC Riverside and Concordia University Irvine. His first head coaching position was at the junior college level at Citrus College from 2005 to 2010. Under Croy, Citrus won 130 games, three conference titles, and a California state championship.

At California Baptist, Croy led the Lancers to five straight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances from 2014 to 2018 and two Pacific West Conference titles. In 2018, California Baptist moved to Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; Croy led California Baptist to an appearance in the 2019 College Basketball Invitational, and California Baptist had winning records in its first three Division I seasons.

Playing career

Croy attended Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, California where he was a part of the 1995 CIF State Championship team. In college, Croy holds the school record for three-point field goals, is second all-time in games played, and eighth all-time in scoring at San Francisco State where he graduated in 1999.

Coaching career

After graduation, Croy began his coaching career in 1999 as an assistant coach at UC Riverside for two seasons before moving on to Concordia for another season. He made his return as an assistant coach with the Highlanders, where he stayed from 2002 to 2005 before accepting the head coaching position at CCCAA institution Citrus College. While at Citrus, he led the Owls to three-straight Western State Conference South titles, the 2008 California State Championship and the 2010 California Community College Athletic Association Final Four. He was also named a three-time WSC Coach of the Year. During this five years at Citrus, Croy compiled a 130–35 record, which is second all-time in school history for total wins, and first all-time in winning percentage.

In 2010, Croy joined Randy Bennett's staff at St. Mary's, where he stayed until 2013 before becoming the 12th head men's basketball coach in California Baptist history on April 2, 2013. Since joining the Lancers, Croy guided the team to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament every season before its transition to NCAA Division I and the Western Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 season.

Head coaching record

Junior college

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Citrus Owls (Western State Conference) (2005–2010)
2005–06	Citrus	17–13	5–7	4th(South)
2006–07	Citrus	21–13	7–5	3rd(South)	CCCAA State Playoffs Second Round
2007–08	Citrus	35–1	12–0	1st(South)	CCCAA State Champion
2008–09	Citrus	28–5	11–1	1st(South)	CCCAA State Regional Finals
2009–10	Citrus	29–3	12–0	1st(South)	CCCAA State Final Four
Citrus:		130–35 (.788)	47–13 (.783)
Total:		130–35 (.788)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
California Baptist Lancers (Pacific West Conference) (2013–2018)
2013–14	California Baptist	24–4	18–2	1st	NCAA Division II first round
2014–15	California Baptist	26–7	16–4	3rd	NCAA Division II Sweet 16
2015–16	California Baptist	28–7	15–5	T–1st	NCAA Division II second round
2016–17	California Baptist	26–5	17–3	2nd	NCAA Division II second round
2017–18	California Baptist	28–6	17–3	2nd	NCAA Division II Elite Eight
California Baptist (PacWest):		132–29 (.820)	83–17 (.830)
California Baptist Lancers (Western Athletic Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19	California Baptist	16–15	7–9	T–5th	CBI first round
2019–20	California Baptist	21–10	10–6	2nd
2020–21	California Baptist	13–10	6–6	4th
2021–22	California Baptist	18–16	7–11	9th	CBI first round
2022–23	California Baptist	17–16	8–10	8th
2023–24	California Baptist	16–17	8–12	8th
California Baptist (WAC):		101–84 (.546)	47–55 (.461)
Total:		233–113 (.673)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion