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American college basketball coach

For other people named Michael Rice, see Michael Rice (disambiguation).

Michael Thomas Rice Jr. (born February 13, 1969) is an American college basketball coach, formerly the head men's basketball coach at Robert Morris University and later Rutgers University.

He is the son of former college basketball coach and Portland Trail Blazers announcer Mike Rice. In 2009, he helped lead Robert Morris to its first NCAA tournament since 1992.^[1] 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.

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He resides in Little Silver, New Jersey.^[2]

Overview

Rice was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Kathy and Mike Rice. He attended Boardman High School in Boardman, Ohio where he was a three-year starter as a basketball guard.

He was a three-year starter for the Fordham University basketball team from