Scott Pera
Scott Pera (born August 27, 1967) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the Rice Owls men's basketball team.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Rice |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 20–43 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 27, 1967 Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Penn State Harrisburg |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1993 | Elizabethtown College (assistant) |
| 1993–1995 | Palmyra HS |
| 1995–2000 | Annville-Cleona HS |
| 2000–2006 | Artesia HS |
| 2006–2012 | Arizona State (assistant) |
| 2012–2014 | Penn (assistant) |
| 2014–2017 | Rice (assistant) |
| 2017–present | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20–43 (college) |
Coaching career
Pera started his coaching career at Elizabethtown College in 1992, before embarking on a high school coaching career in Pennsylvania and California, most notably Artesia High School, where he coached James Harden. In his high school coaching career, Pera compiled a 258-65 record.[2]
In the college ranks, Pera joined Herb Sendek's staff at Arizona State, where he began as the director of basketball operations before being elevated to assistant coach. From 2012 to 2014, Pera was an assistant coach at Penn under Jerome Allen.[3] In 2014, he joined Mike Rhoades's staff at Rice, and when Rhoades left for VCU, Pera was elevated to the head coaching position to be the 25th coach in Owls history.
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Owls (Conference USA) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | Rice | 7–24 | 4–14 | 13th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Rice | 13–19 | 8–10 | T-11th | |||||
| 2019-20 | Rice | 8-4 | |||||||
| Rice: | 28–47 (.373) | 12–24 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 28–47 (.373) | ||||||||