Weber State Hires New Leader
After missing the Big Sky Conference tournament for the first time in a quarter century, the Weber State Wildcats have found its replacement for Joe Cravens, the Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City reported Thursday.
The Wildcats scheduled a press conference on Thursday with the anticipation of Weber State hiring a former Utah assistant, Randy Rahe, as the new coach.
Rahe has been an assistant coach for the past 17 years at colleges ranging from Utah and Utah State to Colorado, Colorado State and Denver. This will be his first head coaching job since a three-year stint at Stratton High in Colorado in 1988.
During the past eight seasons, Rahe has been an assistant with teams that have earned berths in four NCAA tournaments and two NITs. This past season was the only time Rahe coached a team with a losing record since coming to the Beehive State with Morrill in 1998.
The Wildcats went 10-17 last year and finished last in the Big Sky Conference standings. The back-to-back losing seasons for Weber State was a first in school history since 1986-88.
Among others that were considered for the position were former Utah and current Indiana assistant Kerry Rupp, Westminster’s Tommy Conner, who was also considered for the Idaho State job, and former WSU assistant Guy Beach.
