March 31, 2011
Vanderbilt assistant coach King Rice was introduced as the Monmouth University head men’s basketball coach on Wednesday in the school’s Hall of Fame Lounge.
Rice, served as an assistant with head coach Kevin Stallings with the Commodores from 2006-11, and also coached on Stallings’ staff at Illinois State from 1993-98. Rice was a standout point guard for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1998-91, has also served as an assistant coach at Oregon and Providence.
“We want to congratulate King and his family for this great opportunity to be a collegiate head coach,” said Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings. “He brought a tremendous amount of energy, liveliness, hard work, and dedication to his position here at Vanderbilt, and I believe those attributes will make him a very successful head coach at Monmouth. We wish him, his wife Summer, and their son Alexander all of the best in their future endeavors.”
Rice’s full introductory press conference can be watched in its entirety here.