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Ricky Stokes
Biographical details
Born	(1962-03-29) March 29, 1962 (age 62) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1984	Virginia

Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1985	Virginia (assistant)
1988–1989	Bowling Green (assistant)
1989–1997	Wake Forest (assistant)
1997–1998	Virginia (assistant)
1998–1999	Texas (assistant)
1999–2003	Virginia Tech
2003–2005	South Carolina (assistant)
2005–2007	East Carolina

Ricky Leonard Stokes (born March 29, 1962) is an American athletics administrator and former men's college basketball coach who is currently the associate commissioner of men's basketball for the Mid-American Conference.

Player

Stokes played at Highland Springs High School for Coach George Lancaster before committing to Coach Terry Holland. As a point guard for the Virginia Cavaliers, Stokes set the record for career games played with 134, a record that he still holds. The Cavaliers made the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship each year that Stokes was with the team and during the three years that Stokes played along the legendary Ralph Sampson, the team earned a #1 seed.

Coach

Stokes was hired in 1999 by Jim Weaver, the new director of athletics at Virginia Tech, to replace the fired Bobby Hussey.

In his first year as coach, Stokes brought the Hokies their first winning season since the departure of Bill Foster but that year would be his high water mark in Blacksburg. Beginning with the 2000–01 season, the Hokies departed the Atlantic 10 Conference and joined the much tougher Big East. Stokes was unable to recruit Big East level talent to Virginia Tech and the team's record suffered accordingly.

The highlight of his four seasons at Tech were blowout wins over #18 Connecticut and rival Virginia his final year. Stokes was dismissed after a third straight losing season and a 10–38 overall record in the Big East. In none of these three years in the Big East was Virginia Tech able to qualify for the conference post-season tournament under Stokes.

After two years as an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina, Stokes was hired as the head men's basketball coach at East Carolina University after the 2004–2005 season. After compiling a 14–44 record in two seasons, Stokes chose to resign rather than accept an administrative position within the ECU athletic department.

The Mid-American Conference named Stokes the associate commissioner for men's basketball in 2010.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Virginia Tech Hokies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1999–2000)
1999–00	Virginia Tech	16–15	8–8	4th (West)
Virginia Tech Hokies (Big East Conference) (2000–2003)
2000–01	Virginia Tech	8–19	2–14	7th (East)
2001–02	Virginia Tech	10–18	4–12	7th (East)
2002–03	Virginia Tech	12–17	4–12	7th (East)
Virginia Tech:		46–69 (.400)	18–46
East Carolina Pirates (Conference USA) (2005–2007)
2005–06	East Carolina	8–20	2–12	12th
2006–07	East Carolina	6–24	1–13	12th
East Carolina:		14–44 (.241)	3–25 (.107)
Total:		59–113 (.343)

References

"Highland Springs coach George Lancaster retiring after 37 seasons".
"Virginia Basketball Records".
Wagner, James (2005-04-26). "Former Cavalier point guard excels as coach". Cavalier Daily. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
"Stokes out at Va. Tech". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. 2003-03-10. Archived from the original on January 7, 2004. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
"Stokes hired to coach East Carolina".
"Ricky Stokes Leaving East Carolina". 23 August 2007.
"Former BG Assistant Named Associate Commissioner For Men's Basketball". Bowling Green Falcons. June 17, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2015.

v t e Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball head coaches
R. M. Brown (1908–1909) Branch Bocock (1909–1911) L. N. Keesling (1911–1912) Houston Hughes (1912–1913) Branch Bocock (1913–1916) Harlan Sanborn (1916–1917) Charles A. Bernier (1917–1920) William L. Younger (1920–1923) B. C. Cubbage (1923–1924) M. Buford Blair (1924–1926) Henry Redd (1926–1927) Bud Moore (1927–1928) I. E. Randall (1928–1929) R. S. Warren (1929–1930) C. D. Rhodes (1930–1931) George S. Proctor (1931–1932) William L. Younger (1932–1937) Herbert McEver (1937–1944) George S. Proctor (1944–1947) Red Laird (1947–1955) Chuck Noe (1955–1962) William Matthews (1962–1964) Howie Shannon (1964–1971) Don DeVoe (1971–1976) Charles Moir (1976–1987) Frankie Allen (1987–1991) Bill Foster (1991–1997) Bobby Hussey (1997–1999) Ricky Stokes (1999–2003) Seth Greenberg (2003–2012) James Johnson (2012–2014) Buzz Williams (2014–2019) Mike Young (2019– )

Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball head coaches

R. M. Brown (1908–1909)
Branch Bocock (1909–1911)
L. N. Keesling (1911–1912)
Houston Hughes (1912–1913)
Branch Bocock (1913–1916)
Harlan Sanborn (1916–1917)
Charles A. Bernier (1917–1920)
William L. Younger (1920–1923)
B. C. Cubbage (1923–1924)
M. Buford Blair (1924–1926)
Henry Redd (1926–1927)
Bud Moore (1927–1928)
I. E. Randall (1928–1929)
R. S. Warren (1929–1930)
C. D. Rhodes (1930–1931)
George S. Proctor (1931–1932)
William L. Younger (1932–1937)
Herbert McEver (1937–1944)
George S. Proctor (1944–1947)
Red Laird (1947–1955)
Chuck Noe (1955–1962)
William Matthews (1962–1964)
Howie Shannon (1964–1971)
Don DeVoe (1971–1976)
Charles Moir (1976–1987)
Frankie Allen (1987–1991)
Bill Foster (1991–1997)
Bobby Hussey (1997–1999)
Ricky Stokes (1999–2003)
Seth Greenberg (2003–2012)
James Johnson (2012–2014)
Buzz Williams (2014–2019)
Mike Young (2019– )

v t e East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches
C. W. Porter (1931–1932) Kenneth Beatty (1932–1934) Doc Mathis (1934–1936) Bo Farley (1936–1937) J. D. Alexander (1937–1938) Gordon Gilbert (1938–1939) Bo Farley (1939–1940) John Christenbury (1940–1943) No team (1943–1944) None (1944–1945) Earl Smith (1945–1946) Jim Johnson (1946–1947) Howard Porter (1947–1959) Earl Smith (1959–1963) Wendell Carr (1963–1966) Tom Quinn (1966–1974) Dave Patton (1974–1977) Larry Gillman (1977–1979) Dave Odom (1979–1982) Charlie Harrison (1982–1987) Mike Steele (1987–1991) Eddie Payne (1991–1995) Joe Dooley (1995–1999) Bill Herrion (1999–2005) Ricky Stokes (2005–2007) Mack McCarthy (2007–2010) Jeff Lebo (2010–2017) Michael Perry # (2017–2018) Joe Dooley (2018–2022) Michael Schwartz (2022– ) # denotes interim head coach

East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches

C. W. Porter (1931–1932)
Kenneth Beatty (1932–1934)
Doc Mathis (1934–1936)
Bo Farley (1936–1937)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1938–1939)
Bo Farley (1939–1940)
John Christenbury (1940–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
None (1944–1945)
Earl Smith (1945–1946)
Jim Johnson (1946–1947)
Howard Porter (1947–1959)
Earl Smith (1959–1963)
Wendell Carr (1963–1966)
Tom Quinn (1966–1974)
Dave Patton (1974–1977)
Larry Gillman (1977–1979)
Dave Odom (1979–1982)
Charlie Harrison (1982–1987)
Mike Steele (1987–1991)
Eddie Payne (1991–1995)
Joe Dooley (1995–1999)
Bill Herrion (1999–2005)
Ricky Stokes (2005–2007)
Mack McCarthy (2007–2010)
Jeff Lebo (2010–2017)
Michael Perry # (2017–2018)
Joe Dooley (2018–2022)
Michael Schwartz (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winners
Men	1969: Keller 1970: Rinka 1971: C. Johnson 1972: Martin 1973: Sherwin 1974: M. Robinson 1975: Towe 1976: Alagia 1977: Jonas 1978: Scheib 1979: Byrd 1980: Sweeney 1981: Adolph 1982: Moore 1983: McCallum 1984: Stokes 1985: B. Jennings 1986: Les 1987: Bogues 1988: J. Johnson 1989: Hardaway 1990: Harvey 1991: K. Jennings 1992: Bennett 1993: Crawford 1994: G. Brown 1995: Edney 1996: Benton 1997: Knight 1998: Boykins 1999: Rogers 2000: Penn 2001: Phillips 2002: Logan 2003: Gardner 2004: Nelson 2005: N. Robinson 2006: D. Brown 2007: Kelley 2008: Green 2009: Collison 2010: Collins 2011: Pullen 2012: Hamilton 2013: Siva 2014: Smith
Women	1984: Mulkey 1985: Stack 1986: Ethridge 1987: Windham 1988: McConnell 1989: Backstrom 1990: Dabrowski 1991: S. Evans 1992: Kosiorek 1993: D. Evans 1994: Levesque 1995: Dodrill 1996: Rizzotti 1997: Howard 1998: Arnold 1999: Hammon 2000: Darling 2001: Ivey 2002: Lambert 2003: Lawson 2004: Valek 2005: White 2006: Duffy 2007: Harding 2008: Anderson 2009: Montgomery 2010: Gray-Lawson 2011: Vandersloot 2012: James 2013: Bentley 2014: Sims

Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winners

Men

1969: Keller
1970: Rinka
1971: C. Johnson
1972: Martin
1973: Sherwin
1974: M. Robinson
1975: Towe
1976: Alagia
1977: Jonas
1978: Scheib
1979: Byrd
1980: Sweeney
1981: Adolph
1982: Moore
1983: McCallum
1984: Stokes
1985: B. Jennings
1986: Les
1987: Bogues
1988: J. Johnson
1989: Hardaway
1990: Harvey
1991: K. Jennings
1992: Bennett
1993: Crawford
1994: G. Brown
1995: Edney
1996: Benton
1997: Knight
1998: Boykins
1999: Rogers
2000: Penn
2001: Phillips
2002: Logan
2003: Gardner
2004: Nelson
2005: N. Robinson
2006: D. Brown
2007: Kelley
2008: Green
2009: Collison
2010: Collins
2011: Pullen
2012: Hamilton
2013: Siva
2014: Smith

Women

1984: Mulkey
1985: Stack
1986: Ethridge
1987: Windham
1988: McConnell
1989: Backstrom
1990: Dabrowski
1991: S. Evans
1992: Kosiorek
1993: D. Evans
1994: Levesque
1995: Dodrill
1996: Rizzotti
1997: Howard
1998: Arnold
1999: Hammon
2000: Darling
2001: Ivey
2002: Lambert
2003: Lawson
2004: Valek
2005: White
2006: Duffy
2007: Harding
2008: Anderson
2009: Montgomery
2010: Gray-Lawson
2011: Vandersloot
2012: James
2013: Bentley
2014: Sims

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