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The following is a list of Liberty Flames basketball head coaches. There have been eight head coaches of the Flames in their 51-season history. [1] Liberty's current head coach is Ritchie McKay. He was hired for his second stint as the Flames' head coach in April 2015, [2] replacing Dale Layer, who was fired after the 2014–15 season. [3]
The Liberty men's basketball program began in 1972 under head coach Dan Manley. Liberty University is the second-youngest school in NCAA Division I, founded in 1971 (Florida Gulf Coast University was founded in 1991 with instruction starting in 1997). [a] The Flames finished 13–14 in their inaugural season.
Ritchie Lawrence McKay (born April 22, 1965) is an American basketball coach who is in his second stint as the head coach of the Liberty Flames of Liberty University.McKay for the previous six seasons had been the associate head coach to Tony Bennett for the Virginia Cavaliers at the University of Virginia.
The 2023–24 Liberty Flames basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flameswere are led by Ritchie McKay in the ninth season of his current stint as head coach (11th overall). They played their home games at Liberty Arena in Lynchburg, Virginia as first-year members of ...
For women's coaches, see Category:Liberty Lady Flames basketball coaches. Pages in category "Liberty Flames basketball coaches" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The 2024–25 Liberty Flames basketball team represents Liberty University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames are led by Ritchie McKay in the tenth season of his current stint as head coach (12th overall). They play their home games at Liberty Arena in Lynchburg, Virginia as second-year members of Conference USA.
As of the most recently completed 2023–24 basketball season, 362 men's college basketball programs competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. [1] This number includes programs transitioning from a lower NCAA division, most from Division II and one from Division III. For the 2024–25 season, four schools will ...
The 2022–23 Liberty Flames basketball team represented Liberty University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Flames were led by Ritchie McKay in the eighth season of his current stint as head coach (10th overall).