University of Portland Athletics

Eric Reveno was named head coach of the University of Portland men’s basketball program in April, 2006, becoming the 20th coach in Pilots history.

Reveno, 40, comes to Portland after an impressive nine-year stint at Stanford University. He served as an assistant coach under Mike Montgomery for seven years and was promoted to associate head coach during the 2004-05 season with new head coach Trent Johnson. Reveno, a post player for the Cardinal in the late ‘80s, helped coach his alma mater to six 20-win seasons, two 30-win seasons, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, an NCAA Final Four in 1998, three years with a No. 1 national ranking, four Pacific-10 Conference Championships and a .768 overall winning percentage.

Reveno has developed a reputation as one of the top post player coaches in the country. He recruited and coached numerous outstanding frontline players for the Cardinal including Mark Madsen, Jarron Collins, Jason Collins, Curtis Borchardt, Tim Young, Rob Little, Justin Davis and Matt Haryasz.

Seven players under Reveno’s tutelage at Stanford went on to play in the NBA.

He has been a prominent staff member at the nationally renowned Pete Newell Big Man Camp for the last five seasons and will again partake in the camp in the summer of 2006.

A Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic Team selection himself in 1989 as a senior, Reveno helped coach 14 players to 25 all-conference academic honors as an assistant, the most of any school in the Pac-10 during his nine-year career.

On the recruiting trail Reveno helped bring in the a top 10 recruiting class in the nation for the 2006-07 season, including two of the top 20 rated individual recruits (rivals.com) nationally.

Reveno played in 116 games during his four-year playing career at Stanford (1985-87, 89), including 30 games as a starter during his senior season in 1988-89. A two-time team captain, Reveno averaged 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game as a senior and helped lead the Cardinal to a 26-7 record, a 15-3 mark in the Pac-10, and a No. 12 national ranking. The Cardinal advanced to the NCAA tournament, Stanford’s first appearance in the tourney since the 1942 season.

After graduating from Stanford in 1989 with a degree in economics, he spent four years playing professional basketball in Japan. He returned to Stanford and obtained his masters degree in business administration in 1995. Prior to joining the Stanford coaching staff in 1997, he served as president for two years of Riekes Center in Menlo Park, a non-profit mentoring organization that works with athletes of all ages.

PERSONAL
Date of Birth: March 12, 1966
Birth Place: Stanford, Calif.
High School: The Menlo School
College: B.A. Economics, Stanford ’89; Master’s Business Administration, Stanford ‘95
Wife: Amanda
Children: Katie (4) and Andrew (1)