David Jack Rose is an American

United States

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 college basketball

College basketball

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 coach and the current head coach of the BYU Cougars men's basketball

BYU Cougars men's basketball

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 team. A graduate of Houston's Northbrook High School

Northbrook High School

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 in Houston, Texas, he was co-captain of "Phi Slama Jama," the University of Houston

University of Houston

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's college basketball squad featuring Clyde Drexler

Clyde Drexler

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 and Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Olajuwon

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 that finished as national runner-up in the 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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.

Career

Dave Rose was named the head basketball coach at BYU in 2005, replacing Steve Cleveland

Steve Cleveland

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 and began the first of six straight 20-win seasons in 2005-06. Rose inherited a 9-21 team and immediately posted a 20-9 record, the second best turnaround in college basketball in 2005-06. Rose recruited All-American Jimmer Fredette

Jimmer Fredette

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 in 2007 and coached him during his four-year BYU career. In 2010, Rose coached BYU to their first NCAA tournament victory in 17 years in a double-overtime win against the University of Florida

University of Florida

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. In 2011, Rose's team shared the regular season Mountain West title with San Diego State and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament, BYU's first appearance in 30 years.

In April 2011, Rose signed a five-year head coaching contract extension with BYU.

Personal Life

Rose is married to wife Cheryl and they have three children. Rose served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Manchester, England from 1977-79. In June 2009 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and returned to coaching later that year.

Head coaching record

External links

• Dave Rose Official BYU Bio