| David Ragland | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Evansville |
| Current Conference: | Missouri Valley |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1999–2001 |
| Player Team1: | Missouri Southern |
| Player Years2: | 2001–2003 |
| Player Team2: | Southern Indiana |
| Coach Years1: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team1: | Frank Phillips (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2005–2008 |
| Coach Team2: | Vincennes (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team3: | Vincennes |
| Coach Years4: | 2010–2014 |
| Coach Team4: | Indiana State (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2014–2015 |
| Coach Team5: | Bowling Green (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2015–2016 |
| Coach Team6: | Northern Kentucky (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team7: | Valparaiso (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 2018–2021 |
| Coach Team8: | Utah State (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2021–2022 |
| Coach Team9: | Butler (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team10: | Evansville |
| Tournament Record: | 1–1 (CBI) |
David Ragland (born April 28, 1981) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Evansville Aces men's basketball team.[1]
Ragland attended his first two years of college at Missouri Southern State, competing on the men's basketball team before transferring home to play for Southern Indiana.[2]
Ragland began his coaching career in the junior college ranks, starting at Frank Phillips College in Borger, Texas as an assistant coach for one season before moving on to Vincennes, where he'd serve as an assistant for three seasons before being elevated to head coach for two seasons, going 44–19.[1] [3] [4] In 2010, Ragland would move to the Division I ranks, joining Greg Lansing's staff at Indiana State.[5] He'd then join Bowling Green and Northern Kentucky as an assistant coach for back-to-back seasons, before landing on the coaching staff at Valparaiso.[6] He'd then head west as an assistant coach under Craig Smith at Utah State where he was on staff for three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, two Mountain West Conference tournament titles and Mountain West regular season title.[7] Ragland would return to the state of Indiana, joining LaVall Jordan's staff at Butler for a single season.[8]
On May 24, 2022, Ragland was announced as the new head men's basketball coach at Evansville, replacing Todd Lickliter.[9]