Rick Cabrera Explained

Rick Cabrera
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Northwestern State
Current Conference:Southland
Birth Date:4 December 1976
Birth Place:Spring Valley, New York, U.S.
Player Years1:1994–1996
Player Team1:Vincennes
Player Years2:1996–1998
Player Team2:Tennessee Tech
Coach Years1:1998–1999
Coach Team1:Volunteer Christian (TN) (assistant)
Coach Years2:1999–2001
Coach Team2:Tennessee Tech (GA)
Coach Years3:2001–2002
Coach Team3:Miami Killian HS (FL) (assistant)
Coach Years4:2002–2004
Coach Team4:Keystone College (assistant)
Coach Years5:2004–2008
Coach Years6:2008–2012
Coach Team6:Chattanooga (assistant)
Coach Years7:2012–2017
Coach Team7:Tennessee Tech (assistant)
Coach Years8:2017–2019
Coach Team8:Austin Peay (assistant)
Coach Years9:2019–2021
Coach Team9:Arkansas State (assistant)
Coach Years10:2021–2023
Coach Team10:Tallahassee CC
Coach Years11:2023–present
Coach Team11:Northwestern State
Overall Record: (NCAA)
(NJCAA)
Championships:3x Region XIX Regular Season (2005-07), Region XIX Conference Tournament (2005)

Rick Cabrera is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Northwestern State Demons men's basketball team.[1]

Playing career

Cabrera played two seasons at Vincennes University, a NJCAA institution from 1994 to 1996 where he was teammates with future NBA players Shawn Marion and Tyrone Nesby before transferring to Tennessee Tech for his final two years of college.[2] [3]

Coaching career

After college, Cabrera spent a year coaching high school before rejoining the Golden Eagles staff under Jeff Lebo as a graduate assistant from 1999 to 2001 and was on staff for two OVC regular-season titles. After another one-year stint in the high school coaching ranks, Cabrera became an assistant coach at Keystone College where he spent two years before becoming the head coach at Lackawanna College. In four years he guided Lackawanna to a 100–29 record as well as three regular season titles and two conference tournament titles.[1] In 2008, he'd return to the NCAA Division I coaching ranks with Chattanooga, followed by another stint at Tennessee Tech, along with Austin Peay and Arkansas State.[4] [5]

In 2021, Cabrera returned to the junior college ranks as a head coach with Tallahassee Community College where in two seasons he guided the team to a 52–16 overall record, including an appearance in the NJCAA Division I national semifinal in 2023.[6] [7]

On March 22, 2023, Cabrera was named the 11th head coach in Northwestern State men's basketball history, replacing Corey Gipson who departed for the head coaching position at Austin Peay.[8] [9]

Personal

Cabrera's father, Hugo was a 10th round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1976 NBA draft and represented the Dominican Republic in various international competitions.[10] [11]

Head coaching record

NJCAA

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rick Cabrera - Demon Basketball Coach. Northwestern State University Athletics.
  2. Web site: Rick Cabrera College Stats. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. Web site: cabrera rick. Tennessee Tech.
  4. Web site: RICK CABRERA. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics.
  5. Web site: Rick Cabrera - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory. Arkansas State University.
  6. Web site: Tallahassee Community College Athletics. Tallahassee Community College Athletics.
  7. Web site: 'They left it all out there': TCC's tournament run ends after close game against top-seeded team. Tallahassee Democrat.
  8. Web site: NSU names Rick Cabrera men's basketball head coach. Northwestern State University Athletics.
  9. Web site: Northwestern State to hire Rick Cabrera as head basketball coach. March 22, 2023.
  10. Web site: Hugo Cabrera Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more. Basketball-Reference.com.
  11. Web site: Basketball great Hugo Cabrera passes away. DR1.com.