Coach McKay Press Conference
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Players P.C.
Feb. 22, 2007
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –
University of New Mexico director of athletics Paul Krebs announced today that the contract of head men’s basketball coach Ritchie McKay will be terminated at the end of the current season. McKay and his staff will oversee the program through the final game of the 2006-07 season.
McKay was hired as New Mexico’s 18th head men’s basketball coach on March 28, 2002. He has an 81-66 overall record into his fifth season at UNM, 31-40 in Mountain West Conference play.
The Lobos are currently 15-13 in all games this season, 4-9 in the conference. Picked to finish fifth in the 2006-07 MWC preseason poll, UNM is tied with Utah for seventh place in league play. New Mexico began the season 5-0.
New Mexico plays at Utah Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Mountain Time. The final home game is Wednesday against UNLV.
After records of 10-18 and 14-14 in McKay’s first two years at UNM, the Lobos finished 26-7 in 2004-05. They won the Mountain West Conference tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six years. New Mexico was 17-13 last year, but lost in the first round of the MWC Tournament in Denver.
McKay is in his 11th season as a collegiate head coach. He has a career mark of 164-155, including two-year stints at Portland State, Colorado State and Oregon State.