Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1994
UR's all-time winningest basketball coach at the time of his retirement, Dick Tarrant's teams posted a record of 239-126 over 12 seasons. Tarrant led the Spiders to eight 20-win seasons, four Colonial Athletic Association championships, five NCAA Tournament appearances and four trips to the National Invitational Tournament. Tarrant gained national notice with NCAA Tournament victories over Auburn in 1984, Indiana and Georgia Tech in 1988 on the way to the Sweet Sixteen, and, the biggest upset of all, over Syracuse in 1991, making Richmond the first #15 seed to defeat a #2 seed in the first round. Tarrant came to Richmond as an assistant coach in 1978, and he became head coach in 1981. A native of Montclair, N.J., Tarrant was the CAA coach of the year four times. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
UR Statistics
1982-83 - 12-16 - ECAC South 2-7.
1983-84 - 22-10 - ECAC South 7-3. Defeated Rider & Auburn in NCAA, lost to Indiana
1984-85 - 21-11 - Colonial 11-3. Defeated Fordham in N.I.T., then lost to Indiana
1985-86 - 23-7 - Colonial 12-2. Lost to St. Joseph's in 1st round of NCAA
1986-87 - 15-14 - Colonial 8-6
1987-88 - 26-7 - Colonial 11-3. Advanced to Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament
1988-89 - 21-10 - Colonial 13-1. Lost to UAB in 2nd round of NIT, defeated Temple
1989-90 - 22-10 - Colonial 10-4. Lost to Duke in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
1990-91 - 22-10 - Colonial 10-4. Became 1st #15 seed to defeat a 2 seed in NCAA's
1991-92 - 22-8 - Colonial 12-2. Lost to Florida in the 1st round of the NIT
1992-93 - 15-12 - Colonial 8-6
5 NCAA appearances and 4 trips to the NIT.
