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Dave Rose

Since becoming head coach of the BYU Men's Basketball program on April 11, 2005, Dave Rose has guided the Cougars to an impressive array of on-the-court awards and accolades while his unassuming approach to service and the community has been recognized at the top of his profession.

With a 72-26 record, Rose has produced a three-year resume that is nearly unmatched. In fact, only eight other coaches have ever won more games in their first three seasons at the Division I level. Rose ranks ninth all-time for the most wins achieved in the first three seasons, joining a top-10 list that includes the likes of Mark Few, Roy Williams and Jim Boeheim. Among coaches who joined Rose in taking over a new program three years ago, Rose ranks second nationally behind Tennessee's Bruce Pearl for the most wins and is No. 1 among head coaches in their first Division I job.

Equally committed to excellence off the court, Rose was honored on April 6, 2008, by the National Association of Basketball Coaches with its Game Pillar Award for Service, one of only four Pillar Awards (Education, Leadership, Service and Advocacy) that the Association annually bestows on the most deserving among its vast membership. While Rose has never sought such attention, his actions and accomplishments--both on the court and in the community--have commanded the praises of faithful followers and casual observers alike. In April 2008 Rose became the 63rd recipient of the Dale Rex Memorial Award given annually to the person who has done the most for amateur athletics in the state of Utah. Another evidence of Rose's commitment to excellence is that his basketball program ranks in the top 10 percent nationally in multi-year NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores. As a result, the NCAA has honored BYU with Public Recognition awards in each of the past two seasons for their high academic achievement.

Cougar fans have had plenty to "Rise and Shout" about with Rose at the helm. A tireless worker, gifted motivator and talented strategist, Rose has returned BYU to the national stage with the program's first back-to-back appearances in the top-25 polls since 1981 and 1982. In his first season, Rose and his staff produced the nation's second-most improved team by turning a 9-21 squad that finished tied for last with three wins in the Mountain West Conference into a 20-9 NIT qualifier and 12-4 second-place MWC finisher. Under his tutelage the past two seasons, Rose's teams have not only broken into the top-25 rankings but also achieved the MWC's first-ever two-time outright league championships while receiving NCAA bids with 25-9 and 27-8 seasons, respectively. Historically, the last time a BYU team garnered back-to-back outright league crowns was in 1979 and 1980 when the Cougars touted their all-time scoring leader Danny Ainge. Only one BYU team--the 1951 NIT Champions--has won more games in a season than last year's 27-8 Cougars.

Among the highlights of this past season was BYU's Las Vegas Invitational victory over No. 6 Louisville--the program's first win over a top-6 team since 1965. Along with an MWC-record 14-2 league mark last year, the 2007-08 Cougars also set MWC records for rebounds overall (1,351) and in league play (618) and tied league marks for most road wins overall (8) and in league games (6). Rose's team also set school records for regular-season wins (25), consecutive home wins (47), three-pointers made (285) and assist-to-field-goal ratio (64.8 percent). BYU's home victory streak of 47 wins is currently the best in the nation, and the Cougars also ranked in the top 25 nationally in field-goal percentage defense (11th), assists per game (21st), win/loss percentage (22nd) and scoring margin (22nd).

The only BYU men's basketball coach to ever win top conference coaching honors in back-to-back seasons, Rose was named MWC Coach of the Year in each of his first two seasons. In his second season, Rose coached the 2006-07 Cougars to a 25-9 overall record and NCAA berth after winning the MWC regular-season title with a 13-3 mark. In his first season, Rose received conference and USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year accolades as well as honorable mention for National Coach of the Year by Scout.com after turning a picked-to-finish-last 9-21 team into a 20-9 winner and NIT qualifier. Rose is one of three BYU head coaches to win 20 games in each of his first three seasons and the only one to do so after taking over a team that won fewer than 13 games the prior season.

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