Terrence Rencher - Assistant Coach - Cowboy Basketball Coaches

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Terrence Rencher

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
trenche@okstate.edu
Phone:
(405) 744-5845

A former NBA guard, New York Mr. Basketball and the all-time leading scorer in Texas Longhorn history, Terrence Rencher begins his third season with the Oklahoma State men's basketball program in 2023-24 and his first with the title of Associate Head Coach.

Head coach Mike Boynton announced Rencher's promotion on Aug. 1, 2023, stating:

“Coach Rencher has earned this recognition, based on many factors. He has tremendous respect within our program and is deftly driven to help us succeed. He has shown great leadership over this past summer and, I am convinced, will be a head coach in the near future.”

In 14 years as a Division I assistant, Rencher has proven himself as an excellence teacher, developer, evaluator and recruiter. He took on recruiting coordinator responsibilities prior to the 2022-23 season and, in his first full cycle, helped the Cowboys ink a top-10 signing class. On the court, OSU reeled off 20 wins and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT.

Rencher’s work with the OSU big men has also been noteworthy. The 2022-23 squad led the Big 12 in blocks, field percentage defense and rebounding margin on their way to 20 wins and an NIT quarterfinal berth.

In his first season (2021-22), Rencher helped the Cowboys to a 15-15 record and a fifth-place finish in the nation's toughest conference, the Big 12. A signature win over Baylor in Waco, Texas marked the program's first-ever road victory over an opponent ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll.

As a team, the Pokes posted the fourth-best adjusted efficiency defense in the country, alongside the seventh-best block percentage and held teams to the ninth-lowest two-point shooting percentage, according to KenPom.

Rencher, a former guard himself, also helped junior Avery Anderson III land All-Big 12 honors for the first time in his career.

Prior to OSU, Rencher was an assistant at Creighton (2019-21), San Diego (2017-19), New Mexico (2015-17), Texas State (2013-15 and 2009-11), Sam Houston State (2012-13) and Tulsa (2011-12).

In two seasons at Creighton under head coach Greg McDermott, Rencher helped the Bluejays to a combined 46-16 record, highlighted by the program’s first Big East regular season title in 2020 and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2021. Along the way he helped groom four all-conference selections in Ty-Shon Alexander, Marcus Zegarowski, Damien Jefferson and Denzel Mahoney.

Rencher was part of back-to-back 20-win seasons at San Diego, which won a pair of CIT games during the 2018 postseason and earned a bid to the 2019 NIT.

Prior to USF, he was on staff at New Mexico for two seasons under Craig Neal (2015-17). The Lobos posted double-digit Mountain West Conference wins in both years and led the nation in free throw rate in 2017.

Rencher worked with two different head coaches in two separate stints at Texas State. Under Doug Davalos (2009-11), the Bobcats twice ranked among the nation’s top-five in tempo and won a share of the Southland’s 2011 West Division title. Under defensive-minded Danny Kaspar (2013-15), TSU led the Sun Belt in scoring defense in back-to-back years.

In between, Rencher spent a year each at Tulsa (2011-12) and Sam Houston State (2012-13) working with Doug Wojcik and Jason Hooten respectively. Sparked by Jordan Clarkson, a first team All-Conference USA performer and eventual NBA Draft pick, the 2012 Golden Hurricane overcame a slow start to finish tied for third in the CUSA race. The 2013 Bearkats posted a 17-17 record and made the Southland tournament semifinals.

Rencher’s coaching career began at Regents School of Austin where he served as head coach during the 2007-08. He moved into the college ranks a year later as graduate assistant to hall of famer Rick Majerus at Saint Louis.

A Bronx native, Rencher was New York’s Mr. Basketball in 1991 while leading St. Raymonds High School to a city championship. He went on to play at Texas where he finished as the program’s all-time leader in both points (2,306) and steals (255). The two-time All-Southwest Conference selection and 1992 Dick Vitale National Freshman of the Year helped guide the Longhorn to three NCAA tournaments and three conference titles.

Rencher was selected in the second, No. 32 overall, by the Washington Bullets in the 1995 NBA Draft and later spent time with the Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns. Rencher’s 12-year professional journey eventually took him to the CBA and overseas. He was a league MVP in Italy and Germany and an all-star in Israel in Croatia.

After retiring, Rencher returned to the University of Texas where he completed his bachelor’s degree in education with a focus on youth and community studies in 2007.

He and his wife, Faye, have two daughters: Siena and Savannah.

THE TERRENCE RENCHER FILE:

Personal:
Wife – Faye
Children - Siena and Savannah

Collegiate Coaching Experience:
Oklahoma State – Associate Head Coach, 2023-Present; Assistant Coach, 2021-23
Creighton - Assistant Coach, 2019-21
San Diego - Assistant Coach, 2017-19
New Mexico - Assistant Coach, 2015-17
Texas State - Assistant Coach, 2013-15
Sam Houston State - Assistant Coach, 2012-13
Tulsa - Assistant Coach, 2011-12
Texas State - Assistant Coach, 2009-11
Saint Louis - Graduate Assistant Coach, 2008-09

High School Coaching Experience:
Regents School of Austin - Head Coach, 2007-08

Professional Playing Experience:
Apollon Patras B.C. (Greece) - 2006-07
Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy) - 2004-05
Basket Rimini Crabs (Italy) - 2004-05
RheinStars Köln (Germany) - 2003-04
Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany) - 2001-03
KK Split (Croatia) - 2000-01
Pallacanestro Cantù (Italy) - 1999-00
Bnei Herzliya Basket (Israel) - 1997-99, 2005-06
Florida Beach Dogs (CBA) – 1997
Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) - 1996-97
Phoenix Suns (NBA) – 1996
Miami Heat (NBA) - 1995-96
Washington Bullets (NBA) - 1995

Collegiate Playing Experience:
Texas - Guard, 1992-95