Leon Paul Rice ( born November 25 , 1963 ) is an American college basketball coach , and the head men 's basketball coach at Boise State University . Rice replaced Greg Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26 , 2010 . In his first season as head coach , he led Boise State to the finals of the 2011 WAC Men 's Basketball Tournament and to the semifinals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational . He is the first Boise State head coach to win 20 games in two of his first three seasons and has 20 or more wins in seven of his first eight seasons . In 2013 , he guided the Broncos to their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament . In 2015 , he led the Broncos to their first ever Mountain West regular season championship , and first conference title for Boise State since 2008 , and was named the Mountain West coach of the year
2011 WAC Men 's Basketball Tournament
2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Leon Rice (basketball)