Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Ray Giacoletti Named Playboy National Coach Of The Year
11/21/2005 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah men's basketball head coach Ray Giacoletti has been named the 2005 Playboy Magazine National Coach of the Year. The honor was announced as part of Playboy's Preseason College All-America Basketball Team.
Giacoletti led the Runnin' Utes to a 29-6 record, an appearance in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, and the Mountain West Conference regular-season title in his first season in 2004-05. Utah was also ranked in the Top 25 for the final nine weeks of the season, climbing as high as No. 12 in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
Giacoletti is the only head coach to lead the Utes to the NCAA Tournament in his first season. He had the best record of any first-year head coach in NCAA Division I in 2004-05, leading Utah to one of the four winningest seasons in school history.
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