PROVO, Utah-Prior to this evening’s season opening tip-off against Nevada, BYU men’s basketball coach Dave Rose signed a contract extension through the 2020-21 season, per a statement from athletic director Tom Holmoe.
Sporting a record of 329-122 (.729), Rose is the winningest coach in BYU men’s basketball history and he has the seventh-best winning percentage among active Division I coaches.
Rose was named as head coach at Provo in 2005 and has led the Cougars to 13 consecutive 20-plus win seasons and postseason tournament appearances, including eight NCAA Tournament berths.
Rose has coached several stalwarts in his time at Provo, including Jimmer Fredette, the 2011 consensus national player of the year and Kyle Collinsworth, who owns the single-season record for triple-doubles as well as the career record for that statistic.
Off the court, Rose and his wife, Cheryl, have been active opponents against cancer as they support ‘Mac’s Gift,’ which provides comfort to a local families who have faced the challenge of raising children with cancer.
During the 2017-18 season, Rose won the ESPN Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge, earning more than $100,000 for the BYU Simmons Center for Cancer Research.
The David and Cheryl Rose Family Student Cancer Research Endowment will provide student wages and fellowships to BYU undergraduate and graduate students conducting cancer research within the SCCR organization.