Thursday, June 26, 2008

Mouton Named to Rice Coaching Staff

HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 26, 2008) Kevin Mouton, who has 16 years of collegiate coaching experience including the last six at Oregon State, has been named to the Rice men’s basketball coaching staff. Rice head coach Ben Braun made the announcement Wednesday.

“We are glad to have Kevin join our staff at Rice,” Braun said. “Kevin is well-respected in collegiate and high school coaching circles.”

“I’m very excited,” Mouton said. “I coached against Coach Braun at Oregon State. I know a lot about him and his abilities. I just can’t say how excited I am to join him at Rice.“

After five years on the Oregon State staff, Mouton was elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2007-08 season, and in January, stepped in as the interim head coach.

Before his stint at Oregon State, Mouton coached two seasons at Nebraska (2000-02). In addition to on-floor coaching, among his responsibilities were on-campus recruiting and serving as an academic advisor for the Cornhuskers’ program.

Mouton’s collegiate coaching career began at the Colorado School of Mines (1992-93). He went on to coach at Butler (1993-95), Eastern Illinois (1995-96), New Hampshire (1997-99) and St. Mary’s (1999-2000). He also coached two years at Logan, Calif., High School (1990-92).

Mouton began his playing career at the University of Oregon and after a year at Jamestown, played his final two years at the University of San Francisco. He graduated from USF with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1989.


He and his wife Jacquie are the parents of two sons, Adrian (15) and Elijah (4), and a daughter, Whitney (10). While Mouton grew up in Northern California, his roots are the Beaumont/Orange area of southeast Texas. His parents now reside in Houston.

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