A veteran of over two decades of collegiate coaching at the Division I level, Randy Roth enters his third season with the California University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball program. After helping the Vulcans reach the NCAA Division II Elite Eight last year for the first time since 1996, Roth was named associate head coach before the 2008-09 season.
Prior to his time with the Vulcans, Roth most recently worked five years at Duquesne University from 2002-06. In 2004, he helped coach the Dukes to their most successful season in a decade. Roth made his initial coaching debut in Pennsylvania with Robert Morris University in the 2001-02 campaign.
Roth started his coaching career at the high school and junior college ranks before moving to the Division-I level at Ohio University, his alma mater, from 1985-89. He then made stints at Butler University (1990-91) and the University of Akron (1992) before serving as an assistant coach at Ohio State University for five seasons (1993-97). While with the Buckeyes, he helped recruit several players who propelled Ohio State to the Final Four in 1999, including future NBA players Michael Redd and Ken Johnson, who holds the Big Ten career record for blocks.
After his time at Ohio State, Roth coached three years at the University of Nebraska before moving to the Pittsburgh area.
As a coach in Division I, Roth helped coach six teams to post-season play with two NCAA Tournament teams in Ohio (1985) and Nebraska (1998). He has also helped guide four different teams to berths in the NIT: Ohio (1986), Butler (1991), Ohio State (1993) and Nebraska (1999).
Roth earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Ohio in 1983 before completing his master’s in higher education administration from Ohio in 1987.
He resides in Moon Twp., Pa., with his wife Jeanine and their two children, Connor and Casey.
