{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Alex Pribble | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Idaho | current_conference = Big Sky | current_record = {{winpct|46|55|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|5}} | birth_place = Greenbrae, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 2003–2007 | player_team1 = California | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1 = 2007–2008 | coach_team1 = California (GA) | coach_years2 = 2008–2011 | coach_team2 = Tamalpais HS | coach_years3 = 2011–2013 | coach_team3 = San Francisco State (assistant) | coach_years4 = 2013–2015 | coach_team4 = Eastern Washington (assistant) | coach_years5 = 2015–2019 | coach_team5 = Saint Martin's | coach_years6 = 2019–2023 | coach_team6 = Seattle (assistant) | coach_years7 = 2023–present | coach_team7 = Idaho | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|129|95|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA DI)<br>3–2 (NCAA DII) | championships = GNAC regular season (2019)<br>Big Sky tournament (2026) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Alexander Reed Pribble''' (born April 5, 1985) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Idaho Vandals men's basketball team.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://govandals.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/alex-pribble/822|title=Alex Pribble - Men's Basketball Coach|website=University of Idaho Athletics}}</ref>
==Playing career== Born in Greenbrae, California and raised in nearby Fairfax, Pribble graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School in 2003 and played college basketball at California under Ben Braun, initially as a walk-on before earning a scholarship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/alex-pribble/5305|title=Alex Pribble|publisher=California Golden Bears|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330031519/http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/pribble_alex00.html|archivedate=March 30, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref> He was part of the Golden Bears' 2006 NCAA Tournament squad,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/alex-pribble-1.html|title=Alex Pribble College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> and graduated in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
==Coaching career== Following graduation, Pribble served as a graduate assistant at Cal before becoming the head boys' basketball coach at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California from 2008 to 2011, where he guided the school to its first playoff berth in eight years during the 2009–10 season.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://smusaints.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/alex-pribble/440|title=Alex Pribble - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Saint Martin's University Athletics}}</ref> Pribble returned to the college ranks at San Francisco State in NCAA Division II, then to Eastern Washington in Division I. During the 2014–15 season, he was part of the Eagles' Big Sky Conference regular season co-champions and conference tournament championship, which earned them a berth in the NCAA tournament.
His first college head coaching job came in 2015 at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Washington. In four seasons at the helm, Pribble guided the Saints to an {{winpct|83|40|record=y}}<!-- overall --> record, and the program's first two appearances in the NCAA Division II tournament, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2019.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
Following the 2019 season, Pribble joined the staff at Seattle University, serving under head coaches Jim Hayford and Chris Victor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goseattleu.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/alex-pribble/1135|title=Alex Pribble - Associate Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches|website=Seattle University}}</ref> On March 16, 2023, the University of Idaho named Pribble as head coach, the 31st in program history, replacing Zac Claus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://govandals.com/news/2023/3/16/mens-basketball-alex-pribble-named-idaho-mens-basketball-head-coach.aspx|title=Alex Pribble Named Idaho Men’s Basketball Head Coach|website=University of Idaho Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/20/we-are-here-to-compete-idaho-introduces-alex-pribb/|title='We are here to compete': Idaho introduces Alex Pribble as new men's basketball coach | The Spokesman-Review|website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Saint Martin's Saints | conference = Great Northwest Athletic Conference | startyear = 2015 | endyear = 2019 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2015–16 | name = Saint Martin's | overall = 15–13 | conference = 9–11 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2016–17 | name = Saint Martin's | overall = 17–13 | conference = 10–10 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2017–18 | name = Saint Martin's | overall = 25–8 | conference = 15–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = NCAA Division II Second Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2018–19 | name = Saint Martin's | overall = 26–6 | conference = 17–3 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet 16 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Saint Martin's | overall = {{Winning percentage|83|40|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|51|29|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Idaho Vandals | conference = Big Sky Conference | startyear = 2023 | endyear = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = Idaho | overall = 11–21 | conference = 5–13 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = Idaho | overall = 14–19 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding =T–6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2025–26 | name = Idaho | overall = 21–15 | conference = 9–9 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Idaho | overall = {{Winning percentage|46|55|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|22|32|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{Winning percentage|129|95|record=y}} | poll = | polltype = | polltype2 = }}
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==External links== *[https://govandals.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/alex-pribble/822 University of Idaho Athletics] – profile *[https://goseattleu.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/alex-pribble/1135 Seattle University Athletics] – profile
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