STANFORD, Calif. – Making his return to the Farm, the Anne and Tony Joseph Director of Men's Basketball Kyle Smith has announced the addition of Eric Reveno '89 as the James C. Gaither Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach.
"I have been competing against Rev in different situations over the past 20 years. He is revered as one of the best big man coaches in the country," said Smith. "He has helped tutor numerous NBA players including Jaron Collins, Jason Collins, and Curtis Borchardt to name a few. He is a relentless recruiter who understands what it takes to win at Stanford. In addition, he was a highly successful Head Coach at Portland where his program notched 20 wins multiple times."
Reveno returns to his alma mater, where he was a four-year letterwinner from 1985-89 and a two-time team captain. Additionally, Reveno starts his second stint on the Cardinal bench, as he was an assistant coach from 1997-2004 and the program's associate head coach from 2005-06 under Mike Montgomery and Trent Johnson.
A native of Stanford, Reveno helped lead the Cardinal to seven 20-win seasons, three 30-win seasons, eight NCAA Tournament appearances, an NCAA Final Four in 1998, three years with a No. 1 national ranking and four Pacific-10 Conference Championships. He was named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation by Rivals in 2006.
The West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2009, Reveno spent 10 seasons as the head coach at Portland from 2006-16, where he amassed 140 victories and four postseason appearances. The Pilots averaged 20 wins a season from 2008-10, including back-to-back third place finishes in the WCC. Twenty of Reveno's Pilots were named to All-WCC teams, including eight first-team selections, and 16 of his graduates went on to play professionally. Off the court, the Pilots had 20 WCC All-Academic selections and his team boasted a 100 percent graduation rate and a near-perfect rating according to the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR).
After his time at Portland, Reveno spent five seasons at Georgia Tech, working primarily with the post players. He developed center Ben Lammers into a second-team All-ACC performer and a two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Year, James Banks III into two-time ACC All-Defensive Team honors, and Moses Wright from and unheralded recruit to the ACC Player of the Year. During the summer of 2021, he served as an assistant coach for the Czech Republic's U18 team in European Challenger events.
One of the nation's leading advocates for the All Vote, No Play movement, Reveno earned the Guardians of the Game Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 2021.
Reveno joined the Oregon State staff in 2022 as associate head coach, spending two seasons in Corvallis. He helped guide one of the youngest teams in the nation, helping Jordan Pope to Pac-12 All-Freshman honors in 2023 and All-Pac-12 honorable mention status in 2024.
Reveno played in 116 games during his career at Stanford (1985-87, 89), including 30 games as a starter during his senior season. He was a two-time team captain and helped the Cardinal to a 26-7 record (15-3 mark in the Pac-10) and a No. 12 national ranking. The Cardinal advanced to the NCAA Tournament, Stanford's first appearance in the tourney since 1942.
Reveno earned his bachelor's degree from Stanford in economics in 1989 and spent the next four years playing professional basketball in Japan. He returned to Stanford and earned a master's degree in business administration in 1995.
Before joining the Stanford coaching staff in 1997, he served as president of Riekes Center in Menlo Park, a non-profit mentoring organization that works with athletes of all ages, for two years.
Reveno and his wife, Amanda, have two children, Katie and Andrew.
"When people think about Rev, they think about Stanford," Smith finished. "We are thrilled to have him back on the Farm."