“A nationwide search will begin immediately to hire the new head coach. We appreciate the contributions that Pat has made and wish him well in his future endeavors,” Izzi said.
Douglass, 60, finished 197-191 at UCI when the Anteaters fell to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 73-69, in the first round of the Big West Tournament on Wednesday to complete the season 14-18.
Since posting three straight 20-win seasons from 2000 to 2003, including a 25-5 record in 2000-01 that included the first of back-to-back trips to the NIT, UCI’s record in seven subsequent seasons has been 112-114.
Douglass guided the ’Eaters to the Big West Tournament title game in 2008 after a fifth-place regular-season conference finish.
The Anteaters tied for second in the Big West regular-season standings in 2005-06, when they won their first eight conference games.
Douglass was Big West Conference Coach of the Year in 2001.
With previous stops at Cal State Bakersfield, where his 10-season tenure included three NCAA Division II titles, and six seasons at Eastern Montana, Douglass is 573-310 in his 29 seasons at four-year colleges.
One publication named him Division II Coach of the Decade and he was Division II Coach of the Year in each of his championship seasons.
He is the all-time victories leader at Bakersfield (257-61 for a winning percentage of .808).
— From staff reports
