Quick Facts
Biography
Rick Cabrera is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Northwestern State Demons men's basketball team.
Playing career
Cabrera played two seasons at Vincennes University, a NJCAA institution from 1994 to 1996 where he was teammates with future NBA players Shawn Marion and Tyrone Nesby before transferring to Tennessee Tech for his final two years of college.
Coaching career
After college, Cabrera spent a year coaching high school before rejoining the Golden Eagles staff under Jeff Lebo as a graduate assistant from 1999 to 2001 and was on staff for two OVC regular-season titles. After another one-year stint in the high school coaching ranks, Cabrera became an assistant coach at Keystone College where he spent two years before becoming the head coach at Lackawanna College. In four years he guided Lackawanna to a 100–29 record as well as three regular season titles and two conference tournament titles. In 2008, he'd return to the NCAA Division I coaching ranks with Chattanooga, followed by another stint at Tennessee Tech, along with Austin Peay and Arkansas State.
In 2021, Cabrera returned to the junior college ranks as a head coach with Tallahassee Community College where in two seasons he guided the team to a 52–16 overall record, including an appearance in the NJCAA Division I national semifinal in 2023.
On March 22, 2023, Cabrera was named the 11th head coach in Northwestern State men's basketball history, replacing Corey Gipson who departed for the head coaching position at Austin Peay.
Personal
Cabrera's father, Hugo was a 10th round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1976 NBA draft and represented the Dominican Republic in various international competitions.
Head coaching record
NCAA DI
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Northwestern State Demons (Southland) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Northwestern State | 9–23 | 7–11 | 6th | |||||
| Northwestern State: | 9–23 (.281) | 7–11 (.389) | |||||||
| Total: | 9–23 (.281) | ||||||||
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NJCAA
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lackawanna College (Region XIX) | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | Lackawanna | 27–3 | 1st | ||||||
| 2005–06 | Lackawanna | 23–9 | 1st | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Lackawanna | 22–8 | 1st | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Lackawanna | 22–9 | N/A | ||||||
| Lackawanna: | 100–29 (.775) | ||||||||
| Tallahassee CC (FSCAA Panhandle) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | Tallahassee CC | 21–10 | 6–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2022–23 | Tallahassee CC | 31–6 | 9–3 | T–1st | NJCAA Division III Final Four | ||||
| Tallahassee CC: | 52–16 (.765) | 15–9 (.625) | |||||||
| Total: | 152–45 (.772) | ||||||||
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