Raru Archer is in his third season at Long Beach State, hired as an assistant coach for the Beach in June 2023.
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\nArcher brings 15 years of coaching experience to Long Beach State as he comes to the Beach after spending four years at Sam Houston State as an assistant coach. At SHSU, Archer coached 2022 All-WAC First Team selection Faith Cook and 2023 All-WAC Second Team selection and 2022 All-WAC Defensive Team selection Maddie Batista. Under his tutelage, the Bearkats won a program-record nine-straight games and finished the 2019-20 season with the most wins in school history (14). He also mentored 2021 Southland Player of the Year Amber Leggett before the Kats\u2019 move to the WAC.
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\nPrior to his time at Sam Houston State, Archer worked for Texas Grassroots Basketball. He went on to serve as the men\u2019s basketball assistant coach at Ranger College where he helped the squad to a NJCAA Region V Runner-up finish.
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\nArcher also gained experience coaching on the men\u2019s side at Norfolk State where he worked primarily with the guards. At NSU, he coached Pendarvis Williams and Malcolm Hawkins to All-MEAC Second Team accolades.
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\nAs the head men\u2019s basketball coach at Lackawanna College, Archer\u2019s squad won the 2012 NJCAA Region XIX Championship. While at Lackawanna, Archer led his team to three-straight regular season titles and was named 2012 NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year.
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\nA native of Trinity, Texas, Archer was an All-State selection at Trinity High School before graduating with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree and Master\u2019s Degree in human performance from Texas Southern in 2004 and 2007 respectively.<\/p>\n
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