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{{short description|American basketball coach (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Rodney Tention
| image = Rodney Tention in 2010.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Tention as assistant coach for Stanford in 2010.
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team =  [[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California)|Saint Francis HS (Mountain View, CA)]]
| current_conference =
| current_record = 
| contract = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|27}}
| birth_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1983–1984
| player_team1 = [[Air Force Falcons men's basketball|Air Force]]
| player_years2 = 1984–1985
| player_team2 = [[Grossmont Community College|Grossmont CC]]
| player_years3 = 1986–1988
| player_team3 = [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|San Francisco]]
| player_positions = [[Point guard]]
| coach_years1 = 1988–1989
| coach_team1 = [[Skyline College|Skyline CC]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1989–1991
| coach_team2 = [[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|South Florida]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1991–1994
| coach_team3 = [[Notre Dame de Namur Argonauts|College of Notre Dame]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1994–1997
| coach_team4 = College of Notre Dame
| coach_years5 = 1997–2005
| coach_team5 = [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2005–2008
| coach_team6 = [[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|Loyola Marymount]]
| coach_years7 = 2008–2011
| coach_team7 = [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|Stanford]] (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 2011–2015
| coach_team8 = [[San Diego Toreros men's basketball|San Diego]] (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 2015–2017
| coach_team9 = [[San Jose State Spartans men's basketball|San Jose State]] (assistant)
| coach_years10 = 2018–2019
| coach_team10 = [[Palo Alto High School|Palo Alto HS]]
| coach_years11 = 2019–2021 
| coach_team11 = [[Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball|Cal Poly]] (assistant)
| coach_team12 = Palo Alto HS (assistant)
| coach_years12 = 2021–2023
| coach_team13 = [[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California)|Saint Francis HS (Mountain View, CA)]]
| coach_years13= 2023–present
| overall_record = 48–123 ({{winpct|48|123}})
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Rodney Ellis Tention''' (born May 27, 1963) is an American basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach at [[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California)|Saint Francis High School]] in [[Mountain View, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/03/high-school-basketball-st-francis-names-rodney-tention-as-its-new-coach/|title=High school basketball: St. Francis names Rodney Tention as its new coach|last=Sabedra|first=Darren|website=The Mercury News|date=May 4, 2023|access-date=December 4, 2024}}</ref>

Tention was formerly the head men's basketball coach at the [[Notre Dame de Namur Argonauts|College of Notre Dame]] and [[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|Loyola Marymount University]]. He then served an assistant at [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|Stanford University]] under head coach [[Johnny Dawkins]] for three years, at [[San Diego Toreros men's basketball|San Diego]] under [[Bill Grier]] for five, and at [[San Jose State Spartans men's basketball|San Jose State]] under [[Dave Wojcik]] for two. Following Wojcik's resignation, Tention became interim head coach of San Jose State on July 11, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Basketball Head Coach Dave Wojcik Resigns|url=http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/071017aaa.html|publisher=San José State University Athletics|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> He held this position while the school performed its search, eventually hiring [[Jean Prioleau]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean Prioleau named San Jose State University men's basketball head coach |url=http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/080417aaa.html |access-date=August 4, 2017|work=[[San Jose State Spartans]]|date=August 4, 2017}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start|
|conference=
|postseason=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=[[Notre Dame de Namur Argonauts|College of Notre Dame Argonauts]]<ref>[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/loyo/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2006-MBB-SectionA-Media-Guide.pdf 2005-06 Loyola Marymount media guide], p. 41.</ref>
|startyear=1994
|conference=[[Northern California Athletic Conference]]
|endyear=1997
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1994–95
 | name         = College of Notre Dame
 | overall      = 8–18
 | conference   = 6–8
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1995–96
 | name         = College of Notre Dame
 | overall      = 4–22
 | conference   = 1–13
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1996–97
 | name         = College of Notre Dame
 | overall      = 6–20
 | conference   = 2–12
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = College of Notre Dame
| overall    = 18–60 ({{winpct|18|60}})
| confrecord = 9–33 ({{winpct|9|33}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=[[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|Loyola Marymount Lions]]
|startyear=2005
|conference=[[West Coast Conference]]
|endyear=2008
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2005–06]]
 | name         = Loyola Marymount
 | overall      = 12–18
 | conference   = 8–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2006–07]]
 | name         = Loyola Marymount
 | overall      = 13–19
 | conference   = 5–9
 | confstanding = 6th
 | postseason   =  
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2007–08]]
 | name         = Loyola Marymount
 | overall      = 5–26
 | conference   = 2–12
 | confstanding = 8th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name       = Loyola Marymount
| overall    = 30–63 ({{winpct|30|63}})
| confrecord = 15–27 ({{winpct|15|27}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall   = 48–123 ({{Winning percentage|48|123}})
}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.usdtoreros.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tention_rodney00.html San Diego bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118002452/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tention_rodney00.html Stanford bio]
*[http://www.lmulions.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tention_rodney00.html Loyola Marymount bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040211084232/http://arizonaathletics.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tention_rodney00.html Arizona bio]

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