Pete began his coaching career at Chico State in 1970.  This came after five years at College of the Redwoods and six years in Campbell High School District.  He earned his BA at Humboldt State, MA at San Jose State and a doctorate at the University of Sarasota.

As head basketball coach for 17 years, he led Chico State to five conference titles and was himself named the NCAC Coach of the Year four times.  He twice took his teams to the NCAA Division II regional playoffs and was twice ranked nationally.  His teams ranked in the top 30 of all-time coaching victories in Division II, NCAA history.

He sent over 30 players to Australia where they were able to compete in post-collegiate basketball.  He took two teams on 20 game tours to Australia and New Zealand.  Pete has put on coaching clinics all over the world including one for the Olympic Federation of Cyprus where he was honored as the National Coach of Cyprus and continues to put on clinics for coaches with Reebok.

Other coaching duties include being the head basketball coach for the National Basketball League team in Victoria, Australia and the Sacramento Kings Summer League where he compiled an 11 wins 3 losses record.

He has taught Sports Psychology since 1991, written more than 30 professional articles for coaching journals and has dedicated his time and experience to such programs as Serious Habitual Offenders, Learning Alternatives Resource Network, At-Risk Youth Conference, the School Violence Committee for California, and Commission on Teacher Credentialing.  In addition, he has made numerous presentations encompassing the above to service clubs.

Pete takes pride in having seen over 93% of his players graduate from college and continues to work on those that have not.