What’s your team’s coach eating?

Newly named UNLV men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner shared his love of rice in an interview with sports talk show host Damon Amendolara.

The Rebels coach told a story that while he was at ESPN, he had six plates of white rice in one day. He also described that he will ask for rice as a side when eating out at a restaurant.

“I’m a rice guy through and through,” he said. “I’ll mix anything with rice.”

So, that got us here at Mid-Major Madness wondering … what foods coaches around the country simply cannot live without?

Here’s what they told us:

Carla Berube – Princeton Women’s Basketball Head Coach

My morning protein smoothie! Sets me up for success for the day and tastes so good!

Ginny Boggess – Toledo Women’s Basketball Head Coach

I can’t live without pizza. I prefer salty over sweet!

Flynn Clayman – High Point Men’s Basketball Head Coach

I love Kettle Corn. Crunchy. Sweet. Salty. Checks all boxes.

Nathan Davis – New Hampshire Men’s Basketball Head Coach

If you count coffee as food that would be it. Otherwise, I would go with steak-medium rare for the flavor and texture.

Eric Duft – Weber State Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Steak. Grew up raising steers in 4-H, and my wife’s parents have a lot of cattle. We have access to great beef.

Julie Goodenough – Abilene Christian Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Chips and guac.

Erika Lang-Montgomery – Longwood Women’s Basketball Head Coach

I love good BBQ brisket, pulled pork and the fixin’s! I think the sides are important. Sweet baked beans and different BBQ sauces to try. I also love cupcakes!

Shantay Legans – Portland Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Teppanyaki fried rice (from a place like Benihana’s or something similar). I don’t know what it is, but I could eat that all day!!

Tracy Mason – Southern Utah Women’s Basketball Head Coach

I love chips and salsa! Definitely my favorite food because it’s easy and so good!

Samantha Quigley Smith – SIUE Women’s Basketball Head Coach

PIZZA!!!!!!! All kinds, any time any day, Chicagoland through and through. So many good ones.

Kyle Rechilcz – Milwaukee Women’s Basketball Head Coach

My favorite food would have to be Chipotle. Favorite snack (if you are looking for something else) is apples with PB2 and chocolate chips.

Tammi Reiss – Rhode Island Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Wings, man!!! Any type of wing!!!

Chanda Rigby – Troy Women’s Basketball Head Coach

CRAWFISH! I’m from Louisiana and cannot live without boiled crawfish.

Rob Senderoff – Kent State Men’s Basketball Head Coach

My favorite food is rigatoni ala vodka with chicken or sausage. Food I can’t live without is Special K cereal. I have that every morning.

Jeremy Shulman – UT Martin Men’s Basketball Head Coach

I’m actually plant based (don’t eat meat) so that makes me unique!! And I absolutely LOOOVE Indian Food!!

Pat Skerry – Towson Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Pizza… unfortunately.

Andrew Toole – Robert Morris Men’s Basketball Head Coach

French fries are probably my nemesis, and I do love a great steak, but favorite food would be a pork roll egg and cheese breakfast sandwich! People not from Jersey don’t really know what that is, but it is incredible!