Lee Rose (basketball)
American basketball coach (1936–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lee Hyden Rose[1] (October 23, 1936 – April 5, 2022) was an American basketball coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head men's basketball at Transylvania University, in an interim capacity in 1964–65 and on a permanent basis from 1968 to 1975; the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1975 to 1978; Purdue University from 1978 to 1980; and the University of South Florida from 1980 to 1986, compiling a career college basketball coach record in 388–162. Rose twice coached teams to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament, with Charlotte 49ers in 1977 and the Purdue Boilermakers in 1980. After leaving the college ranks, Rose was an assistant coach with several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1986 and 2008.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1936-10-23)October 23, 1936 Irvine, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | April 5, 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 85) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
?–1958 | Transylvania |
Baseball | |
?–1958 | Transylvania |
Position(s) | Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1959–1964 | Transylvania (assistant) |
1964–1965 | Transylvania (interim HC) |
1965–1968 | Cincinnati (freshmen) |
1968–1975 | Transylvania |
1975–1978 | Charlotte |
1978–1980 | Purdue |
1980–1986 | South Florida |
1986–1988 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) |
1988–1989 | New Jersey Nets (assistant) |
1991–1992 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
1996–2001 | Charlotte Hornets (assistant) |
2007–2008 | Charlotte Bobcats (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1960–1964 | Transylvania |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1968–1975 | Transylvania |
1975–1978 | Charlotte |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 388–162 (basketball) |
Tournaments | 8–3 (NCAA Division I) 9–5 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball 2 NCAA Division I Regional—Final Four (1977, 1980) 2 Sun Belt regular season (1977, 1978) Sun Belt tournament (1977) Big Ten regular season (1979) | |