Lynn Nance
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Granby, Missouri, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 3, 1942 Granby, Missouri, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1961–1963 | Southwest Baptist |
| 1963–1965 | Washington |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1966–1967 | Versailles (MO) |
| 1967–1968 | Washington (JV) |
| 1968–1970 | Washington (asst.) |
| 1974–1976 | Kentucky (asst.) |
| 1976–1980 | Iowa State |
| 1980–1985 | Central Missouri State |
| 1985–1986 | Fresno State (asst.) |
| 1986–1989 | Saint Mary's |
| 1989–1993 | Washington |
| 1996–1999 | Southwest Baptist |
| 2010–2011 | LSU (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 302–224 (.574) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division II national (1984) WCC regular season (1989) | |
| Awards | |
| As player: 2× Junior College All-American (1962, 1963) As coach: Division II Coach of the Year (1984) WCC Coach of the Year (1989) | |
Lynn Sanford Nance (born September 3, 1942) is an American former college basketball coach. He also served as head coach at Iowa State, Central Missouri State, Saint Mary's, Washington, and Southwest Baptist.
Nance was born in Granby, Missouri, where he graduated from Granby High School in 1960. A 6-foot-5 center, he averaged 26 points and 21 rebounds a game as a senior. [1]
At Southwest Baptist Junior College (now University), Nance was a junior college All-American player before transferring to the University of Washington, where he became an honorable mention all-American.[2] Nance went on to be selected in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks.[3] Unfortunately, a knee injury ended his professional career before he ever played a game for St. Louis.[2]
Coaching career
Nance began his coaching career as head basketball coach at Versailles High School in Versailles, Missouri.[4] He was freshman team coach at Washington in 1967–68. From 1968 to 1970, Nance was assistant varsity coach at Washington under Tex Winter before leaving to join the FBI.[2]
In 1974, Nance returned to coaching basketball as an assistant on Joe B. Hall's staff at Kentucky for two seasons.[2]
From 1976 to 1980, Nance was head coach at Iowa State, during which Nance went 41–59.[5] Following an 8–10 start to the season, Nance resigned from Iowa State on January 29, 1980. Iowa State settled to buy out the remaining two years on his contract, worth around $36,000.[6]
Nance's next job was at Central Missouri State (now Central Missouri), an Division II, where he was head coach from 1980 to 1985.[5] Nance led Central Missouri State to a 29–3 record and national championship in the 1983–84 season.[2]
Returning to the Division I level, Nance was an assistant coach at Fresno State in 1985–86.[2] Nance again worked as a head coach from 1986 to 1989 at Saint Mary's College, going 61–27 with a school record 25 wins, West Coast Athletic Conference title, and NCAA tournament appearance in 1988–89.[2][7]
Nance's final two head coaching jobs were at schools where he played college basketball. From 1989 to 1993, Nance was head coach at Washington, going 50–62.[5] From 1996 to 1999, Nance was head coach at Southwest Baptist, going 36–42.[5]
In 2010, Nance returned to coaching to serve as an assistant under Trent Johnson at LSU.[2]