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Men's Basketball
Tennessee State's Cy Alexander and Washington's Lorenzo Romar Named To NABC Board Of Directors
May 23, 2007
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KANSAS CITY, MO. (May 23, 2007) - Tennessee State University's Cy Alexander and Lorenzo Romar of the University of Washington have been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Alexander and Romar fill positions on the board previously held by outgoing president Oliver Purnell of Clemson University and Dick Davey of Santa Clara University. Alexander is in his fifth year as head coach at Tennessee State after 16 seasons at South Carolina State. His teams have an overall 20-year record of 323-270.
Alexander, who has a B.S. degree from Catawba College and a M.S. degree from Howard University, turned the South Carolina State program around after taking over in 1987. He led the Bulldogs to five Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament titles and his team finished in the top two in the conference in every season except 1991. The Tigers also earned five berths in the NCAA tournament. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native was named MEAC Coach of the Year three times. Alexander is a member of the Black Coaches Association, and serves on the NABC Recruiting Committee and on the NCAA Basketball Tournament East Regional Advisory Committee. In just five years, Romar has earned three straight NCAA Tournaments berths for just the second time in Washington history and advanced to consecutive Sweet Sixteens for the first time. He already ranks fifth among all-time UW coaches with 103 victories. Romar was honored at the 2006 Final Four as the winner of the John Wooden "Keys to Life" Award, following a season in which he directed the Huskies to a 26-7 record. UW won two NCAA tournament games before an overtime setback against top-seed Connecticut. He guided the Huskies to a 29-6 record in 2005, tying the 1938 squad for the highest win total in school history. After receiving their first ever No. 1 seed, the Huskies posted two NCAA Tournament victories to advance to the Sweet 16. Romar was named the 2005 Pac-10 Coach of the Year and the Black Coaches Association National Coach of the Year. Romar directed a spectacular turnaround during his second season. UW posted a 19-12 record in 2004 and participated in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999. Romar coached the Huskies to their first second-place regular-season finish since 1986 and their first Pac-10 Tournament championship game appearance since 1987.
A point guard for the Huskies' 1978-79 and 1979-80 teams, he is the 18th head coach in UW's 105-year history and the first African-American to lead the program. In his 11th season overall, Romar has compiled a 196-143 record as a head coach, including a 103-55 mark in five years at Washington. In three years at Saint Louis from 1999-2002, he compiled a 51-44 (.537) mark. He led Pepperdine to a three-year record of 42-44 (.488) from 1996-99, including a pair of second-place finishes in the West Coast Conference and an NIT invitation in 1999. As an assistant coach, he helped guide UCLA to an 89-78 triumph over Arkansas in the Kingdome to win the 1995 national championship. Romar built a reputation as one of the nation's top recruiters while an assistant at UCLA (1992-1996) and was credited with recruiting much of the talent that formed the core of the Bruins' title team. Romar earned his associate degree from Cerritos (Calif.) Community College in 1978 before studying at Washington from 1978-80. He completed his degree at Cincinnati, receiving his bachelor's in criminal justice in 1992. After starting two seasons at UW for legendary coach Marv Harshman, Romar was selected in the seventh round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. His five-year NBA career had stints at Golden State (1981-84), Milwaukee (1984) and Detroit (1984-85). About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
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