Lorenzo Romar
Romar celebrates Washington's 2011 Pac-10 Tournament championship.
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 13, 1958 Compton, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1978 | Cerritos CC |
| 1978–1980 | Washington |
| 1980–1983 | Golden State Warriors |
| 1983–1984 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1985 | Detroit Pistons |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1996 | UCLA (asst.) |
| 1996–1999 | Pepperdine |
| 1999–2002 | Saint Louis |
| 2002–2017 | Washington |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 391–283 (.580) |
| Tournaments | 8-7 (.533) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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As Head Coach: 2× Pac-10/12 regular season championship (2009, 2012) 3× Pac-10 Tournament championship (2005, 2010, 2011) C-USA Tournament championship (2000) As Assistant Coach: NCAA champion (1995) |
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| Awards | |
| 3× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2012) | |
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is a college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington from 2002 to 2017. Romar also played basketball for Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA.
Lorenzo Romar is married to Leona Romar, with whom he has three daughters—Terra, Tavia and Taylor. [1] In 2006, Lorenzo Romar and his wife Leona founded the Lorenzo Romar Foundation for the prevention of domestic violence and educational assistance for disadvantaged youth as well as other charitable causes. [2]
After the NBA, Romar played and coached for Athletes in Action. Romar was then hired as an assistant coach at UCLA under coach Jim Harrick from 1992 to 1996, and was credited with recruiting many of the players on the 1995 national championship team. Romar became the head coach at Pepperdine University and then at Saint Louis University before taking the job at Washington in 2002.
Romar is credited for turning around the sagging fortunes of the University of Washington basketball program and generating new enthusiasm for the program. In 2004, Washington qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. In 2005, Washington won the Pac-10 Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies made their way to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1998, but were ousted by Louisville. In 2006, Washington earned a third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive year.
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