Lorenzo Romar

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Lorenzo Romar

Title Head coach
College Washington
Sport Basketball
Born November 13, 1958 (1958-11-13) (age 49)
Place of birth South Gate, California, U.S.
Career highlights
Championships
Pac-10 Tournament Championship (2005)
C-USA Tournament Championship (2000)
Awards
Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2005)
Playing career
1976–1978
1978–1980		 Cerritos CC
Washington
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1996
1996–1999
1999–2002
2002–present		 UCLA (asst.)
Pepperdine
Saint Louis
Washington

Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958 in South Gate, California, United States) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington. Romar also played basketball for the University of Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA.

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 then became head coach at Pepperdine University and then at Saint Louis University before taking the job at the University of 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 earned a #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 93-79. In 2006, Washington earned a second consecutive appearance to the Sweet Sixteen before losing in overtime to Connecticut 98-92.

Romar is known by his fellow coaches as one of the top basketball recruiters in the country. Additionally, he is respected as a genuine and optimistic person and was once voted "the opposing coach players would most like to play for" in a Pac-10 poll. [1] In March 2006, Romar was given the prestigious Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" award for outstanding character.[2]

[edit] Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Pepperdine (West Coast Conference) (1996 — 1999)
1996-1997 Pepperdine 6-21 4-10 T-6th
1997-1998 Pepperdine 17-10 9-5 2nd
1998-1999 Pepperdine 19-13 9-5 T-2nd NIT 1st round
Pepperdine: 42-44 22-20
Saint Louis (Conference USA) (1999 — 2002)
1999-2000 Saint Louis 19-14 7-9 T-7th NCAA 1st Round
2000-2001 Saint Louis 17-14 8-8 7th
2001-2002 Saint Louis 15-16 9-7 5th
Saint Louis: 51-44 24-24
Washington (Pacific-10 Conference) (2002 — present)
2002-2003 Washington 10-17 5-13 9th
2003-2004 Washington 19-12 12-6 2nd NCAA First Round
2004-2005 Washington 29-6 14-4 2nd NCAA Sweet 16
2005-2006 Washington 26-7 13-5 2nd NCAA Sweet 16
2006-2007 Washington 19-13 8-10 7th
2007-2008 Washington 16-17 7-11 8th CBI First Round
Washington: 119-72 59-49
Total: 212-160

      National Champion         Conference Champion         Conference Tournament Champion


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