Roy Danforth

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Roy Danforth was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1968 to 1976. During his tenure, he compiled a 148-70(.670) record. In his final four years as a coach, his teams went to the NCAA tournament. His 1974 team was the NCAA runner-up. He was credited to rebuilding the Syracuse program, and gave the Orange a terrific home-court advantage. He played college basketball at Southern Mississippi. He scored over 1,000 points, and was a 75% career free-throw shooter.

After coaching at Syracuse, he became the head coach at Tulane. He later became the school's athletic director.

Preceded by
Fred Lewis		 Syracuse Men's Basketball Head Coach
1968–1975		 Succeeded by
Jim Boeheim
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Syracuse Orangemen/Orange Head Basketball Coaches

Scott • Dollard • Andreas • Guley • Lewis • Danforth • Boeheim
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Tulane Green Wave Head Basketball Coaches

Hickey • Mason • Hanson • Sweetland • Shaughnessy • Moenck • Simons, Sr. • Bierman • Simons, Sr. • Rody • Dauber • Simons, Jr. • Haynes • Wells • Lenhardt • Pedersen • Longo • Moir • Danforth • Fowler • Clark • Finney • Dickerson

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