Sidney Lowe

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Sidney Lowe
Title	Head coach
College	NC State
Sport	Basketball
Team record	15-16
Born	January 21, 1960 (1960-01-21) (age 48)
Place of birth	Washington, D.C.
Career highlights
Overall	35-32
Playing career
1979–1983 1983–1984 1984 1985 1986-1988 1988-1989 1989 1989 1990	NC State Indiana Pacers Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks Tampa Bay Thrillers Albany Patroons Charlotte Hornets Rapid City Thrillers Minnesota Timberwolves
Position	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1993 1993–1994 1994–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–present	Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) Minnesota Timberwolves Cleveland Cavaliers (asst.) Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) Detroit Pistons (asst.) NC State

Sidney Lowe (born January 21, 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is a current college basketball head coach at North Carolina State University, former NBA basketball player and coach.

[edit] Biography

Lowe began his career at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He played collegiate ball at North Carolina State University. He was the point guard for the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA National Championship team that is heralded for its Cinderella run under legendary head coach Jim Valvano. Lowe was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 1st pick of the second round in the 1983 NBA Draft. He played a total of four seasons in the NBA, for five different teams. He is one of only four NC State coaches to coach in the ACC Championship in their first year.

After retiring from basketball in 1991, Lowe took a job as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Halfway through the 1992-93 season he took over as head coach of the struggling Timberwolves and remained in that position until the end of the 1993-94 season. From 1994 to 1999, Lowe served as an assistant coach to Mike Fratello with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lowe returned to the Timberwolves organization in 1999 for one season as assistant coach.

The 2000-01 NBA season became Lowe's second stint as a head coach when he assumed the role for the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was the fifth head coach in the team's short history and led them to a franchise-best record of 23-59 in his first season and again the following season in 2001-02, when the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis. Sidney Lowe resigned from his coaching duties early in the 2002-03 season after starting 0-8, leaving his head coaching record at 79 wins against 228 losses (.257 winning percentage). In 2003, he returned to Minnesota once again to take an assistant position under, then head coach, Flip Saunders. Lowe followed Saunders to the Detroit Pistons in 2005 and remained an assistant coach there through the 2006 season.

Lowe entered the NBA draft before completing his degree at NC State. In order to become eligible for employment as a NCAA head coach, he completed the final nine hours of his business administration degree online via St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia ^[1]. On May 6, 2006, Lowe was named the new head basketball coach of North Carolina State University, replacing Herb Sendek. Lowe and his wife Melonie live in Raleigh with their three children. One of Lowe's trademarks as a coach is a red blazer he wears to significant games in honor of his former NC State coach, Jim Valvano.

In his first season at the helm of the NC State program, Lowe became just the third Wolfpack coach, after Everett Case and Press Maravich, to win 20 games in his first season and to defeat the other three North Carolina institutions in the ACC (Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest) in his first year as head coach.

After two seasons as head coach of North Carolina State, Lowe has a record of 35-32 with a 9-23 record in ACC league play.

[edit] Basketball timeline

• 1979-83, played for NC State
• 1983, drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA draft
• 1983-84, played for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA
• 1984-85, played for the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks of the NBA
• 1985-87, played for the Tampa Bay Thrillers of the CBA
• 1987-88, played for the Albany Patroons of the CBA
• 1988-89, played for the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets of the CBA and the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA
• 1989-90, played for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA
• 1990-91, TV analyst for the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 1991-93, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Jan. 11, 1993, named head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Aug. 17, 1994, fired as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 1994-99, assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA
• June 1, 2000, named head coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies of the NBA
• Nov. 12, 2002, resigned as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies
• 2003-05, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 2005-06, assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons
• May 6, 2006, named head coach of NC State

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BasketballReference.com: Sidney Lowe (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Sidney Lowe (as player)
• SidneyLowe.com: Sidney Lowe