| Lorenzo Romar | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Washington |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 13, 1958 |
| Place of birth | South Gate, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1983 1983–1984 1985 |
Cerritos CC Washington Golden State Warriors Milwaukee Bucks Detroit Pistons |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1996 1996–1999 1999–2002 2002–present |
UCLA (asst.) Pepperdine Saint Louis Washington |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (1995, Asst. Coach, UCLA) Pac-10 Regular Season Championship (2009) Pac-10 Tournament Championship (2005, 2010, 2011) C-USA Tournament Championship (2000) |
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| Awards | |
| Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2005, 2009) | |
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.[1]
On March 9, 2009, the Pac 10 conference announced that Lorenzo Romar was named coach of the year, for leading the Huskies to their first outright conference title since 1953.
Lorenzo Romar is married to Leona Romar, with whom he has three daughters—Terra, Tavia and Taylor. [2]. 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. [3] Romar identifies as a Christian.[2]
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| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 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) (2002–2011) | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Washington | 10–17 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Washington | 19–12 | 12–6 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Washington | 29–6 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2005-2006 | Washington | 26–7 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Washington | 19–13 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2007–2008 | Washington | 16–17 | 7–11 | 8th | CBI 1st Round | ||||
| 2008–2009 | Washington | 26–9 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2009–2010 | Washington | 26–10 | 11–7 | 3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2010–2011 | Washington | 24–11 | 11–7 | 3rd | NCAA 3rd Round | ||||
| Washington (Pacific-12 Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Washington | 5–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Washington: | 200–106 | 95–67 | |||||||
| Total: | 293–194 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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1. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FocusOnTheFamilyDailyBroadcast/~3/dnPdyF5PmG0/ffd_20110314.mp3
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