Roy Danforth

Roy Danforth was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1968 to 1976. During his tenure, he compiled a 148-71(.676) record. In his final four years as a coach, his teams went to the NCAA tournament, including an appearance in the Final Four in 1975. 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.

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Roy Danforth's profile

Syracuse Orangemen / Orange men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1903) John A. R. Scott (1903–1911) Edmund Dollard (1911–1924) Lew Andreas (1924–1950) Marc Guley (1950–1962) Fred Lewis (1962–1968) Roy Danforth (1968–1976) Jim Boeheim (1976– )

Tulane Green Wave men's basketball head coaches

Silas Hickey (1905–1906)
Coach unknown (1906–1911)
No team (1911–1912)
Appleton A. Mason (1912–1913)
Carl Hanson (1913–1914)
Edwin Sweetland (1914–1915)
Clark Shaughnessy (1915–1918)
M. A. Moenck (1918–1920)
Claude Simons, Sr. (1920–1928)
Bernie Bierman (1928–1930)
Claude Simons, Sr. (1930–1931)
George E. Rody (1931–1933)
Ray G. Dauber (1933–1938)
Claude Simons, Jr. (1938–1942)
Vernon Haynes (1942–1945)
Clifford Wells (1945–1963)
Ted Lenhardt (1963–1964)
Ralph Pedersen (1964–1971)
Dick Longo (1971–1973)
Charles Moir (1973–1976)
Roy Danforth (1976–1981)
Ned Fowler (1981–1985)
No team (1985–1989)
Perry Clark (1989–2000)
Shawn Finney (2000–2005)
Dave Dickerson (2005–2010)
Ed Conroy (2010– )

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