Lee Rose (basketball)

Lee Rose (born October 23, 1936) is an American basketball coach. He was a college basketball coach in the 1970s and 1980s, and an assistant coach in the NBA into the 2000s.

Collegiate career

Rose, a native of Irvine, Kentucky, is a 1958 alumnus of Transylvania University where he served as an assistant coach after graduation under C. M. Newton. He then took a similar position at the University of Cincinnati before returning to his alma mater as head coach and athletic director and recorded 160 wins in eight seasons.

In 1975 he became the head coach and athletic director at UNC Charlotte, where in three seasons he took the 49ers to one NIT championship game (1976) and to the NCAA Final Four (1977). In 1977 he was named The Sporting News National Coach of the Year, the Sun Belt Coach of the Year, and Charlotte's "Citizen of the Year". In three seasons Rose's record at Charlotte was 72–18 (.800).

Rose left Charlotte for Purdue University in 1978 and led them to the Final Four in 1980, and is one of only ten coaches in NCAA history to take two different schools to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.^[1] Rose left Purdue after two seasons after compiling a 50–18 record and finished his coaching career at the University of South Florida.

Later career

After retiring from the college ranks in 1986 Rose served as an assistant coach for four NBA teams: the San Antonio Spurs (1986–1988); the New Jersey Nets (1988–1989); the Milwaukee Bucks (1991–1992), and the Charlotte Hornets (1996–2001). He also served as the Bucks' vice president of player personnel in the mid-1990s.

Rose and his wife reside in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they attend nearly every Charlotte 49ers basketball game. On June 7, 2007, Rose was hired by the Charlotte Bobcats to be part of head coach Sam Vincent's staff. He has four grandchildren, Lee Rose; Kristi Rose; James Rose; and Alexzander Rose.

Division I Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Charlotte 49ers (Independent/Sun Belt Conference) (1975–1978)
1975–1976	Charlotte	24–6			NIT Runner-Up
1976–1977	Charlotte	28–5	5–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
1977–1978	Charlotte	20–7	9–1	1st
Charlotte:		72–18	14–2
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1978–1980)
1978–1979	Purdue	27–8	13–5	T–1st	NIT Runner-Up
1979–1980	Purdue	23–10	11–7	3rd	NCAA Final Four
Purdue:		50–18	24–12
South Florida Bulls (Sun Belt Conference) (1980–1986)
1980–1981	South Florida	18–11	7–5	4th	NIT
1981–1982	South Florida	17–11	4–6	4th
1982–1983	South Florida	22–10	8–6	4th	NIT
1983–1984	South Florida	17–11	9–5	T–2nd
1984–1985	South Florida	18–12	6–8	T–4th	NIT
1985–1986	South Florida	14–14	5–9	T–6th
South Florida:		106–69	39–39
Total:		228–105
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ http://www.coachleerose.com/history.htm

External links

Lee Rose's official website

Transylvania Pioneers men's basketball head coaches

Unknown or no team (1902–1930) L. T. Underwood (1930–1932) Unknown or no team (1932–1948) Harry Stephenson (1948–1951) C. M. Newton (1951–1953) Hugh Jones (1953–1955) C. M. Newton (1955–1964) Lee Rose (1964–1965) C. M. Newton (1965–1968) Lee Rose (1968–1975) Don Lane (1975–2001) Brian Lane (2001– )

Charlotte 49ers men's basketball head coaches

Harvey Murphy (1965–1970) Bill Foster (1970–1975) Lee Rose (1975–1978) Mike Pratt (1978–1982) Hal Wissel (1982–1985) Jeff Mullins (1985–1996) Melvin Watkins (1996–1998) Bobby Lutz (1998–2010) Alan Major (2010–2015) Ryan Odom # (2015) Mark Price (2015– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

F. Homer Curtis (1896–1897)
No team (1897–1899)
Alpha Jamison (1899–1901)
Charles Best (1901–1902)
C. I. Freeman (1902–1903)
No coach (1903–1904)
James Nufer (1904–1905)
C. B. Jamison (1905–1908)
E. J. Stewart (1908–1909)
Ralph Jones (1909–1912)
R. E. Vaughn (1912–1916)
Ward Lambert (1916–1917)
J. J. Maloney (1917–1918)
Ward Lambert (1918–1946)
Mel Taube (1946–1950)
Ray Eddy (1950–1965)
George King (1965–1972)
Fred Schaus (1972–1978)
Lee Rose (1978–1980)
Gene Keady (1980–2005)
Matt Painter (2005– )

South Florida Bulls men's basketball head coaches

Don Williams (1971–1974) Bill Gibson (1974–1975) Chip Conner (1975–1980) Lee Rose (1980–1986) Bobby Paschal (1986–1996) Seth Greenberg (1996–2003) Robert McCullum (2003–2007) Stan Heath (2007–2014) Orlando Antigua (2014-)