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American basketball player-coach

Lynn Nance
Born (1942-09-03) September 3, 1942 (age 80)
Granby, Missouri, U.S.
1961–1963 Southwest Baptist
1963–1965 Washington
1966–1967 Versailles (MO)
1967–1968 Washington (JV)
1968–1970 Washington (asst.)
1974–1976 Kentucky (asst.)
1976–1980 Iowa State
1980–1985 Central Missouri State
1985–1986 Fresno State (asst.)
1986–1989 Saint Mary’s
1989–1993 Washington
1996–1999 Southwest Baptist
2010–2011 LSU (asst.)
Overall 302–224 (.574)
NCAA Division II national (1984)
WCC regular season (1989)
As player:
2× Junior College All-American (1962, 1963)
As coach:
Division II Coach of the Year (1984)
WCC Coach of the Year (1989)

Lynn Sanford Nance (born September 3, 1942) is an American former college basketball coach. He also served as head coach at Iowa State, Central Missouri State, Saint Mary’s, Washington, and Southwest Baptist.

Early life and education[edit]

Nance was born in Granby, Missouri, where he graduated from Granby High School.[1]

At Southwest Baptist Junior College (now University), Nance was a junior college All-American player before transferring to the University of Washington, where he became an honorable mention all-American.[2] Nance went on to be selected in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks.[3] Unfortunately, a knee injury ended his professional career before he ever played a game for St. Louis.[2]

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Coaching career[edit]

Nance began his coaching career as head basketball coach at Versailles High School in Versailles, Missouri.[4] He was freshman team coach at Washington in 1967–68. From 1968 to 1970, Nance was assistant varsity coach at Washington under Tex Winter before leaving to join the FBI.[2]

In 1974, Nance returned to coaching basketball, as an assistant on Joe B. Hall’s staff at Kentucky for two seasons.[2]

From 1976 to 1980, Nance was head coach at Iowa State, during which Nance went 41–59.[5] Following an 8–10 start to the season, Nance resigned from Iowa State on January 29, 1980. Iowa State reached a settlement to buy out the remaining two years on his contract, worth around $36,000.[6]

Nance’s next job was at Central Missouri State (now Central Missouri), an Division II where he was head coach from 1980 to 1985.[5] Nance led Central Missouri State to a 29–3 record and national championship in the 1983–84 season.[2]

Returning to the Division I level, Nance was an assistant coach at Fresno State in 1985–86.[2] Nance again worked as a head coach from 1986 to 1989 at Saint Mary’s College, going 61–27 with a school record 25 wins, West Coast Athletic Conference title, and NCAA tournament appearance in 1988–89.[2][7]

Nance’s final two head coaching jobs were at schools where he played college basketball. From 1989 to 1993, Nance was head coach at Washington, going 50–62.[5] From 1996 to 1999, Nance was head coach at Southwest Baptist, going 36–42.[5]

In 2010, Nance returned to coaching to serve as an assistant under Trent Johnson at LSU.[2]

Outside of coaching[edit]

Aside from his career as a coach, Nance also served as a special agent for the FBI from 1970 to 1973.[2] From 1973 to 1974, Nance was an investigator for the NCAA.[8] Nance drew upon his experience as an FBI agent to write a novel titled Bridger: Deadly Peril.[2]

In 1989, Nance spoke negatively about his former job as an NCAA investigator and said that NCAA rules “don’t take into consideration that some players’ parents don’t have money.”[8]

Head coaching record[edit]

(*) ISU finished the season 7–20, but was later awarded a win vacated by Oklahoma State.
(**) Indicates record/standing at time of resignation from Iowa State.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sherwin, Bob (December 13, 1992). “Lynn Nance’s Pivotal Year”. The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j “Lynn Nance Bio”. lsusports.net. Louisiana State University. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ^ “1965 NBA Draft – Basketball-Reference.com”. Basketball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ “1967.PDF”.
  5. ^ a b c d “NCAA Statistics”.
  6. ^ “Nance settles with ISU for $36,300”. The Des Moines Register. January 30, 1980. p. 19. Retrieved September 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ “1988-89 Saint Mary’s Gaels Schedule and Results”.
  8. ^ a b Norwood, Robyn (January 28, 1989). “To Know Rules Is Not to Love Them”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h 2008-09 Men’s Basketball Record Book (PDF). Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. 2008. pp. 14–16. Retrieved September 5, 2020.


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