Lance Irvin

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Lance Irvin
Biographical details
Born Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1988 Colorado State
1990–1991 Idaho
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992 Idaho (asst.)
1992–1997 DePaul (asst.)
1998–2001 Loyola-Chicago (asst.)
2001–2002 Iowa State (asst.)
2002–2003 Illinois State (asst.)
2003–2004 Texas A&M (asst.)
2005–2006 Missouri (asst.)
2006–2008 SMU (asst.)
2008–2012 Southern Illinois (asst.)
2012–2018 Morgan Park HS (asst.)
2018–2021 Chicago State
Head coaching record
Overall7–63 (.100)

Lance Irvin is an American college basketball coach, formerly head coach of the Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team. [1] [2]

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Playing career

Irvin played college basketball at Colorado State during the 1987–88 season before transferring to Idaho where he played under Larry Eustachy from 1990 to 1991. [3] [4]

Coaching career

Serving as a graduate assistant under Eustachy at Idaho, Irvin got his first coaching opportunity. He then returned home to his native Chicago as an assistant coach at DePaul from 1992 to 1997, followed by an assistant coaching stint at Loyola-Chicago from 1998 to 2001 before reuniting with Eustachy at Iowa State for one season. [5] In 2002, Irvin joined the coaching staff at Illinois State, and made subsequent stops at Texas A&M and Missouri under Melvin Watkins and Quin Snyder respectively. [6] [7] After Missouri, Irvin became an assistant coach at SMU from 2006 to 2008, and then an assistant at Southern Illinois from 2008 to 2012. [8] [9]

Irvin returned home to Chicago and assisted his brother Nick coaching the Morgan Park HS boys basketball team, while also serving as the school's dean of students. [10] [1]

On August 7, 2018, Irvin was named the 13th head men's basketball coach in Chicago State history, replacing Tracy Dildy. [1]

Personal life

Irvin is part of a prominent Chicago basketball family. His late father McGlother "Mac" Irvin is the founder of the Mac Irvin Fire AAU program. Brother Byron is a former NBA first round draft choice and three seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Bullets, while brothers Mac, Nick and sister Cynthia have all been involved in the Chicago basketball scene. [11] [12]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Chicago State (WAC)(2018–2021)
2018–19 Chicago State 3–290–169th
2019–20 Chicago State 4–250–149th
2020–21 Chicago State 0–9 [a 1] 0–0N/A
Chicago State:7–63 (.100)0–30 (.000)
Total:7–63 (.100)

      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

Notes

  1. Chicago State cancelled their season on December 23, 2020 due to concerns over the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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  7. "Lance Irvin Named to Mizzou Basketball Coaching Staff - University of Missouri". University of Missouri.
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  11. "Meet the Irvins, the South Side's basketball dynasty". 26 January 2016.
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