Biographical details | |
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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 | |
Overall | 7–63 (.100) |
Lance Irvin is an American college basketball coach, formerly head coach of the Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team. [1] [2]
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]
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]
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]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Chicago State (WAC)(2018–2021) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Chicago State | 3–29 | 0–16 | 9th | |||||
2019–20 | Chicago State | 4–25 | 0–14 | 9th | |||||
2020–21 | Chicago State | 0–9 [a 1] | 0–0 | N/A | |||||
Chicago State: | 7–63 (.100) | 0–30 (.000) | |||||||
Total: | 7–63 (.100) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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