Lorenzo Romar

Lorenzo Romar

File:Lorenzo Romar in 2011.jpg Romar celebrates Washington's 2011 Pac-10 Tournament championship.
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Washington
Conference	Pac-12
Record	264–155 (.630)
Biographical details
Born	(1958-11-13) November 13, 1958 South Gate, California
Playing career
1976–1978	Cerritos CC
1978–1980	Washington
1980–1983	Golden State Warriors
1983–1984	Milwaukee Bucks
1985	Detroit Pistons
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1996	UCLA (asst.)
1996–1999	Pepperdine
1999–2002	Saint Louis
2002–present	Washington
Head coaching record
Overall	357–242 (.596)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (1995, Asst. Coach, UCLA) Pac-10/12 Regular Season Championship (2009, 2012) Pac-10 Tournament Championship (2005, 2010, 2011) C-USA Tournament Championship (2000)
Awards
Pac-10/12 Coach of the Year (2005, 2009, 2012)

Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington. Romar also played basketball for the University of Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA.

After the NBA, Romar played and coached for Athletes in Action. Romar was then hired as an assistant coach at UCLA under coach Jim Harrick from 1992 to 1996, and was credited with recruiting many of the players on the 1995 national championship team. Romar became the head coach at Pepperdine University and then at Saint Louis University before taking the job at the University of Washington in 2002.

Romar is credited for turning around the sagging fortunes of the University of Washington basketball program and generating new enthusiasm for the program. In 2004, Washington qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. In 2005, Washington won the Pac-10 Tournament and earned a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies made their way to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1998 but were ousted by Louisville 93-79. In 2006, Washington earned a second consecutive appearance to the Sweet Sixteen before losing in overtime to Connecticut 98-92.

Romar is known by his fellow coaches as one of the top basketball recruiters in the country. Additionally, he is respected as a genuine and optimistic person and was once voted "the opposing coach players would most like to play for" in a Pac-10 poll. In March 2006, Romar was given the prestigious Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" award for outstanding character.

On March 9, 2009, the Pac 10 conference announced that Lorenzo Romar was named coach of the year, for leading the Huskies to their first outright conference title since 1953.

Lorenzo Romar is married to Leona Romar, with whom he has three daughters—Terra, Tavia and Taylor. [1]. In 2006, Lorenzo Romar and his wife Leona founded the Lorenzo Romar Foundation for the prevention of domestic violence and educational assistance for disadvantaged youth as well as other charitable causes. [2]

NBA players coached

St. Louis

Draft Year	Player Name	Round	Pick	Team
2001	Maurice Jeffers	2nd Round	55th Overall	Sacramento Kings (never signed a contract)

Washington

Draft Year	Player Name	Round	Pick	Team
2005	Nate Robinson	1st Round	21st Overall	Phoenix Suns (traded to New York)
2005	Will Conroy	N/A	N/A	Undrafted (signed with Memphis in 2007)
2006	Brandon Roy	1st Round	6th Overall	Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Portland)
2006	Bobby Jones	2nd Round	37th Overall	Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Philadelphia)
2007	Spencer Hawes	1st Round	10th Overall	Sacramento Kings
2009	Jon Brockman	2nd Round	38th Overall	Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Sacramento)
2009	Justin Dentmon	N/A	N/A	Undrafted (signed with San Antonio in 2012)
2010	Quincy Pondexter	1st Round	26th Overall	Oklahoma City Thunder (traded to New Orleans)
2011	Isaiah Thomas	2nd Round	60th Overall	Sacramento Kings
2011	Justin Holiday	N/A	N/A	Undrafted (signed with Philadelphia in 2013)
2012	Terrence Ross	1st Round	8th Overall	Toronto Raptors
2012	Tony Wroten	1st Round	25th Overall	Memphis Grizzlies
2014	C.J. Wilcox	1st Round	28th Overall	Los Angeles Clippers

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Pepperdine (West Coast Conference) (1996–1999)
1996–97	Pepperdine	6–21	4–10	T–6th
1997–98	Pepperdine	17–10	9–5	2nd
1998–99	Pepperdine	19–13	9–5	T–2nd	NIT First Round
Pepperdine:		42–44	22–20
Saint Louis (Conference USA) (1999–2002)
1999–00	Saint Louis	19–14	7–9	T–7th	NCAA First Round
2000–01	Saint Louis	17–14	8–8	7th
2001–02	Saint Louis	15–16	9–7	5th
Saint Louis:		51–44	24–24
Washington (Pac-10/12 Conference) (2002–present)
2002–03	Washington	10–17	5–13	9th
2003–04	Washington	19–12	12–6	2nd	NCAA First Round
2004–05	Washington	29–6	14–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2005–06	Washington	26–7	13–5	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2006–07	Washington	19–13	8–10	7th
2007–08	Washington	16–17	7–11	8th	CBI First Round
2008–09	Washington	26–9	14–4	1st	NCAA Second Round
2009–10	Washington	26–10	11–7	3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2010–11	Washington	24–11	11–7	3rd	NCAA Third Round
2011–12	Washington	24–11	14–4	1st	NIT Semifinals
2012–13	Washington	18–16	9–9	T–6th	NIT First Round
2013–14	Washington	17–15	9–9	T–8th
2014–15	Washington	16–15	5–13	11th
2015–16	Washington	11–4	3–0	1st
Washington:		281–163 (.633)	135–102 (.570)
Total:		374–251 (.598)
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

External links

• Lorenzo Romar Foundation