Sidney Lowe

Sidney Lowe
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	January 21, 1960 (1960-01-21)
Place of birth	Washington, D.C., USA
Playing career
1979–1983 1983–1984 1984 1985 1986–1988 1988–1989 1989 1989 1990	NC State Indiana Pacers Detroit Pistons Atlanta Hawks Tampa Bay Thrillers Albany Patroons Charlotte Hornets Rapid City Thrillers Minnesota Timberwolves
Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1993 1993–1994 1994–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2011 2011-present	Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) Minnesota Timberwolves Cleveland Cavaliers (asst.) Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) Detroit Pistons (asst.) NC State Utah Jazz (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	86–78 (college) 79–228 (NBA)

Sidney Rochell Lowe (born January 21, 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is an American basketball coach and is currently an assistant coach with the Utah Jazz. He is a former NBA player and head coach, and has served as the head coach at North Carolina State University,.

Biography

Lowe began his career at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He played collegiate basketball at North Carolina State University. He was the point guard for the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA National Championship team that was heralded for its Cinderella run under legendary head coach Jim Valvano. Lowe was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 1st pick of the second round in the 1983 NBA Draft. He played a total of four seasons in the NBA, for five different teams.

After retiring from basketball in 1991, Lowe took a job as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Halfway through the 1992–93 season he took over as head coach of the struggling Timberwolves and remained in that position until the end of the 1993–94 season. From 1994 to 1999, Lowe served as an assistant coach to Mike Fratello with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lowe returned to the Timberwolves organization in 1999 for one season as assistant coach.

The 2000–01 NBA season became Lowe's second stint as a head coach when he assumed the role for the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was the fifth head coach in the team's short history and led them to a franchise-best record of 23–59 in his first season and again the following season in 2001-02, when the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis. Sidney Lowe resigned from his coaching duties early in the 2002-03 season after starting 0–8, leaving his head coaching record at 79 wins against 228 losses (.257 winning percentage). In 2003, he returned to Minnesota once again to take an assistant position under then head coach Flip Saunders. Lowe followed Saunders to the Detroit Pistons in 2005 and remained an assistant coach there through the 2006 season.

To become eligible for employment as a NCAA head coach, he completed the final nine hours of his business administration degree online via St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. On May 6, 2006, Lowe was named the new head basketball coach of North Carolina State University, replacing Herb Sendek. One of Lowe's trademarks as a coach was a red blazer he wore to significant games in honor of his former NC State coach, Jim Valvano.

In his first season at the helm of the NC State program, Lowe became just the third Wolfpack coach, after Everett Case and Press Maravich, to win 20 games and defeat the other three North Carolina institutions in the ACC (Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest). He is one of only four NC State coaches to have coached in the ACC Championship game in their first year.

In spite of the early success, Lowe failed to lead NC State to the NCAA tournament, and his teams only made two appearances in the NIT. He had an overall winning record (86–78) after five years but only a 25–55 conference record. Lowe resigned as head coach of NC State, accepting a buyout of the last two years of his contract, on March 15, 2011.

Basketball timeline

• 1979-83, played for NC State
• 1983, drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA draft
• 1983-84, played for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA
• 1984-85, played for the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks of the NBA
• 1985-87, played for the Tampa Bay Thrillers of the CBA
• 1987-88, played for the Albany Patroons of the CBA
• 1988-89, played for the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets of the CBA and the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA
• 1989-90, played for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA
• 1990-91, TV analyst for the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 1991-93, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Jan. 11, 1993, named head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Aug. 17, 1994, fired as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 1994-99, assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA
• June 1, 2000, named head coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies of the NBA
• Nov. 12, 2002, resigned as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies
• 2003-05, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 2005-06, assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons
• May 6, 2006, named head coach of NC State
• March 15, 2011, resigns as head coach of NC State
• October 6, 2011, named assistant coach of the Utah Jazz

NBA playing career

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1983–84	IND	78	2	15.9	.413	.111	.777	1.6	3.4	1.2	0.1	4.2
1984-85	DET/ATL	21	0	9.0	.370	.000	1.000	0.8	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.3
1988-89	CHA	14	0	17.9	.320	.000	.636	2.4	6.6	1.0	0.0	1.6
1989-90	MIN	80	38	21.8	.319	.222	.722	2.0	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.3
Career		193	40	17.7	.367	.133	.764	1.7	3.9	1.0	0.0	2.9

Coaching record

NBA head coaching record

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss %

Sidney Lowe's career coaching record

Franchise	Season	W	L	%	Postseason
Minnesota Timberwolves	1992–93	13	40	.245	—
Minnesota Timberwolves	1993–94	20	62	.244	—
Vancouver Grizzlies	1999–00	23	59	.280	—
Memphis Grizzlies	2000–01	23	59	.280	—
Memphis Grizzlies	2001–02	0	8	.000	—
Totals		79	228	.257
Playoffs		0	0	.000

College head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NC State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2006–2011)
2006–2007	NC State	20–16	5–11	T–10th	NIT Quarterfinals
2007–2008	NC State	15–16	4–12	T–11th	—
2008–2009	NC State	16–14	6–10	10th	—
2009–2010	NC State	20–16	5–11	T–9th	NIT 2nd Round
2010–2011	NC State	15–16	5–11	T–10th	–
NC State:		86–78	25–55
Total:		86–78
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• BasketballReference.com: Sidney Lowe (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Sidney Lowe (as player)
• SidneyLowe.com: Sidney Lowe