Sidney Lowe
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Sidney Lowe (born January 21 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is a current college basketball head coach at North Carolina State University and former NBA basketball player and coach. He began his career as a high schooler at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He played collegiate ball at North Carolina State. He was the point guard for the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA National Championship team that is 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 Sidney 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 Flip Saunders to the Detroit Pistons in 2005 and remained an assistant coach there through the 2006 season.
On May 6, 2006 Sidney Lowe was named the new head basketball coach of his alma mater, North Carolina State University, replacing Herb Sendek.
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
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