Rob Lanier
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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Georgia State |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Record | 19–13 |
Biographical details | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | July 24, 1968
Playing career | |
1986–1990 | St. Bonaventure |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1990–1992 | Niagara (assistant) |
1992–1997 | St. Bonaventure (assistant) |
1997–1999 | Rutgers (assistant) |
1999–2001 | Texas (assistant) |
2001–2005 | Siena |
2005–2007 | Virginia (assistant) |
2007–2011 | Florida (assistant) |
2011–2015 | Texas (assistant) |
2015–2019 | Tennessee (assistant) |
2019–present | Georgia State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 77–83 (.481) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
MAAC Tournament (2002) | |
Rob Lanier (born July 24, 1968) is an American college basketball coach for the Georgia State Panthers.[1] He previously served as the head coach at Siena from 2001 to 2005.[2]
Playing career
Lanier played his college basketball at St. Bonaventure, where he scored 868 career points and was named to the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Freshman Team.[3][4]
Coaching career
Lanier's first coaching stop was at Niagara as an assistant for two seasons before moving back to an assistant coaching spot at his alma mater. After a two-year stop at Rutgers, Lanier joined Rick Barnes's staff at Texas.[5] In 2001, he was hired for his first head coaching job at Siena where in his first season at the helm, he guided the Saints to a MAAC conference tournament championship and spot in the 2002 NCAA Tournament where they defeated Alcorn State in the opening round, and lost to eventual national champion Maryland in the first round.[6][1] He'd also lead Siena to a 2003 NIT appearance where the Saints advanced to the third round with wins over Western Michigan and Villanova. After four seasons and a 58–70 record, Lanier was fired by Siena.[7]
Lanier would join the coaching staffs at Virginia and Florida before reuniting with Barnes at both Texas and Tennessee.[3] On April 5, 2019 Lanier was named the head coach at Georgia State, replacing Ron Hunter who accepted the head coaching position at Tulane.[8][9]
Personal
Lanier is the cousin of former NBA player and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member Bob Lanier.[3]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Siena (MAAC) (2001–2005) | |||||||||
2001–02 | Siena | 17–19 | 9–9 | 7th | NCAA First Round | ||||
2002–03 | Siena | 21–11 | 12–6 | 3rd | NIT Second Round | ||||
2003–04 | Siena | 14–16 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
2004–05 | Siena | 6–24 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
Siena: | 58–70 (.453) | 34–38 (.472) | |||||||
Georgia State (Sun Belt) (2019–present) | |||||||||
2019–20 | Georgia State | 19–13 | 12–8 | T–4th | |||||
Georgia State: | 19–13 (.594) | 12–8 (.600) | |||||||
Total: | 77–83 (.481) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b "Rob Lanier". GeorgiaStateSports.com.
- ^ "Rob Lanier Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ a b c "Rob Lanier - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Tennessee Athletics.
- ^ "Rob Lanier College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Rob Lanier - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Texas Athletics.
- ^ Amedio, Steve (25 January 2002). "Shaken Saints hoping to recover tonight against Griffins". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ "Siena fires Coach Rob Lanier". UPI.
- ^ "Georgia State Names Tennessee Associate Head Coach Rob Lanier Head Coach". GeorgiaStateSports.com.
- ^ Mark Bradley, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Georgia State picks Rob Lanier. It's a solid hire". ajc.
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