Roy Danforth, Jr. (born 12 Jan 1936),[1][2] a native of Summitville, Indiana, was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1968 to 1976. During his tenure, he compiled a 148–71 (.676) record. In his final four years as a coach, his teams went to the NCAA tournament, including an appearance in the Final Four in 1975. He was credited with rebuilding the Syracuse program, and gave the Orange a terrific home-court advantage. He played college basketball at Southern Mississippi where he scored over 1,000 points and was a 75% career free-throw shooter.
Danforth left Syracuse to succeed Charles Moir at Tulane on April 5, 1976. He signed a three-year contract with a $30,000 annual salary.[3] He was replaced at Syracuse by Jim Boeheim two days prior on April 3.[4] He announced on February 16, 1981 his resignation as Green Wave head coach at the conclusion of the season. He stayed at the university as its assistant athletic director.[5] He was replaced as head coach by Ned Fowler on March 17, 1981.[6] Following his tenure at Tulane, Danforth accepted the athletic director position at Fairleigh Dickinson University.[7]
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
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danforth, born, 1936, native, summitville, indiana, head, basketball, coach, syracuse, from, 1968, 1976, during, tenure, compiled, record, final, four, years, coach, teams, went, ncaa, tournament, including, appearance, final, four, 1975, credited, with, rebui. Roy Danforth Jr born 12 Jan 1936 1 2 a native of Summitville Indiana was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1968 to 1976 During his tenure he compiled a 148 71 676 record In his final four years as a coach his teams went to the NCAA tournament including an appearance in the Final Four in 1975 He was credited with rebuilding the Syracuse program and gave the Orange a terrific home court advantage He played college basketball at Southern Mississippi where he scored over 1 000 points and was a 75 career free throw shooter Danforth left Syracuse to succeed Charles Moir at Tulane on April 5 1976 He signed a three year contract with a 30 000 annual salary 3 He was replaced at Syracuse by Jim Boeheim two days prior on April 3 4 He announced on February 16 1981 his resignation as Green Wave head coach at the conclusion of the season He stayed at the university as its assistant athletic director 5 He was replaced as head coach by Ned Fowler on March 17 1981 6 Following his tenure at Tulane Danforth accepted the athletic director position at Fairleigh Dickinson University 7 Contents 1 Head coaching record 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHead coaching record editStatistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing PostseasonSyracuse Orange Independent 1968 1976 1968 69 Syracuse 9 161969 70 Syracuse 12 121970 71 Syracuse 19 7 NIT first round1971 72 Syracuse 22 6 NIT quarterfinals1972 73 Syracuse 24 5 NCAA Tournament East semifinals1973 74 Syracuse 19 7 NCAA Tournament Midwest quarterfinals1974 75 Syracuse 23 9 NCAA Tournament National semifinals1975 76 Syracuse 20 9 NCAA Tournament Midwest quarterfinalsSyracuse 148 71Tulane Green Wave Metro South 1976 1981 1976 77 Tulane 10 17 3 3 T 3rd1977 78 Tulane 5 22 1 11 7th1978 79 Tulane 8 19 2 8 7th1979 80 Tulane 10 17 3 9 T 6th1980 81 Tulane 12 15 4 8 6thTulane 45 90 13 39Total 193 161 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 championSee also editList of NCAA Division I Men s Final Four appearances by coachReferences edit Herald Journal Google News Archive Search https www ancestry com imageviewer collections 60871 images 40474 357216 02191 user generated source Harvin Al People in Sports The New York Times Tuesday April 6 1976 Retrieved January 28 2023 Poliquin Bud Poliquin 35 years ago today Jim Boeheim was hired by Syracuse University to be its head coach The Post Standard Syracuse NY Sunday April 3 2011 Retrieved January 28 2023 Danforth Stepping Down As Coach at Tulane The New York Times Tuesday February 17 1981 Retrieved January 28 2023 Tyler Texas Junior College coach Ned Fowler whose team United Press International UPI Tuesday March 17 1981 Retrieved March 6 2023 Danforth an Orange man at heart External links editRoy Danforth s profile nbsp This biographical article relating to a United States basketball player coach or other figure born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roy Danforth amp oldid 1163696962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
