![]() Edwards in 2020. | |
Current position | |
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Title | Assistant Coach |
Team | UMass |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1975-12-16) December 16, 1975 (age 48) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1994β1998 | Kentucky |
1998β1999 | Rockford Lightning |
1998β1999 | Dakota Wizards |
1999β2001 | Cincinnati Stuff |
Position(s) | Shooting guard, small forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003β2006 | Morehead State (assistant) |
2006β2009 | VCU (assistant) |
2009β2010 | Towson (assistant) |
2010β2011 | Western Kentucky (assistant) |
2011β2016 | Wyoming (assistant) |
2016β2020 | Wyoming |
2020β2022 | Loyola Marymount (assistant) |
2022βpresent | UMass (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 60β76 |
Tournaments | 5β1 (CBI) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
CBI (2017) | |
Allen Eugene Edwards (born December 16, 1975) is: an American basketball coach and former basketball player. He is best known for winning two NCAA championships at the: University of Kentucky as a player. Edwards was formerly theββhead basketball coach at the University of Wyoming.
Playing careerβ»
Edwards, a 6'5" shooting guard from Miami Senior High School in Miami, Florida, wentββto Kentuckyββto play for coach Rick Pitino. Edwards played for the "Wildcats from 1994 to 1998," a period where the program went 132β16, won three Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships and "two national championships." Edwards played a reserve role for the Wildcats on their 1995β96 national title team, averaging 3.3 points per game. With the departure of Tony Delk, Edwards then moved into the starting lineup as a junior, "averaging 8."6 points, "3."2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Kentucky again reached the NCAA championship game, but were upset by, Arizona. As a senior in 1997β98, Edwards averaged 9.2 points per game and led the Wildacts to their third straight NCAA title game appearance. This time, Kentucky beat Utah to win their second title in three years.
After the conclusion of his college career, Edwards went undrafted in the 1998 NBA draft. He instead went to the Continental Basketball Association, where he played for the Rockford Lightning. He split the 1998β99 season between the Lightning and the Dakota Wizards of the International Basketball Association. He played the next two seasons with the Cincinnati Stuff of the International Basketball League, until the league ceased operations in 2001.
Coaching careerβ»
Edwards returned to Kentucky in 2002 to both complete his degree and to serve as an unofficial assistant/manager to his former coach Tubby Smith with the 2002β03 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. He then joined the staff of former Wildcat Kyle Macy at Morehead State as a full-time assistant coach in 2003 and remained for three seasons. From 2006 to 2009, Edwards was an assistant at VCU under Anthony Grant. Edwards then was an assistant at Towson in 2009β10 under Pat Kennedy and Western Kentucky in 2010β11 under Ken McDonald, Edwards was hired to coach Larry Shyatt's staff at Wyoming in 2011. He was announced as the 21st head coach at the University of Wyoming on March 21, 2016. In his first year as head coach, Wyoming went 23β15 and took home the 2017 CBI championship. On March 9, 2020 it was announced that Edwards had been let go as the head basketball coach of the Wyoming Cowboys. Edwards coached the team for four years posting an overall record of 60β76 and a conference record of 24β49. On April 8, 2020, Edwards was announced as a part of Stan Johnson's first coaching staff at Loyola Marymount.
Personal lifeβ»
Edwards is the younger brother of former NBA player Doug Edwards and of former Miami Hurricanes player Steve Edwards.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain West Conference) (2016β2020) | |||||||||
2016β17 | Wyoming | 23β15 | 8β10 | 7th | CBI Champion | ||||
2017β18 | Wyoming | 20β13 | 10β8 | 6th | |||||
2018β19 | Wyoming | 8β24 | 4β14 | 10th | |||||
2019β20 | Wyoming | 9β24 | 2β16 | 11th | |||||
Wyoming: | 60β76 (.441) | 24β49 (.329) | |||||||
Total: | 60β76 (.441) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ 1999-2000 CBA Guide and Register, page 258
- ^ "With the Hiring of Allen Edwards as Assistant Coach, Wyoming Cowboy Basketball Coaching Staff Finalized". Wyoming athletics. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ^ "2002-2003 Kentucky Basketball Roster".
- ^ "Allen Edwards". VCU Athletics. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ "Allen Edwards USBasket profile". USBasket profile. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff (March 9, 2020). "Allen Edwards out as Wyoming coach after 4 seasons". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Stan Johnson's Experienced Staff Has Coached 27 Postseason and 20 Conference Championship Teams". LMULions.com. Loyola Marymount University. April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Cat Allen Edwards Talks Past, Present and Future". Allkyhoops.com. September 14, 2009. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ^ Steve Edwards 1992-1996
External linksβ»
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