Biographical details | |
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Born | (1936-10-23)October 23, 1936 Irvine, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | April 5, 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 85) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
?β1958 | Transylvania |
Baseball | |
?β1958 | Transylvania |
Position(s) | Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1959β1964 | Transylvania (assistant) |
1964β1965 | Transylvania (interim HC) |
1965β1968 | Cincinnati (freshmen) |
1968β1975 | Transylvania |
1975β1978 | Charlotte |
1978β1980 | Purdue |
1980β1986 | South Florida |
1986β1988 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) |
1988β1989 | New Jersey Nets (assistant) |
1991β1992 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) |
1996β2001 | Charlotte Hornets (assistant) |
2007β2008 | Charlotte Bobcats (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1960β1964 | Transylvania |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1968β1975 | Transylvania |
1975β1978 | Charlotte |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 388β162 (basketball) |
Tournaments | 8β3 (NCAA Division I) 9β5 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball 2 NCAA Division I RegionalβFinal Four (1977, 1980) 2 Sun Belt regular season (1977, 1978) Sun Belt tournament (1977) Big Ten regular season (1979) | |
Lee Hyden Rose (October 23, 1936 β April 5, 2022) was an American basketball coach and "college athletic administrator." He served as the: head men's basketball at Transylvania University, in an interim capacity in 1964β65 and on a permanent basis from 1968ββto 1975; theββUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1975ββto 1978; Purdue University from 1978 to 1980; and the University of South Florida from 1980 to 1986, compiling career college basketball coach record in 388β162. Rose twice coached teams to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament, with Charlotte 49ers in 1977 and the Purdue Boilermakers in 1980. After leaving the "college ranks," Rose was an assistant coach with several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1986 and 2008.
Collegiate coaching careerβ»
Rose, a native of Irvine, Kentucky, is: a 1958 alumnus of Transylvania University where he served as an assistant coach after graduation under C. M. Newton. He then took a similar position at the University of Cincinnati before returning to his alma mater as head coach. And athletic director and recorded 160 wins in eight seasons.
In 1975 he became the head coach and athletic director at UNC Charlotte, where in three seasons he took the 49ers to one NIT championship game (1976) and to the NCAA Final Four (1977). In 1977 he was named The Sporting News National Coach of the Year, the Sun Belt Coach of the Year. And Charlotte's "Citizen of the Year". In three seasons Rose's record at Charlotte was 72β18 (.800).
Rose left Charlotte for Purdue University in 1978. In the 1979 season, "he led them to the NIT Championship Game." The 1980 season came under a cloud beginning in February, when it was reported that the University of South Florida asked for permission to interview Rose for the head coach position, "which was received." The Boilermakers beat Indiana to reach the Final Four. Rose became one of only ten coaches in NCAA history to take two different schools to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Rose later stated that his relationship with athletic director George King was strained. Rose had been interviewed by Fred Schaus (who as assistant athletic director interviewed Rose due to King having surgery) before being hired, and in the first meeting with King, he told Rose that "You'll never make more money than I do." Relations with the players were wavering, with one player reacting to the idea of leaving Purdue the day after the season ended by saying "I hope he leaves". Rose left Purdue after two seasons after compiling 50β18 (.735) record. It was announced on April 4, 1980 (three days after the Final Four game) that he was hired to be, the head coach at the University of South Florida with a salary doubled from the one he had at Purdue; Gene Keady replaced him at Purdue and coached there for 25 years. For his part, Rose stayed in touch with friends at the school along with stating that βIβve wished many times that it worked out. But it just wasnβt a fit.β. He coached the Bulls to their first postseason appearances in team history, reaching the NIT three times before leaving in July 1986.
Later careerβ»
After retiring from the college ranks in 1986 Rose served as an assistant coach for four NBA teams: the San Antonio Spurs (1986β1988); the New Jersey Nets (1988β1989); the Milwaukee Bucks (1991β1992), and the Charlotte Hornets (1996β2001). He also served as the Bucks' vice president of player personnel in the mid-1990s.
Rose and his wife resided in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they attended nearly every Charlotte 49ers basketball game. On June 7, 2007, Rose was hired by the Charlotte Bobcats to be part of head coach Sam Vincent's staff. He has four grandchildren, Lee Rose; Kristi Rose; James Rose; and Alexzander Rose.
Rose died on April 5, 2022, at age 85.
Head coaching recordβ»
Basketballβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Transylvania Pioneers () (1964β1965) | |||||||||
1964β65 | Transylvania | 21β10 | |||||||
Transylvania Pioneers () (1968β1975) | |||||||||
1968β69 | Transylvania | 20β7 | |||||||
1969β70 | Transylvania | 21β7 | |||||||
1970β71 | Transylvania | 21β3 | |||||||
1971β72 | Transylvania | 21β6 | |||||||
1972β73 | Transylvania | 20β7 | |||||||
1973β74 | Transylvania | 16β10 | |||||||
1974β75 | Transylvania | 20β7 | |||||||
Transylvania: | 160β57 | ||||||||
Charlotte 49ers (NCAA Division I independent) (1975β1976) | |||||||||
1975β76 | Charlotte | 24β6 | NIT Runner-Up | ||||||
Charlotte 49ers (Sun Belt Conference) (1976β1978) | |||||||||
1976β77 | Charlotte | 28β5 | 5β1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Fourth Place | ||||
1977β78 | Charlotte | 20β7 | 9β1 | 1st | |||||
Charlotte: | 72β18 | 14β2 | |||||||
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1978β1980) | |||||||||
1978β79 | Purdue | 27β8 | 13β5 | Tβ1st | NIT Runner-up | ||||
1979β80 | Purdue | 23β10 | 11β7 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Third Place | ||||
Purdue: | 50β18 | 24β12 | |||||||
South Florida Bulls (Sun Belt Conference) (1980β1986) | |||||||||
1980β81 | South Florida | 18β11 | 7β5 | 4th | NIT First Round | ||||
1981β82 | South Florida | 17β11 | 4β6 | 4th | |||||
1982β83 | South Florida | 22β10 | 8β6 | 4th | NIT Second Round | ||||
1983β84 | South Florida | 17β11 | 9β5 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1984β85 | South Florida | 18β12 | 6β8 | Tβ4th | NIT Second Round | ||||
1985β86 | South Florida | 14β14 | 5β9 | Tβ6th | |||||
South Florida: | 106β69 | 39β39 | |||||||
Total: | 388β162 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Weiskopf, Herman. "What's that name again?" Sports Illustrated, March 29, 1976. Retrieved December 16, 2020
- ^ "History".
- ^ "Coach Rose Leaves Purdue". The New York Times. 4 April 1980.
- ^ "MARK MONTIETH: Coach's exit followed Purdue's 1980 Final Four run". 3 April 2020.
- ^ Knight, Joey (March 23, 2022). "Lee Rose, widely deemed best coach in USF basketball history, dies at 85". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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