Lance Irvin

Lance Irvin is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team.[1][2]

Lance Irvin
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamChicago State
ConferenceWAC
Record7–54 (.115)
Biographical details
BornChicago, Illinois
Playing career
1987–1988Colorado State
1990–1991Idaho
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992Idaho (asst.)
1992–1997DePaul (asst.)
1998–2001Loyola-Chicago (asst.)
2001–2002Iowa State (asst.)
2002–2003Illinois State (asst.)
2003–2004Texas A&M (asst.)
2005–2006Missouri (asst.)
2006–2008SMU (asst.)
2008–2012Southern Illinois (asst.)
2012–2018Morgan Park HS (asst.)
2018–presentChicago State
Head coaching record
Overall7–54 (.115)

Playing career

Irvin played college basketball at Colorado State during the 1987–88 season before transferring to Idaho where he played under Larry Eustachy from 1990 to 1991.[3][4]

Coaching career

Serving as a graduate assistant under Eustachy at Idaho, Irvin got his first coaching opportunity. He then returned home to his native Chicago as an assistant coach at DePaul from 1992 to 1997, followed by an assistant coaching stint at Loyola-Chicago from 1998 to 2001 before reuniting with Eustachy at Iowa State for one season.[5] In 2002, Irvin joined the coaching staff at Illinois State, and made subsequent stops at Texas A&M and Missouri under Melvin Watkins and Quin Snyder respectively.[6][7] After Missouri, Irvin became an assistant coach at SMU from 2006 to 2008, and then an assistant at Southern Illinois from 2008 to 2012.[8][9]

Irvin returned home to Chicago and assisted his brother Nick coaching the Morgan Park HS boys basketball team, while also serving as the school's dean of students.[10][1]

On August 7, 2018, Irvin was named the 13th head men's basketball coach in Chicago State history, replacing Tracy Dildy.[1]

Personal life

Irvin is part of a prominent Chicago basketball family. His late father McGlother "Mac" Irvin is the founder of the Mac Irvin Fire AAU program. Brother Byron is a former NBA first round draft choice and three seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Bullets, while brothers Mac, Nick and sister Cynthia have all been involved in the Chicago basketball scene.[11][12]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Chicago State (WAC) (2018–present)
2018–19 Chicago State 3–290–169th
2019–20 Chicago State 4–250–149th
Chicago State: 7–54 (.115)0–30 (.000)
Total:7–54 (.115)

      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

References
  1. "CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY SELECTS MISTY OPAT AND LANCE IRVIN AS NEW WOMEN'S AND MEN'S BASKETBALL HEAD COACHES". Chicago State University Athletics.
  2. staff, Chicago Tribune. "Chicago State hires new women's and men's basketball coaches".
  3. "Lance Irvin College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. "Lance Irvin College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. "Former Eustachy Player Lance Irvin Joins ISU Men's Basketball Staff - Iowa State University Athletics". Iowa State University Athletics.
  6. "Irvin Named Assistant Basketball Coach - Texas A&M University Athletics Department". Texas A&M University Athletics Department.
  7. "Lance Irvin Named to Mizzou Basketball Coaching Staff - University of Missouri". University of Missouri.
  8. "Matt Doherty Adds Lance Irvin To SMU Basketball Staff :: Irvin Brings 13 Seasons Of Coaching Experience To The Hilltop". www.cstv.com.
  9. "Men's Basketball names Lance Irvin assistant coach - Southern Illinois University". Southern Illinois University.
  10. "Morgan Park's Irvin ain't bragging - NBC Sports Chicago". 13 January 2013.
  11. "Meet the Irvins, the South Side's basketball dynasty". 26 January 2016.
  12. "Chicago mourns passing of Mac Irvin".


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