Lance Irvin | |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1987–1988 |
Player Team1: | Colorado State |
Player Years2: | 1990–1991 |
Player Team2: | Idaho |
Coach Years1: | 1991–1992 |
Coach Team1: | Idaho (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 1992–1997 |
Coach Team2: | DePaul (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 1998–2001 |
Coach Team3: | Loyola-Chicago (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2001–2002 |
Coach Team4: | Iowa State (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 2002–2003 |
Coach Team5: | Illinois State (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 2003–2004 |
Coach Team6: | Texas A&M (asst.) |
Coach Years7: | 2005–2006 |
Coach Team7: | Missouri (asst.) |
Coach Years8: | 2006–2008 |
Coach Team8: | SMU (asst.) |
Coach Years9: | 2008–2012 |
Coach Team9: | Southern Illinois (asst.) |
Coach Years10: | 2012–2018 |
Coach Team10: | Morgan Park HS (asst.) |
Coach Years11: | 2018–2021 |
Coach Team11: | Chicago State |
Overall Record: | 7–63 |
Lance Irvin is an American college basketball coach, formerly head coach of the Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team.[1] [2]
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]
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]
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]