Introduction
Lynn Sanford Nance (born September 3, 1942) is an American former basketball coach at the University of Washington. He also served as head coach at St. Mary's College (CA), Iowa State, Central Missouri State, and Southwest Baptist University. He is a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. He played college basketball at the University of Washington, and became an honorable mention all-American. Nance went on to be selected in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Unfortunately, a knee injury ended his professional career before he ever played a game for St. Louis.
During his tenure at Division II Central Missouri State, he won a national championship. He was also an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky, and Fresno State. In 2010, he returned to coaching a serve as an assistant under Trent Johnson at LSU.His total 19-year-Division I and II head coaching mark is 302-224.
Aside from his career as a coach, Nance also served as a special agent for the FBI, as well as working as an assistant director for the NCAA. Nance drew upon his experience as an FBI agent to write a novel titled Bridger:Deadly Peril.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Iowa State Cyclones (Big Eight Conference) | |||||||||
| 1976–77 | Iowa State | 8–19* | 4–10* | 8th* | |||||
| 1977–78 | Iowa State | 14–13 | 9–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 1978–79 | Iowa State | 11–16 | 6–8 | 6th | |||||
| 1979–80 | Iowa State | 8–10** | 2–3** | 5th** | |||||
| Iowa State: | 40–59 | 21–26 | |||||||
| Saint Mary's Gaels (West Coast Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1986–87 | Saint Mary's | 17–13 | 7–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 1987–88 | Saint Mary's | 19–9 | 9–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 1988–89 | Saint Mary's | 25–5 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| Saint Mary's: | 61–27 | 28–14 | |||||||
| Washington Huskies (Pacific-10 Conference) | |||||||||
| 1989–90 | Washington | 11–17 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 1990–91 | Washington | 14–14 | 5–13 | 10th | |||||
| 1991–92 | Washington | 12–17 | 5–13 | 8th | |||||
| 1992–93 | Washington | 13–14 | 7–11 | 8th | |||||
| Washington: | 50–62 | 22–50 | |||||||
| Total: | 151–148 | ||||||||
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