Introduction
Roy Danforth (born c. 1936), a native of Summitville, Indiana was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1968 to 1976. During his tenure, he compiled a 148-71 (.676) record. In his final four years as a coach, his teams went to the NCAA tournament, including an appearance in the Final Four in 1975. He was credited with rebuilding the Syracuse program, and gave the Orange a terrific home-court advantage. He played college basketball at Southern Mississippi where he scored over 1,000 points, and was a 75% career free-throw shooter.
After coaching at Syracuse, he became the head coach at Tulane. He later became the school's athletic director.Following his tenure at Tulane, he accepted the Athletic Director position at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Syracuse Orange (Independent) | |||||||||
| 1968–69 | Syracuse | 9–16 | |||||||
| 1969–70 | Syracuse | 12–12 | |||||||
| 1970–71 | Syracuse | 19–7 | |||||||
| 1971–72 | Syracuse | 22–6 | |||||||
| 1972–73 | Syracuse | 24–5 | NCAA Tournament East Semifinals | ||||||
| 1973–74 | Syracuse | 19–7 | NCAA Tournament Midwest Quarterfinals | ||||||
| 1974–75 | Syracuse | 23–9 | NCAA Tournament National Semifinals | ||||||
| 1975–76 | Syracuse | 20–9 | NCAA Tournament Midwest Quarterfinals | ||||||
| Syracuse: | 148–71 | ||||||||
| Tulane Green Wave (Metro South) | |||||||||
| 1976–77 | Tulane | 10–17 | 3–3 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1977–78 | Tulane | 5–22 | 1–11 | 7th | |||||
| 1978–79 | Tulane | 8–19 | 2–8 | 7th | |||||
| 1979–80 | Tulane | 10–17 | 3–9 | T-6th | |||||
| 1980–81 | Tulane | 12–15 | 4–8 | 6th | |||||
| Tennessee: | 45–90 | 13–39 | |||||||
| Total: | 193–161 | ||||||||
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