Roy Danforth
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Roy Danforth was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1968 to 1976. During his tenure, he compiled a 148-70(.670) record. In his final four years as a coach, his teams went to the NCAA tournament. His 1974 team was the NCAA runner-up. He was credited to rebuilding the Syracuse program, and gave the Orange a terrific home-court advantage. He played college basketball at Southern Mississippi. 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.
| Preceded by Fred Lewis (basketball coach) |
Syracuse Men's Basketball Head Coach 1968–1975 |
Succeeded by Jim Boeheim |
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