Roy Danforth

Roy Danforth

Biographical details
Born	(1936-01-12) January 12, 1936 (age 88) Summitville, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
1959–1962	Southern Miss
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Men's basketball
1963–1964	Pearl River Junior College
1964–1968	Syracuse (assistant)
1968–1976	Syracuse
1976–1981	Tulane
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1987–1994	Fairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall	193–161 (.545)

Roy Danforth, Jr. (born January 12, 1936),^[1][2] 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.

Danforth left Syracuse to succeed Charles Moir at Tulane on April 5, 1976. He signed a three-year contract with a $30,000 annual salary.^[3] He was replaced at Syracuse by Jim Boeheim two days prior on April 3.^[4] He announced on February 16, 1981 his resignation as Green Wave head coach at the conclusion of the season. He stayed at the university as its assistant athletic director.^[5] He was replaced as head coach by Ned Fowler on March 17, 1981.^[6] Following his tenure at Tulane, Danforth accepted the athletic director position at Fairleigh Dickinson University.^[7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Syracuse Orange (Independent) (1968–1976)
1968–69	Syracuse	9–16
1969–70	Syracuse	12–12
1970–71	Syracuse	19–7			NIT first round
1971–72	Syracuse	22–6			NIT quarterfinals
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) (1976–1981)
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
Tulane:		45–90	13–39
Total:		193–161
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

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach

References

1. "Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search".
2. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60871/images/40474_357216-02191 ^{[user-generated source]}
3. Harvin, Al. "People in Sports," The New York Times, Tuesday, April 6, 1976. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
4. Poliquin, Bud. "Poliquin: 35 years ago today, Jim Boeheim was hired by Syracuse University to be its head coach," The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), Sunday, April 3, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
5. "Danforth Stepping Down As Coach at Tulane," The New York Times, Tuesday, February 17, 1981. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
6. "Tyler (Texas) Junior College coach Ned Fowler, whose team...," United Press International (UPI), Tuesday, March 17, 1981. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
7. "Danforth an Orange man at heart".

External links

• Roy Danforth's profile