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Lacey Reynolds
Birth Place:Shelby, Mississippi, U.S.
Player Years1:1970–1972
Player Team1:Utica JC
Coach Years1:1975–1977
Coach Team1:Mississippi Industrial
Coach Years2:1977–1983
Coach Team2:LeMoyne–Owen (assistant)
Coach Years3:1983–1995
Coach Team3:Texas Southern (assistant)
Coach Years4:1995–1999
Coach Team4:Grambling State
Coach Years5:2000–2003
Coach Team5:Texas Southern
Overall Record:44–66 (college)

Lacey Reynolds (born 1952) is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of the Grambling State Tigers and Texas Southern Lady Tigers. Reynolds is from Shelby, Mississippi.

Coaching career

Reynolds attended Utica Junior College from 1970 to 1972 and played on the basketball team.[1] He also played at Mississippi Industrial College, where, aged 23, he received his first head coaching role in 1975.[2] Reynolds worked as an assistant coach and physical education instructor at LeMoyne–Owen College from 1977 to 1983. He served as an assistant coach for the Texas Southern Tigers from 1983 to 1995.[3]

On June 8, 1995, Reynolds was appointed head coach of the Grambling State Tigers.[4] His only winning season was in 1997–98 when the Tigers amassed a 16–12 record, finished third in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and advanced to the tournament semifinals.[5] Reynolds accumulated a 44–66 record over four seasons with the Tigers and was fired on April 17, 1999. He served as head coach of the Texas Southern Lady Tigers from 2000 until his resignation in May 2003.[6] During a January 1, 2003, game against the TCU Horned Frogs, his Lady Tigers posted the fewest points in an NCAA Division I women's basketball game when they lost 76–16.[7]

Reynolds applied for the head coaching role of the Texas Southern Tigers in 2007. He was a finalist for the head coaching position of the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils in 2008.[8]

Academic career

Reynolds earned a master's degree in physical education from Delta State University in 1975. He received his doctorate in education from Texas Southern University in 2007 and works as a professor in the College of Education at Texas Southern.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hayden . Cathy . Gala celebration to raise funds for Hinds CC Utica Campus scholarships . Hinds Community College . October 16, 2020 . March 21, 2016.
  2. News: Reynolds hired . October 16, 2020 . The Delta Democrat-Times . April 15, 1975 . 9.
  3. Web site: Williams . Brandon C. . Ex-women's coach Reynolds latest TSU candidate . Houston Chronicle . October 16, 2020 . August 10, 2011.
  4. Web site: Reynolds named Grambling coach . UPI . October 16, 2020 . June 8, 1995.
  5. Web site: Grambling Fires Basketball Coach . Associated Press . October 16, 2020 . April 17, 1999.
  6. Web site: Texas Southern Announces New Head Women’s Basketball Coach . Omnidan Online . October 16, 2020 . August 11, 2003.
  7. Web site: Hawkins . Stephen . TCU women set record, hold opponent to 16 points . The Gainesville Sun . October 16, 2020 . January 1, 2003.
  8. Web site: Woods leaves TCU's staff to coach Mississippi Valley State . ESPN . October 16, 2020 . June 25, 2008.
  9. Web site: Department Of Health, Kinesiology & Sport Studies . . May 3, 2024.

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