Lamont Paris
Lamont Paris (born November 11, 1974)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: South Carolina Gamecocks
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Chattanooga record: 87-72 (.547)
South Carolina record: 37-29 (.561)
Overall record: 124-101 (.551)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2022, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 0
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- SEC Tournament Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 1 (2022)
Awards:
- SEC Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | South Carolina |
| 2017-2022 | Chattanooga |
| 2016-2017 | Wisconsin (assoc. HC) |
| 2010-2016 | Wisconsin (asst) |
| 2005-2010 | Akron (asst) |
| 2001-2004 | IUP (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | DePauw (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Wooster (asst) |
Lamont Paris Facts
- Lamont E. Paris
- Born November 11, 1974
- Hometown: Findlay, Ohio
- Alma Mater: College of Wooster (BS, 1996) & Indiana State University (MS, 2000)
- Played for head coach Steve Moore at D-III Wooster (OH) for four seasons; named MVP and team captain his final two years
- Started his coaching career at Wooster, serving two seasons as an assistant under Moore before taking the same job at D-III DePauw in Greencastle, IN under Bill Fenlon
- After two years at DePauw, Paris spent three years as an assistant under Gary Edwards at D-II Indiana (PA)
- Spent five years on the staff at Akron under head coach Keith Dambrot before joining Bo Ryan‘s staff at Wisconsin in 2010
- After six seasons as an assistant, Paris was elevated to associate head coach in 2016 by new head coach Greg Gard
- Hired in April 2017 as the head coach of the Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball program
- Improved from 10 wins in year one to 20 wins in year three; in 2022, the Mocs won the SoCon title and Paris was named SoCon COY; the Mocs made their return to the NCAA Tournament following a half-court shot in the SoCon Tournament final
- Left Chattanooga in March 2022 to become the new head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks
- Won 25 games in his second year, 2023-24, and was named SEC COY; led the program to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017
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