Lennox Forrester
Lennox Forrester (born February 4, 1969)
Teams coached: SIU Edwardsville Cougars
SIU Edwardsville record^: 82-146 (.360)
Overall record^: 82-146 (.360)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2015-2017 | Evansville (asst) |
2007-2015 | SIU Edwardsville |
2002-2007 | Bradley (asst) |
1992-2002 | Evansville (asst) |
1990-1992 | Evansville (student asst) |
Lennox Forrester Facts
- Lennox Forrester
- Born February 4, 1969
- Hometown: Evanston, Illinois
- Alma Mater: University of Evansville (BA, 1992)
- Played basketball at Parkland College (IL) and was a NJCAA D-II All-American before transferring to Evansville
- Injuries kept him off the court but he worked with the program as a student assistant coach until graduating
- Spent the next ten years working under Purple Aces’ head coach Jim Crews; was part of three NCAA Tournament teams
- Joined the staff at Bradley in 2002, spending five seasons as an assistant under Jim Les; on staff in 2005-06 when the Braves went to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen
- Hired in 2007 to be the head coach at SIU Edwardsville, then in its final season before transitioning from D-II to D-I
- Led the Cougars for eight seasons, going 82-146 overall; his tenure included the program’s entry into the Ohio Valley Conference
- Forrester and his staff were let go in 2015 and he returned to Evansville to be an assistant coach under Marty Simmons
Lennox Forrester Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels; SIUE was a D-II program until 2008