Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Pepperdine Waves
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Saint Louis record: 51-44 (.537)
Washington record: 298-196 (.603)
Pepperdine record: 105-137 (.434)
Overall record: 454-377 (.546)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 3 (2005, 2006, 2010)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (1999, 2012, 2013, 2016)
- CBI Championships: 1 (2021)
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2008, 2021)
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Pac-12 Regular Season Champion: 2 (2009, 2012)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
- Pac-12 Tournament Champion: 3 (2005, 2010, 2011)
- Conference USA Tournament Champion: 1 (2000)
Awards:
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year: 3 (2005, 2009, 2012)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | Pepperdine |
| 2017-2018 | Arizona (assoc. HC) |
| 2002-2017 | Washington |
| 1999-2002 | Saint Louis |
| 1996-1999 | Pepperdine |
| 1992-1996 | UCLA (asst) |
Lorenzo Romar Facts
- Lorenzo Romar
- Born November 3, 1958
- Hometown: Compton, California
- Alma Mater: University of Washington (1990-1992)
- Played two years at Washington for Hall of Fame head coach Marv Harshman after transferring from Cerritos CC
- Had a five-year NBA career, spending time with the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons
- Spent four seasons as an assistant under Jim Harrick at UCLA, including the 1995 National Championship season
- Credited with recruiting many of the players that led the Bruins’ to that title
- Became head coach at Pepperdine in 1996 and after taking the Waves to the NIT in his third year he left for Saint Louis
- Went 51-44 in three seasons at SLU and reached the NCAA Tournament in 2000
- Hired in 2002 to take over at Washington, his alma mater, a position he held for fifteen seasons
- Named Pac-10/12 Coach of the Year three times and led the Huskies to three NCAA Sweet Sixteens (the program had only been twice in its history prior to his arrival)
- Fired as head coach in March 2017; left UW as the second winningest coach in program history
- Hired in April 2017 as the associate head coach for Sean Miller at Arizona
- Returned to Pepperdine to take over once again as the Waves head coach in March 2018
- In 2021, the Waves went 15-12 overall and were the CBI Champions
- Along with his wife, Leona, has three daughters and one granddaughter
Lorenzo Romar Coaching Tree
- Randy Bennett (Saint Mary’s)
- Ken Bone (Washington State, Portland State)
- Cameron Dollar (Seattle)
- T. J. Otzelberger (Iowa State, UNLV, South Dakota State)
- Jim Shaw (Western Oregon)
- Lamont Smith (San Diego)
- Brad Soderberg (Lindenwood, Saint Louis)
