Roy Danforth

Teams coached: Syracuse Orange, Tulane Green Wave
Syracuse record: 148-71 (.676)
Tulane record: 45-90 (.333)
Overall record: 193-161 (.545)

Roy Danforth
Born 1936
Hometown: Summitville, Indiana
Alma Mater: University of Southern Mississippi (BA, 1962)
After graduating from Summitville HS (IN), spent three years in the US Army (part of the 11th Airborne division)
- Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004
Played for head coach Fred Lewis at Southern Miss; a four-year starter, Danforth served as team captain as a senior
First coaching job was as the head coach at Pearl River JC (MS)
Joined Lewis at Syracuse in 1964, serving as an assistant and as freshman head coach for four seasons
Elevated to head coach at Syracuse in 1968, serving in that role for eight seasons
- Won 148 games, reaching four NCAA Tournaments with two Sweet Sixteen appearances and one Final Four (1975)
- Credited with building Syracuse into a nationally relevant program, turning the program over in 1976 to his assistant Jim Boeheim (still serving as Syracuse head coach as of 2019)
Spent five years as the head coach at Tulane, but failed to reach the same levels of success during his tenure
Stopped coaching in 1981 and became the assistant athletic director at Tulane
Continued his administrative career in 1987, hired as the athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson
- Named NEC Athletic Director of the Year six times in the eight years he held that position
- Inducted into the Fairleigh Dickinson Athletic Hall of Fame

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only