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Sidney Rochell Lowe (born January 21, 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is an American basketball coach and is currently an assistant coach with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is a former NBA player and head coach, and has served as the head coach at North Carolina State University,.

Biography[link]

Lowe began his career at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He played collegiate basketball at North Carolina State University. He was the point guard for the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA National Championship team that was heralded for its Cinderella run under legendary head coach Jim Valvano. Lowe was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 1st pick of the second round in the 1983 NBA Draft. He played a total of four seasons in the NBA, for five different teams.

After retiring from basketball in 1991, Lowe took a job as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Halfway through the 1992–93 season he took over as head coach of the struggling Timberwolves and remained in that position until the end of the 1993–94 season. From 1994 to 1999, Lowe served as an assistant coach to Mike Fratello with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lowe returned to the Timberwolves organization in 1999 for one season as assistant coach.

The 2000–01 NBA season became Lowe's second stint as a head coach when he assumed the role for the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was the fifth head coach in the team's short history and led them to a franchise-best record of 23–59 in his first season and again the following season in 2001-02, when the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis. Sidney Lowe resigned from his coaching duties early in the 2002-03 season after starting 0–8, leaving his head coaching record at 79 wins against 228 losses (.257 winning percentage). In 2003, he returned to Minnesota once again to take an assistant position under then head coach Flip Saunders. Lowe followed Saunders to the Detroit Pistons in 2005 and remained an assistant coach there through the 2006 season.

To become eligible for employment as a NCAA head coach, he completed the final nine hours of his business administration degree online via St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia.^[1] On May 6, 2006, Lowe was named the new head basketball coach of North Carolina State University, replacing Herb Sendek. Lowe was the first African American named head coach of the Wolfpack.^[2] One of Lowe's trademarks as a coach was a red blazer he wore to significant games in honor of his former NC State coach, Jim Valvano.

In his first season at the helm of the NC State program, Lowe became just the third Wolfpack coach, after Everett Case and Press Maravich, to win 20 games and defeat the other three North Carolina institutions in the ACC (Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest). He is one of only four NC State coaches to have coached in the ACC Championship game in their first year.

In spite of the early success, Lowe failed to lead NC State to the NCAA tournament, and his teams only made two appearances in the NIT. He had an overall winning record (86–78) after five years but only a 25–55 conference record. Lowe resigned as head coach of NC State, accepting a buyout of the last two years of his contract, on March 15, 2011.^[3]

Basketball timeline[link]

• 1979-83, played for NC State
• 1983, drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA draft
• 1983-84, played for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA
• 1984-85, played for the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks of the NBA
• 1985-87, played for the Tampa Bay Thrillers of the CBA
• 1987-88, played for the Albany Patroons of the CBA
• 1988-89, played for the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets of the CBA and the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA
• 1989-90, played for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA
• 1990-91, TV analyst for the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 1991-93, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Jan. 11, 1993, named head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• Aug. 17, 1994, fired as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 1994-99, assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA
• June 1, 2000, named head coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies of the NBA
• Nov. 12, 2002, resigned as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies
• 2003-05, assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves
• 2005-06, assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons
• May 6, 2006, named head coach of NC State
• March 15, 2011, resigns as head coach of NC State
• October 6, 2011, named assistant coach of the Utah Jazz

NBA playing career[link]

Coaching record[link]

NBA head coaching record[link]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss %

College head coaching record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sidney Lowe NBA & ABA Basketball Coaching Record | Basketball-Reference.com
• Sidney Lowe NBA & ABA Statistics | Basketball-Reference.com
• SidneyLowe.com: Sidney Lowe

Jesper Olesen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-10-13) October 13, 1980 (age 31)
Place of birth	?, Denmark
Height	1.85 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Vejle Boldklub
Number	2
Youth career
1984-93	Kolding Boldklub
1993-96	Haderslev FK
1996-2000	Vejle Boldklub
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000-present	Vejle Boldklub	196	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 22, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Jesper Olesen (born October 13, 1980) is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Vejle Boldklub in the Danish Superliga. Olesen, who has played in Vejle since 1996, is known as a fighter, which he has proved several times by always regaining his position on the right back even though supplements have been brought in from other clubs. In his career in Vejle he has been playing as a semi-professional while finishing his education as a carpenter.^[1]

Olesens contract with the club is running until June 30, 2009.^[2]

External links[link]

• (Danish) Vejle Boldklub profile

References[link]

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