Lance White (basketball)

Lance White
Biographical details
Alma materTexas Tech University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1993Texas Tech (student assistant)
1993–1995Texas Tech (graduate assistant)
1995–2003Texas Tech (assistant)
2003–2018Florida State (assistant)
2018–2023Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall42–99 (.298)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • WBCA National Assistant Coach of the Year (2017)

Lance White is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the head coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team.

Career

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White previously served as an assistant coach at Texas Tech and Florida State. He was an assistant at Texas Tech for 10 seasons and was named an assistant at FSU in 2003.[1] White was named the head coach at Pitt in April 2018.[2] White stated at Pittsburgh for five years and was let go after the 2022–23 season.[3] White posted a record of 42–99 while coaching Pittsburgh and never won more than eleven games in a season.

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19 Pittsburgh 11–20 2–14 14th
2019–20 Pittsburgh 5–26 1–17 15th
2020–21 Pittsburgh 5–14 3–12 12th
2021–22 Pittsburgh 11–19 2–16 T-14th
2022–23 Pittsburgh 10–20 3–15 15th
Pittsburgh: 42–99 (.298) 11–74 (.129)
Total: 42–99 (.298)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Other

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White won $172,500 as a contestant on the Snake Oil episode "Ice-T and Natasha Leggero".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Lance White Joins Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". Florida State Seminoles. June 26, 2003. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lance White Named Pitt Women's Basketball Head Coach". theacc.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Jennings, Chantel (March 3, 2023). "Pitt fires women's basketball coach Lance White after 5 seasons". theatlantic.com. The Atlantic. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ice-T and Natasha Leggero". Snake Oil. Season 1. Episode 105. October 25, 2023. FOX.
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