Lester Rowe

Lester Rowe
Personal information
Born (1963-01-11) January 11, 1963 (age 61)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolLafayette (Buffalo, New York)
CollegeWest Virginia (1981–1985)
NBA draft1985: undrafted
Playing career1985–1993
PositionSmall forward
Number24
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As player:
1985Shell Azodrin Bugbusters
1987Long Island Knights
1987–1988Savannah Spirits
1988Youngstown Pride
1988Vancouver Nighthawks
As coach:
1997–2002West Virginia (men's assistant)
2011–2019West Virginia (women's assistant)
2019–2020Northern Kentucky (women's assistant)
2020–2023Xavier (women's assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Lester Rowe (born January 11, 1963[1][2]) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who last served on the staff of Xavier Musketeers women's basketball. He has played professionally in several leagues. Since retiring as a player, he has worked in business and coached both men's and women's college basketball. As an assistant coach, his teams have earned the 2017 Big 12 women's tournament and 2013–14 Big 12 women's regular-season championships. He has been an assistant coach for both West Virginia men's and West Virginia women's basketball as well as Northern Kentucky women's.

He played four seasons at West Virginia, where he led the team in scoring twice and rebounds three times. His teams either won the Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament (1983 and 1984) or the Atlantic 10 Conference (known as Eastern Athletic Association until 1982) regular season (1982 and 1985) championship every year that he played. He served as co-captain for two seasons and totaled 1,524 points and 787 rebounds. Rowe once held several West Virginia career records, including career field goal percentage. His school iron man record (114 consecutive starts) stood for over 20 years.

Prior to his time at West Virginia, he played basketball for Lafayette High School, where he was named 1981 Western New York co-player of the year by The Buffalo News. He is the uncle of former professional basketball player Jason Rowe.

  1. ^ "24 Lester Rowe". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
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