Horace Broadnax
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Savannah State |
| Conference | SIAC |
| Record | 223–289 (.436) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 22, 1964 Plant City, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1986 | Georgetown |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1993 | Florida A&M (assistant) |
| 1993–1994 | Bethune–Cookman (assistant) |
| 1995–1997 | Valencia CC |
| 1997–2002 | Bethune–Cookman |
| 2005–present | Savannah State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 265–377 (.413) (college) 29–31 (.483) (junior college) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NIT) 0–2 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 MEAC regular season (2012, 2018) 1 SIAC tournament (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× MEAC Coach of the Year (1999, 2000, 2012) | |
Horace Randall Broadnax (born March 22, 1964)[1] is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at Savannah State University. He was born in Plant City, Florida.
Playing career[edit]
After graduating from Plant City High School in his native Plant City, Florida, Broadnax played college basketball at Georgetown University and was a member of the 1984 NCAA Division I men's national championship team.[2] During his four years as a member of the Hoyas the team compiled a 115–24 record. He was also a member of the 1985 NCAA Division I men's national championship runner-up team.[3]
Coaching career[edit]
Assistant coaching positions[edit]
Broadnax began his coaching career in 1992 as an assistant at Florida A&M. In the 1993–94 season, he was an assistant at Bethune-Cookman. The following season, he was video coordinator at Florida.[4]
Valencia Community College[edit]
As head coach for Valencia Community College (1995–1997) Broadnax compiled a 29–31 record including the school's first 20 win season in the 1996–1997 season.[3]
Bethune–Cookman[edit]
Returning to Bethune-Cookman in 1997 as head coach, Broadnax was twice selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Coach of the Year (1999 and 2000). On February 1, 2002, with Bethune-Cookman at 6–12 (3–7 MEAC), Broadnax resigned as head coach to resume his legal career. Assistant coach Clifford Reed became interim head coach and was promoted to long-term head coach after the season.[2]
Savannah State[edit]
Broadnax became the men's head basketball coach in 2005.[3] In his sixth year as the head coach of the Tigers, he was named the MEAC Coach of the Year as he guided his team to a 14–2 conference record and their first MEAC regular season title. Savannah State posted a 21–10 overall mark and lead the MEAC in scoring defense, only allowing 58.9 points per game and were second in the conference in scoring margin (+5.4).[5]
Legal career[edit]
Broadnax became a member of the Florida Bar in 1993 after obtaining his J.D. degree from Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee, Florida in 1991 and was a law partner at an Orlando law firm. He is currently listed as an attorney with the Law Office of Joseph Williams in Plant City, Florida.[3]
Head coaching record[edit]
Junior college[edit]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia Matadors (Mid-Florida Conference) (1995–1997) | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | Valencia | 9–21 | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Valencia | 20–10 | |||||||
| Valencia: | 29–31 (.483) | ||||||||
| Total: | 29–31 (.483) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
College[edit]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1997–2002) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Bethune-Cookman | 1–26 | 1–17 | 10th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Bethune-Cookman | 11–16 | 10–9 | 5th | |||||
| 1999–00 | Bethune-Cookman | 14–15 | 12–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Bethune-Cookman | 10–19 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Bethune-Cookman | 6–12 | 3–7 | (resigned) | |||||
| Bethune-Cookman: | 42–88 (.323) | 31–52 (.373) | |||||||
| Savannah State Tigers (NCAA Division I independent) (2005–2011) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Savannah State | 2–28 | |||||||
| 2006–07 | Savannah State | 12–18 | |||||||
| 2007–08 | Savannah State | 13–18 | |||||||
| 2008–09 | Savannah State | 15–14 | |||||||
| 2009–10 | Savannah State | 11–15 | |||||||
| 2010–11 | Savannah State | 12–18 | |||||||
| Savannah State Tigers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011–2019) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Savannah State | 21–12 | 14–2 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Savannah State | 19–15 | 11–5 | 3rd | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Savannah State | 0–19* | 0–6* | 5th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Savannah State | 6–22* | 5–11 | T–11th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Savannah State | 16–16 | 9–7 | 5th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Savannah State | 13–16 | 10–6 | 5th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Savannah State | 5–17* | 2–4* | T–1st | |||||
| 2018–19 | Savannah State | 11–20 | 8–8 | 7th | |||||
| Savannah State Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Savannah State | 11–12 | 10–9 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Savannah State | 0–3 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | Savannah State | 15–14 | 8–9 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Savannah State | 15–11 | 13–8 | 2nd (East) | |||||
| Savannah State: | 223–289 (.436) | 100–66 (.602) | |||||||
| Total: | 265–377 (.413) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
* Due to NCAA violations, 26 wins were vacated on September 17, 2019: 13 from the 2013–14 season, three from the 2014–15 season, and 10 from the 2017–18 season.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics".
- ^ a b "B-CC's Broadnax resigns to resume law career". Daytona Beach News-Journal. February 2, 2002. Archived from the original on July 8, 2002. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Horace Broadnax, Head Men's Basketball Coach". Savannah State University. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ "MEAC announces All-MEAC Men's Basketball Honors". MEACSports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ "SSU NCAA infractions". SSUAthletics.com. Savannah State University. June 20, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ James, Emily (June 20, 2019). "Savannah State failed to monitor its certification process". NCAA. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
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