Biography

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. 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. 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. Later that year, he joined the Utah Jazz as an assistant.

At the beginning of the 2014-15 season, Lowe rejoined the Minnesota Timberwolves as an assistant for the next two years, being fired at the end of the 2015-16 season.

NBA playing career

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1983-84	IND	78	2	15.9	.413	.111	.777	1.6	3.4	1.2	0.1	4.2
1984-85	DET/ATL	21	0	9.0	.370	.000	1.000	0.8	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.3
1988-89	CHA	14	0	17.9	.320	.000	.636	2.4	6.6	1.0	0.0	1.6
1989-90	MIN	80	38	21.8	.319	.222	.722	2.0	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.3
Career		193	40	17.7	.367	.133	.764	1.7	3.9	1.0	0.0	2.9

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W-L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW-L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W-L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW-L%	Result
Minnesota	1992-93	53	13	40	.245	5th in Midwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Minnesota	1993-94	82	20	62	.244	5th in Midwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Vancouver	2000-01	82	23	59	.280	7th in Midwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Memphis	2001-02	82	23	59	.280	7th in Midwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Memphis	2002-03	8	0	8	.000	(fired)	—	—	—	—	—
Career		307	79	228	.257		—	—	—	—

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NC State (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2006-07	NC State	20-16	5-11	T-10th	NIT Quarterfinals
2007-08	NC State	15-16	4-12	T-11th	—
2008-09	NC State	16-14	6-10	10th	—
2009-10	NC State	20-16	5-11	T-9th	NIT 2nd Round
2010-11	NC State	15-16	5-11	T-10th	-
NC State:		86-78 (.524)	25-55 (.313)
Total:		86-78 (.524)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]