Alan Major, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alan Major

American basketball coach

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1968

Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession: basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Alan Major

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  • Major (born June 21, 1968) is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2010 to 2015.
  • Before being named coach of the Charlotte 49ers, Major spent nine years working with Thad Matta at Ohio State and Xavier universities.
  • Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he is a 1992 graduate of Purdue.
  • Major took an indefinite medical leave of absence due to multiple health issues in January 2015, and was replaced on an interim basis by his associate head coach, Ryan Odom.
  • As of mid-2016, Major has a clean bill of health.
  • He returned to the sidelines in 2016 as Director of Player Development back at Ohio State from 2016-2017.
  • During his time away from coaching, Major traveled the U.S.
  • to visit dozens of successful College and NBA teams.
  • He also assisted several overseas tour teams to China, Israel and the Philippines.
  • As of May 2018, he resides in Indianapolis, Indiana and is seeking his next coaching position.
  • Major served as a student manager under Gene Keady during his undergraduate tenure at Purdue.
  • After graduating in 1992, Major became an assistant coach at Cal Lutheran, a Div.
  • III school, and then spent three years working under all-time Big West Conference wins leader Bob Thomason at University of the Pacific.
  • He spent one season, 1998–1999, on the staff of fellow Purdue alumnus Bruce Weber before returning to Pacific.
  • In 2001, he became an assistant coach at Xavier under Thad Matta.
  • He followed Matta to Ohio State in 2004 where he worked as an assistant coach for six seasons.
  • On April 12, 2010, he was named the head coach of Charlotte. Major coached two No.
  • 1 overall picks in the NBA draft during his time as an assistant.
  • At Pacific, Major worked with Michael Olowokandi who was the top pick in the 1998 draft.
  • At Ohio State, Major was the big men coach when Greg Oden came to the school.
  • Oden was the number one pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Following the conclusion of the 2014-2015 season it was announced that Major would step down as head coach in order to fully recover and re-energize himself.
  • His record as 49ers head coach was 67 wins to 70 losses with the program attaining an overall record during his tenure of 75 to 81.
  • Significant milestones included winning the 2012 Great Alaska Shootout and 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-off tournaments and victories over #7 ranked Tenessesse, #10 ranked Butler, and previous National Championship runners-up, #14 ranked Michigan.

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