Career
He guided the Tigers to an overall record of 68 wins and 51 losses during that time. As a junior in 1988-1989, Texas Southern were co-regular season Southwestern Athletic Conference champions but lost in the conference tournament. The Tigers, seeded #14 in the Midwest Region, lost to #3 Georgetown in the first round.
West scored 2,066 points and grabbed 1,136 rebounds in his collegiate career, placing him in an exclusive group of players to have reached both milestones at the Division I level
After college, the Yakima Sun Kings of the Continental Basketball Association picked him in the 1990 College of Business Administration Draft. He also played professionally abroad, including a stint in Argentina, before retiring.