Background
Lowe, Sidney was born on January 21, 1960 in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Lowe, Sidney was born on January 21, 1960 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Attended, North Carolina State, 1980—1983.
He is a former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and has served as the head coach at North Carolina State University. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 National Basketball Association Draft. He played a total of four seasons in the National Basketball Association, 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 1992-1993 season he took over as head coach of the struggling Timberwolves and remained in that position until the end of the 1993-1994 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 2000-2001 National Basketball Association 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 2001-2002, when the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis.
Sidney Lowe resigned from his coaching duties early in the 2002-2003 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association head coach, he completed the final nine hours of his business administration degree online via Saint 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 North Carolina State coach, Jim Valvano. He is one of only four North Carolina State coaches to have coached in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Championship game in their first year. In spite of the early success, Lowe failed to lead North Carolina State to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, and his teams only made two appearances in the National Institute of Technology. He had an overall winning record (86–78) after five years but only a 25–55 conference record.
Lowe resigned as head coach of North Carolina 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.
Married Melanie Lowe. Children: Sidney Junior, Lindsey, Lantzen.