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{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{For|the Anglican Archdeacon of Bradford|Sidney Lowe (priest)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2009}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Sidney Lowe
| image  = Sidney_Lowe_Wizards.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Lowe at Washington Wizards training camp in 2017
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 195
| league = [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
| team = Detroit Pistons
| position = Assistant coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|1|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| high_school = [[DeMatha Catholic High School|DeMatha]] ([[Hyattsville, Maryland]])
| college = [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] (1979–1983)
| draft_year = 1983
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 25
| draft_team = [[Chicago Bulls]]
| career_start = 1983
| career_end = 1990
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number = 35, 34, 43
| coach_start = 1991
| coach_end = 
| years1 = {{nbay|1983|full=y}}
| team1 = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1984|start}}
| team2 = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1984|full=y}}
| team3 = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
| years4 = 1985–1986
| team4 = [[Tampa Bay Thrillers]]
| years5 = 1987–1988
| team5 = [[Albany Patroons]]
| years6 = 1988
| team6 = [[Calgary 88's]]
| years7 = {{nbay|1988|end}}
| team7 = [[Charlotte Hornets]]
| years8 = 1989
| team8 = [[Rapid City Thrillers]]
| years9 = {{nbay|1989|full=y}}
| team9 = [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
| cyears1 = {{nbay|1991|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}
| cteam1 = [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = {{nbay|1992|end}}–{{nbay|1993|end}}
| cteam2 = Minnesota Timberwolves
| cyears3 = {{nbay|1994|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}
| cteam3 = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] (assistant)
| cyears4 = {{nbay|1999|full=y}}
| cteam4 = Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant)
| cyears5 = {{nbay|2000|start}}–{{nbay|2002|start}}
| cteam5 = [[Vancouver Grizzlies|Vancouver]] / [[Memphis Grizzlies]]
| cyears6 = {{nbay|2004|full=y}}
| cteam6 = Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant)
| cyears7 = {{nbay|2005|full=y}}
| cteam7 = [[Detroit Pistons]] (assistant)
| cyears8 = 2006–2011
| cteam8 = [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]]
| cyears9 = {{nbay|2011|start}}–{{nbay|2013|end}}
| cteam9 = [[Utah Jazz]] (assistant)
| cyears10 = {{nbay|2014|start}}–{{nbay|2015|end}}
| cteam10 = Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant)
| cyears11 = {{nbay|2016|start}}–{{nbay|2017|end}}
| cteam11 = [[Washington Wizards]] (assistant)
| cyears12 = {{nbay|2018|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}}
| cteam12 = Detroit Pistons (assistant)
| cyears13 = {{nbay|2021|start}}–{{nbay|2023|end}}
| cteam13 = Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
| cyears14 = {{nbay|2024|start}}–present
| cteam14 = Detroit Pistons (assistant)
| highlights = 
* 3× [[CBA champion]] (1985, 1986, 1988)
* [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] All-Star (1988)
* All-CBA First Team (1988)
* CBA All-Defensive Team (1988)
* CBA All-Defensive First Team (1986)
* [[Continental Basketball Association statistical leaders|CBA steals leader]] (1988)
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1983]])
* First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (1983)
* Second-team All-ACC (1981)
* No. 35 jersey [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball#Honored jerseys|honored by NC State Wolfpack]]
}}
'''Sidney Rochell Lowe''' (born January 21, 1960) is an American former [[basketball]] player and current assistant coach for the [[Detroit Pistons]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). Lowe played [[college basketball]] and served as the [[head coach]] at [[North Carolina State University]] (NC State).

==Biography==
[[File:Sidney Lowe (Duke Chronicle 1983-03-14).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Lowe with NC State in 1983]]
Lowe began his career at [[DeMatha Catholic High School]] in [[Hyattsville, Maryland]]. He played collegiate basketball at [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]]. He was the [[point guard]] for the Wolfpack's [[1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1983 NCAA National Championship]]. 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. Lowe played in the [[Continental Basketball Association]] for the [[Rapid City Thrillers|Tampa Bay / Rapid City Thrillers]] and [[Albany Patroons]] from 1984 to 1989.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |title=Sidney Lowe minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-lowesid001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref> He won [[CBA champion|CBA championships]] with the Thrillers in 1985<ref>{{cite web |title=1984-85 Tampa Bay Thrillers Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBATBT/y-1984 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> and 1986,<ref>{{cite web |title=1985-86 Tampa Bay Thrillers Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBATBT/y-1985 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> and the Patroons in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=1987-88 Albany Patroons Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALP/y-1987 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> He was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1988, All-Defensive Team in 1988 and All-Defensive First Team in 1986.<ref name=sc/> He was a CBA All-Star in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AA&page=4&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22Ray%20Hall%22%20basketball&docref=news/0ED02A4331CA4199|title=CBA all-stars|accessdate=April 4, 2023|date=January 22, 1988|work=[[USA Today]]|page=5C}}</ref>

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 Grizzlies|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 Timberwolves|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 an NCAA head coach, he completed the final nine hours of his [[business administration]] degree online via [[Saint Paul's College, Virginia|St. Paul's College]] in [[Lawrenceville, Virginia|Lawrenceville]], [[Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2433439 |work=ESPN.com |title=Sources: Pistons' Lowe agrees to coach NC State |date=May 5, 2006 |first=Andy |last=Katz }}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/2006-2011-03-first-african-american-head-basketball-coach | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514032610/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/2006-2011-03-first-african-american-head-basketball-coach | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 14, 2012 | title=First African American head basketball coach (2006 - 3/2011) | work=Historical State | access-date=April 13, 2012 }}</ref>  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 [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]], [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] and [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|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 Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]], and his teams only made two appearances in the [[National Invitation Tournament|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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/03/15/2142962/sidney-lowe-resigns-as-nc-state.html | title=Sidney Lowe resigns as N.C. State coach | first=J.P. | last=Giglio | newspaper=[[Charlotte Observer]] | date=March 15, 2011 | access-date=March 15, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolves Name Sidney Lowe Assistant Coach |url=https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/wolves-name-sidney-lowe-assistant-coach |website=NBA.com |date=June 13, 2014}}</ref> On July 5, 2016, the Washington Wizards announced that Lowe had been hired as an assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16796942/sidney-lowe-tony-brown-join-scott-brooks-washington-wizards-staff|title=Lowe, Brown join Wizards staff as assistants|date=5 July 2016}}</ref> Lowe was hired by the Detroit Pistons beginning the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detroit Pistons Name Sidney Lowe and Sean Sweeney Assistant Coaches |url=https://www.nba.com/pistons/news/detroit-pistons-name-sidney-lowe-and-sean-sweeney-assistant-coaches |website=NBA.com |date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

On August 26, 2021, Lowe was hired by the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] as an assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cavaliers Hire Sidney Lowe as Assistant Coach |url=https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/lowe-hiring-210826 |website=NBA.com |date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1984, Lowe married Melonie Moultry in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. He had 20 groomsmen including [[Lorenzo Charles]], [[Thurl Bailey]], [[Dereck Whittenburg]], [[Cozell McQueen]] and [[Clyde Austin]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hobbs |first1=Chris |title=The Lowe Down |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113752838/the-lowe-down/ |access-date=28 November 2022 |work=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |date=1 July 1984 |page=11C}}</ref>

==NBA playing career==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1983}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1983–84 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 78 || 2 || 15.9 || .413 || .111 || .777 || 1.6 || 3.4 || 1.2 || .1 || 4.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1984}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1984–85 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 6 || 0 || 5.2 || .286 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .2 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1984|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1984–85 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 15 || 0 || 10.6 || .400 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 2.8 || .7 || .0 || 1.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Charlotte Hornets season|Charlotte]]
| 14 || 0 || 17.9 || .320 || .000 || .636 || 2.4 || 6.6 || 1.0 || .0 || 1.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Minnesota Timberwolves season|Minnesota]]
| 80 || 38 || 21.8 || .319 || .222 || .722 || 2.0 || 4.2 || .9 || .1 || 2.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 193 || 40 || 17.7|| .367 || .133 || .764 || 1.7 || 3.9 || 1.0 || .0 || 2.9
{{s-end}}

==Head coaching record==

===NBA===
{{NBA coach statistics legend}}
{{NBA coach statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Minnesota Timberwolves season|Minnesota]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}
|53||13||40||{{Winning percentage|13|40}}|| align="center"|5th in Midwest|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves season|Minnesota]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993}}
|82||20||62||{{Winning percentage|20|62}}|| align="center"|5th in Midwest|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000–01 Vancouver Grizzlies season|Vancouver]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2000}}
|82||23||59||{{Winning percentage|23|59}}|| align="center"|7th in Midwest|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001–02 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2001}}
|82||23||59||{{Winning percentage|23|59}}|| align="center"|7th in Midwest|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2002–03 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2002}}
|8||0||8||{{Winning percentage|0|8}}|| align="center"|(resigned)|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"|'''Career'''
| ||307||79||228||{{Winning percentage|79|228}}|| ||—||—||—||—||
{{s-end}}

===College===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State Wolfpack]]
 | conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2006
 | endyear    = 2011
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2006–07]]
 | name         = NC State
 | overall      = 20–16<ref name=sched07>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/152/year/2007/north-carolina-state-wolfpack|title=NC State Wolfpack 2023-24 Postseason NCAAM Schedule|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
 | conference   = 5–11<ref name=sched07/>
 | confstanding = T–10th<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings|title=Men's College Basketball Standings, 2023-24 season|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
 | postseason   = [[2007 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Quarterfinals]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/270790277|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407153220/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/270790277|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2022|title=West Virginia 71-66 NC State (Mar 20, 2007) Game Recap|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2007–08]]
 | name         = NC State
 | overall      = 15–16<ref name=sched08>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/152/year/2008/north-carolina-state-wolfpack|title=NC State Wolfpack 2023-24 Postseason NCAAM Schedule|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
 | conference   = 4–12<ref name=sched08/>
 | confstanding = T–11th<ref name="auto"/>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2008–09]]
 | name         = NC State
 | overall      = 16–14<ref name=sched09>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/152/year/2009/north-carolina-state-wolfpack|title=NC State Wolfpack 2023-24 Postseason NCAAM Schedule|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
 | conference   = 6–10<ref name=sched09/>
 | confstanding = 10th<ref name="auto"/>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = [[2009–10 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team|NC State]]
 | overall      = 20–16<ref name=sched10>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/152/year/2010/north-carolina-state-wolfpack|title=NC State Wolfpack 2023-24 Postseason NCAAM Schedule|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
 | conference   = 5–11<ref name=sched10/>
 | confstanding = T–9th<ref name="auto"/>
 | postseason   = [[2010 National Invitation Tournament|NIT 2nd Round]]<ref name=sched10/>
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = [[2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2010–11]]
 | name         = [[2010–11 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team|NC State]]
 | overall      = 15–16<ref name=sched11>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/152/year/2011/north-carolina-state-wolfpack|title=NC State Wolfpack 2023-24 Postseason NCAAM Schedule|website=ESPN|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
 | conference   = 5–11<ref name=sched11/>
 | confstanding = T–10th<ref name="auto"/>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = NC State
 | overall    = 86–78 ({{Winning percentage|86|78}})
 | confrecord = 25–55 ({{Winning percentage|25|55}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 86–78 ({{Winning percentage|86|78}})
 | legend  = no
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/lowesi01c.html Coaching statistics] at Basketball-Reference.com
* [http://www.sidneylowe.com SidneyLowe.com: Sidney Lowe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217105826/http://sidneylowe.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}

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