| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1952 (age 72–73) Shelby, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1972 | Utica JC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975–1977 | Mississippi Industrial |
| 1977–1983 | LeMoyne–Owen (assistant) |
| 1983–1995 | Texas Southern (assistant) |
| 1995–1999 | Grambling State |
| 2000–2003 | Texas Southern (women's) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 44–66 (college) |
Lacey Reynolds (bornc. 1952) is an American formercollege basketball coach. He served as the head coach of theGrambling State Tigers andTexas Southern Lady Tigers. Reynolds is fromShelby, Mississippi.[1]
Reynolds attendedUtica Junior College from 1970 to 1972 and played on the basketball team.[2] He also played atMississippi Industrial College, where, aged 23, he received his first head coaching role in 1975.[1][2] Reynolds worked as an assistant coach and physical education instructor atLeMoyne–Owen College from 1977 to 1983.[2] He served as an assistant coach for theTexas Southern Tigers from 1983 to 1995.[3]
On June 8, 1995, Reynolds was appointed head coach of theGrambling State Tigers.[4] His only winning season was in 1997–98 when the Tigers amassed a 16–12 record, finished third in theSouthwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and advanced to the tournament semifinals.[5] Reynolds accumulated a 44–66 record over four seasons with the Tigers and was fired on April 17, 1999.[5] He served as head coach of theTexas Southern Lady Tigers from 2000 until his resignation in May 2003.[2][6] During a January 1, 2003, game against theTCU Horned Frogs, his Lady Tigers posted the fewest points in anNCAA Division I women's basketball game when they lost 76–16.[7]
Reynolds applied for the head coaching role of the Texas Southern Tigers in 2007.[3] He was a finalist for the head coaching position of theMississippi Valley State Delta Devils in 2008.[8]
Reynolds earned a master's degree in physical education fromDelta State University in 1975.[2] He received hisdoctorate in education fromTexas Southern University in 2007 and works as a professor in the College of Education at Texas Southern.[2][9]