 Allen coaching atODU | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1936-03-08)March 8, 1936 Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 11, 2020(2020-09-11) (aged 84) Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1956–1960 | Marshall |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1960–1965 | Marshall (assistant) |
| 1965–1975 | Old Dominion |
| 1975–1980 | SMU |
| 1980–1987 | Nevada |
| 1988 | Las Vegas Silver Streaks |
| 1989–1990 | Santa Barbara Islanders |
| 1997–1998 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
| 1998 | Detroit Shock (assistant) |
| 1999–2001 | Sacramento Monarchs |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 613–383 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division II (1975) | |
Sonny Allen (March 8, 1936 – September 11, 2020) was an Americancollege basketball coach. He was the head coach atOld Dominion University from 1965 to 1975; leading the Monarchs to sixNCAA College/Division II Tournaments, winning in 1975, finishing runner-up in 1971 and finishing fourth in 1976. He then accepted theSouthern Methodist University job, spending the 1975–76 through 1979–80 seasons in Dallas, he then moved to theUniversity of Nevada, Reno from 1980 to 1987.
He was later the head coach for theSacramento Monarchs of theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1999 to 2001.[1][2] He died of Parkinson's Disease in Reno, Nevada.[3]
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 1999 | 32 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 3rd in West | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | Lost inconference semifinals |
| Sacramento | 2000 | 32 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 3rd in West | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | Lost inconference semifinals |
| Sacramento | 2001 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | (replaced) | — | — | — | — | |
| Career[4] | 76 | 46 | 30 | .605 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | |||