Alan M. Major (born June 21, 1968) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of

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of the

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(BAL). He was the head coach at the

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from 2010 to 2015. Before being named coach of the

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, Major spent nine years working with

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at Ohio State and Xavier universities. Born in

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, he is a 1992 graduate of Purdue. Major took an indefinite medical leave of absence due to multiple health issues in January 2015, and was replaced on an interim basis by his associate head coach,

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. As of mid-2016, Major has a clean bill of health. He returned to the sidelines in 2016 as Director of Player Development back at Ohio State from 2016-2017. During his time away from coaching, Major traveled the U.S. to visit dozens of successful College and NBA teams. He also assisted several overseas tour teams to China, Israel and the Philippines. Major served as a student manager under

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during his undergraduate tenure at Purdue. After graduating in 1992, Major became an assistant coach at Cal Lutheran, a Div. III school, and then spent three years working under all-time Big West Conference wins leader Bob Thomason at University of the Pacific. He spent one season, 1998–1999, on the staff of fellow Purdue alumnus Bruce Weber before returning to Pacific. In 2001, he became an assistant coach at Xavier under

. He followed Matta to

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in 2004 where he worked as an assistant coach for six seasons. On April 12, 2010, he was named the head coach of

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. Major coached two No. 1 overall picks in the NBA draft during his time as an assistant. At Pacific, Major worked with

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who was the top pick in the 1998 draft. At Ohio State, Major was the big men coach when

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came to the school. Oden was the number one pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Following the conclusion of the 2014–15 season it was announced that Major would step down as head coach in order to fully recover and re-energize himself. His record as 49ers head coach was 67 wins and 70 losses with the program attaining an overall record during his tenure of 75–81. Significant milestones included winning the 2012 Great Alaska Shootout and 2013

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tournaments and victories over #7 ranked Tenessesse, #10 ranked Butler, and previous National Championship runners-up, #14 ranked

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. In April 2021, Major signed as head coach of the Rwandan club

to coach the team in the first-ever

(BAL) season. He was also an assistant coach on the

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during

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Head coaching record

*''Alan Major took an indefinite leave of absence due to medical reasons on January 6, 2015. Charlotte's record at the time was 6–7 (0–1 C-USA).''

References

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