The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Player Development
Alan Major, a veteran coach with more than 20 years of experience at some of the nation's top men's college basketball programs, enters his first season as Director of Player Development for Texas Women's Basketball.
In his role at Texas, Major will actively participate in the development of the program's student-athletes, will serve as a program analyst for the coaching staff and will assist with on-campus recruiting, video scouting and community events.
Major spent a combined 18 years as an assistant men's basketball coach at Ohio State, Pacific, Southern Illinois and Cal Lutheran before being named the head men's coach at Charlotte prior to the start of the 2010-11 season. He led the 49ers for four-plus seasons, including a 21-12 record and an National Invitation Tournament appearance in 2012-13.
Major was at Ohio State for six seasons, helping the Buckeyes to a 156-54 record, four NCAA Tournament appearances, a school-record 35 wins in 2006-07, three outright Big Ten regular-season titles and two league tournament titles. In 2009-10, Ohio State reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen after winning both the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles. In 2007, the Buckeyes reached the NCAA National Championship game and in 2008, they won the NIT title.
Major was instrumental in the recruitment and development of such players as Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Daequan Cook, Kosta Koufos and Evan Turner at Ohio State. All were NBA first-round draft choices while Turner swept the 2010 National Player of the Year awards, including the Wooden Award, the Naismith Trophy and the USBWA, Associated Press and NABC Player of the Year awards.
Prior to his time at Ohio State, Major coached NBA first round choice David West at Xavier and NBA No. 1 draft choice Michael Olowokandi at Pacific.
In his three seasons at Xavier, the Musketeers went 78-23 with three NCAA appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2004. He coached for a total of five seasons at Pacific, and helped the Tigers to the 1997 NCAA Tournament. He coached for one season at Southern Illinois under Bruce Weber. His career began at Cal Lutheran where he helped the Kingsmen to a 61-22 record in three seasons, including trips to the NCAA Div. III Tournament in 1993 and 1994.
Major graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Education degree in sociology in 1992, serving as a manager for Gene Keady's Boilermakers, including spending the 1991 and 1992 seasons as head manager. He earned his Master of Education degree in physical education from California Lutheran University in 1995.
THE ALAN MAJOR FILE
EDUCATION
1992 - Purdue University - [B.Ed. - Sociology]
1995 - California Lutheran University - [M.Ed. - Physical Education]
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1992-95 - Cal Lutheran [Men's Assistant Coach]
1995-98 - Pacific [Men's Assistant Coach]
1998-99 - Southern Illinois [Men's Assistant Coach]
1999-00 - Pacific [Men's Assistant Coach]
2001-04 - Xavier [Men's Assistant Coach]
2004-10 - Ohio State [Men's Assistant Coach]
2010-15 - Charlotte [Men's Head Coach]
2016-17 - Ohio State [Men's Director of Recruiting and Player Development]
2018-Present - Texas [Women's Director of Player Development]
