{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Lennox Forrester | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|2|4}} | birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Evansville ('92) | player_years1 = 1987–1989 | player_team1 = Parkland College | coach_years1 = 1992–2002 | coach_team1 = Evansville (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2002–2007 | coach_team2 = Bradley (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2007–2015 | coach_team3 = SIU Edwardsville | coach_years4 = 2015–2017 | coach_team4 = Evansville (asst.) | overall_record = 83–146 ({{winpct|83|146}}) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Lennox Forrester''' is an American college basketball coach and the former men's head coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). He was an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Evansville after being fired by SIUE.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=University of Evansville |title=2014–15 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff |url=http://www.gopurpleaces.com/coaches.aspx?rc=466&path=mbball |accessdate=April 23, 2015}}</ref> He currently serves as the Executive Director at the Downtown Belleville YMCA in Belleville, Illinois.
==Biography== A native of Evanston, Illinois, Forrester transferred to the University of Evansville after graduating from Parkland (IL) College, where he was a National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American in 1989. Leg injuries prevented Forrester from joining the Purple Aces as a player. Instead, he remained with the program as a student assistant and earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1992.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Forrester and his wife, domestic and internationally acclaimed Dr. Racquel Forrester, have a daughter, Calaya, and movie and playwright director, son Drew of TFL Media.<ref name="LF">{{cite web |url=http://www.siuecougars.com/schools/siue/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/forrester_lennox00.html |title=SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site |accessdate=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116053550/http://www.siuecougars.com/schools/siue/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/forrester_lennox00.html |archivedate=2010-01-16 }}</ref> works at gateway regional ymca downtown Belleville Illinois center go gwrymca.org and click on locations then go to the Downtown Belleville center location truth
==Coaching career== After graduating from Evansville, Forrester spent 10 seasons (1992–2002) as an assistant coach and administrative assistant for the school under coach Jim Crews. He then served five seasons as an assistant coach to Jim Les at Bradley University, before being named as the seventh coach of the SIU Edwardsville Cougars.<ref name="bradleybraves">{{cite web|url=http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=122855|title=Lennox Forrester|publisher=bradleybraves.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116084605/http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=122855|archive-date=2014-01-16|url-status=dead|accessdate=14 January 2014}}</ref> During Forrester's first year as coach, SIUE was a member of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference. In his second season, the school began a five-year transition to Division I. SIUE joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2008 and played its first full conference schedule in the 2011–12 season but was not eligible for post-season competition until 2012–13.<ref name="LF"/> On May 4, 2012, it was announced that, in light of the program's steady progress, SIUE had extended Forrester's contract for an additional three years.<ref name="siuecougars">{{cite web|url=http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/201205044aaazt|title=Men's Basketball Celebrates Season; Forrester's Contract Extended – SIUE|publisher=siuecougars.com|accessdate=14 January 2014|archive-date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105025036/http://www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/201205044aaazt|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On March 10, 2015, it was announced that Forrester and his entire staff would not be retained because, according to SIUE Athletic Director Dr. Brad Hewitt, "... our won-loss record and program support are not where we believe it should be." In eight seasons, Forrester's record was 82–146.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theintelligencer.com/local_sports/article_b0af678e-c80f-11e4-afb0-131446245b07.html|title = Men's BASKETBALL: Search for next SIUE coach is under way|date = 11 March 2015}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = SIU Edwardsville Cougars | conference = Great Lakes Valley Conference | startyear = 2007 | endyear = 2008 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2007–08 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 17–11 | conference = 10–9 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(West)</small> | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }}{{CBB yearly record subtotal|name=SIU Edwardsville (DII)|overall=17–11 ({{winpct|17|11}})|confrecord=10–9 ({{winpct|10|9}})}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = SIU Edwardsville Cougars | conference = NCAA Division I independent | startyear = 2008 | endyear = 2011 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2008–09 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 10–20 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2009–10 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 5–23 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2010–11 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 9–21 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = SIU Edwardsville Cougars | conference = Ohio Valley Conference | startyear = 2011 | endyear = 2015 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2011–12 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 10–17 | conference = 6–10 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2012–13 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 9–18 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = 4th <small>(West)</small> | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2013–14 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 11–20 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = T–3rd <small>(West)</small> | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2014–15 | name = SIU Edwardsville | overall = 12–16 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = 4th <small>(West)</small> | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = SIU Edwardsville (DI) | overall = 66–135 ({{winpct|66|135}}) | confrecord = 26–38 ({{winpct|26|38}}) }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 83–146 ({{winpct|83|146}}) | legend = no }}
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