Savannah State University
Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Horace Broadnax

Savannah State University Athletics Director Tony O’Neal named Horace Broadnax the head coach for the Savannah State University men’s basketball team on April 11, 2005.

Broadnax came to SSU after practicing law for three years. Prior, he was the head men’s basketball coach at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla., from 1997 until 2002. The Plant City, Fla., native is credited with reviving the men’s basketball program at Bethune-Cookman College.

During his second year as head coach, Broadnax was voted the men’s Coach of the Year in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) after turning around a team that finished 1-26 in his first year as coach to a fifth-place finish with a 10-9 conference record. Broadnax earned the title again after the men’s team earned its first number one ranking in the MEAC during the 1999-2000 regular season. Broadnax stepped down in 2002 for family reasons.

Prior to joining Bethune-Cookman College, Broadnax was the head men’s basketball coach at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Fla., for two years, where he recorded the school’s first 20-win season in 1996-97. He also worked as the video coordinator for the men’s basketball team at the University of Florida and held assistant basketball coaching positions at Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Fla.

Broadnax received his bachelor’s degree in finance at Georgetown University in 1986. At Georgetown, he was a point guard for the legendary coach John Thompson and helped the Hoyas win the 1984 NCAA title. Broadnax received his law degree from Florida State College of Law in Tallahassee, Fla., in 1991, and became a member of the Florida Bar in 1993.He has been a law partner at the Orlando, Fla., firm of Morgan, Colling & Gilbert since 1998, and is an attorney-at-law in the Law Office of Joseph Williams in Plant City, Fla.

He is married to Tammy Broadnax and the couple has two sons, Horace Kaleb (5) and Randall Trent (3).

COACHING EXPERIENCE
42-88 record at Bethune-Cookman College (1997-2002)
29-31 record with Valencia Community College (1995-1997)
20-10 school record in 1996 at Valencia
First 20 win season in school’s history 1996-97
Ranked as high as fourth in Florida Junior College poll 1996-97
Named MEAC Coach of the Year 1998-99
Named MEAC Coach of the Year 1999-00

COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Combined over his four years at Georgetown, 115-24
Member of the 1984 NCAA Division-I Men’s National Championship Team
1985 runner up in NCAA Division I Men’s National Championship Team
Won over 30 games in 1984 and 1985
Graduated in four years with a degree in Finance

HIGH SCHOOL
1981    Second Team All-State
1982    First Team All-State
First Team All-Southern
Florida’s Player of the Year (1982)
Member of the Class 4-A State Championship Team (1982)