HIGH SCHOOL:
Oak Hill (1971)

COLLEGE:
North Carolina State (1975)

MONTE TOWE ( Oak Hill 1971-North Carolina State 1975)
Three-year letterman at Oak Hill High School ... Indiana ALL-Star ... floor leader of an NCAA championship team at North Carolina State in 1974 ... All-ACC 1974 ... started 86 consecutive games at NC State ... played for the Denver Nuggets 1975-1977 ... began coaching career in 1978 as an assistant coach to Indiana native and Hall of Famer, Norm Sloan, at
NC State ... continued his career with Coach Sloan at the University of Florida from 1980-1989 ... after doing TV analyst work with the NBA Charlotte Hornets in 1990, Towe was a head coach of two franchises in the GBA (Raleigh and Fayetteville, NC) 1991-1992 ... guided the Marinos de Oriente to the Venezuelan Professional League Championship in 1993 ... next worked with Flip Saunders as an assistant coach of the Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) (1994), followed by a year (1995)as the Head Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Florida ... after three seasons (1996-1999) as Assistant Coach at UNC-Asheville and two years as Head Coach at Santa Fe Community College in Gainsville, Florida, Towe, in his first year at the University of New Orleans, led the Privateers to a 15-13 overall and 9-6 Sunbelt Conference Record.