Alan Major From Ohio State To Visit Europe Basketball Academy

Alan Major current director of recruiting and player development at Ohio State (NCAA division 1) confirmed his visit to Europe Basketball Academy for summer 2017. Trend of big NCAA division 1 coaches visiting Europe Basketball Academy will continue in 2017 and worth mentioning is that so far guests of Europe Basketball Academy in Barcelona were Dave Rose head coach of BYU Cougars, Tim Miles head coach of Nebraska Huskers, Dan Muller head coach of Illinois State Redbirds, Matt Painter head coach of Purdue Boilermakers and Mike Anderson head coach of Arkansas Razorbacks.

Alan Major most recently was head coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2010 to 2015. Before being named coach of the Charlotte 49ers, Major spent nine years working with Thad Matta at Ohio State and Xavier universities. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he is a 1992 graduate of Purdue.

Major served as a student manager under Gene Keady 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 Thad Matta. He followed Matta to Ohio State in 2004 where he worked as an assistant coach for six seasons. On April 12, 2010, he was named the head coach of Charlotte.

Major coached two No. 1 overall picks in the NBA draft during his time as an assistant. At Pacific, Major worked with Michael Olowokandi who was the top pick in the 1998 draft. At Ohio State, Major was the big men coach when Greg Oden came to the school. Oden was the number one pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.

Having taken a medical leave of absence following the 2013-2014 season, Coach Major would take another such leave during the second half of the 2014-2015 season. Assistant Head Coach Ryan Odom would coach the team for the remainder of the season. Following the conclusion of the 2014-2015 season it was announced that Major would step down as head coach. His record as 49ers head coach was 67 wins to 70 losses with the program attaining an overall record during his tenure of 75 to 81. Significant milestones included winning the 2012 Great Alaska Shootout and 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-off tournaments and victories over #7 ranked Tenessesse, #10 ranked Butler, and previous National Championship runners-up, #14 ranked Michigan.