Allen Edwards

Biography

Allen Edwards was hired as the Associate Head Coach at UMass in April of 2022. Edwards joined the Minutemen with four years of head coaching and 16 years of assistant coaching experience and most recently spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount. “Super excited to once again line up with Allen Edwards on my side,” said Frank Martin. “I was fortunate enough to coach him in high school and watched him grow as a coach after completing his unbelievably successful playing career. He brings unbelievable experience as a former head coach and as a lead assistant coach for tremendous coaches in his background. Allen and his family will be a tremendous addition to UMass and the Amherst communities." At Loyola Marymount, Edwards helped the Lions to a top-three finish in the West Coast Conference in 2020-21 and helped them secure their first winning record in conference play since 2011-12. The squad finished in the top-100 in the NCAA NET rankings at No. 95, the highest finish in NET or RPI since the 1990 season. Prior to arriving at LMU, Edwards spent nine seasons at Wyoming and was the head coach of the Cowboys from 2016-10. Edwards’ teams recorded 60 wins over four seasons, including back-to-back 20-win seasons while winning 23 games in 2016-17 on the way to the CBI Championship. As an assistant at Wyoming, Edwards helped the 2015 team to the NCAA Second Round and coached Larry Nance to a first-round draft pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. Edwards also spent time as an as