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Alan Major
Major in 2009 with Ohio State.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCharlotte
ConferenceConference USA
Record6–7
Biographical details
Born (1968-06-21) June 21, 1968 (age 56)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall67–70
Tournaments0–1 (NIT)

Alan M. Major (born June 21, 1968) is an American basketball coach who is the current men's basketball head coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 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. As of January 6, 2015, Major is on an indefinite medical leave of absence due to multiple health issues, and has been replaced on an interim basis by his associate head coach, Ryan Odom.

Major served as a student manager under Gene Keady during his undergraduate tenure at Purdue.[1] 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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Charlotte (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2010–2013)
2010–11 Charlotte 10–20 2–14 13th
2011–12 Charlotte 13–17 5–11 11th
2012–13 Charlotte 21–12 8–8 T-8th NIT First Round
Charlotte (Conference USA) (2013–present)
2013–14 Charlotte 17–14 7–9
2014–15 Charlotte 6–7* 0–1*
Charlotte: 67–70 22–43
Total: 67–70

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

*Alan Major took an indefinite leave of absence due to medical reasons on January 6, 2015. Charlotte's record at the time was 6–7 (0–1 C-USA).

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