Harold Deane, Sr.

Lucy Addison High, Roanoke

Coach Harold Deane, Sr. graduated from Lucy Addison High in 1956. During his senior year his basketball team was VIA Group I Basketball Tournament Runner-up. He attended Virginia State College (now University) where he received the B. S. degree in Physical Education in 1961. At VSU he competed in basketball and track and field. He was a three year starter in basketball and selected to the CIAA All-Tournament Team. He received professional basketball offers from the Detroit Pistons, Washington Capitals (ABA) and the Harlem Clowns. As an ROTC graduate, he served in the U. S. Army from 1961-1963. Coach Deane was Head Basketball coach at VSU 1969– 1979 and 1987-1994. His led his team to the Central Intercollegiate Association (CIAA) championship in 1988. He was selected as conference Coach of the Year four times. From 1969 until his retirement in 2015, he was a professor of Physical Education at VSU. For many years Coach Deane officiated high school basketball, baseball and softball games and collegiate men and women basketball games in the CIAA, Big South and the Atlantic Coast Conferences. Coach Deane’s contributions to education and his community have been recognized by the City of Petersburg and Chesterfield County, VA. He was elected to the CIAA Hall of Fame in 2014.