Hall of Fame
Lennox Forrester played for the Cobra Basketball team during the 1988 and 1989 seasons. In 1989 Forrester was selected as an NJCAA All-American, All-Region and All-Conference. His career included being a member of two of the Cobras top-five finishes where they were 2nd in 1988 and 4th in 1989.
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Forrester then earned a Division I Scholarship to the University of Evansville where he played 2 seasons, finishing first in the conference and winning the Conference Tournament and reaching the NCAA tournament in his senior year. Forrester earned his B.S. in Sociology in 1992 and spent the next 25 years as a college basketball coach. Starting his coaching career as an assistant at the University of Evansville for 12 years, Forrester moved to Bradley University as an assistant coach and helped guide the Bradley team earn wins over Kansas and Pittsburgh to make it into the Sweet Sixteen in the 2005-2007 seasons. Forrester finished his long career in coaching as the head coach at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville for eight seasons, guiding them from Division II to Division I. He currently serves as the Executive Director at the Downtown Belleville YMCA in Belleville, Illinois where he lives with his wife Racquel and daughter Calaya.
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