Lynn Nance was a head basketball

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 coach at the University of Washington

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, and at St. Mary's College (CA) where he led the Gaels to the NCAA Tournament, and at Iowa State

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 in the United States

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. He is a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. He played college basketball at the University of Washington, and became an honorable mention all-American. He also coached in Division II, where he won a national championship with Central Missouri State. He was also an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky

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, and Fresno State.