University of Washington director of men's basketball operations Lance LaVetter shakes hands with a UA player on Feb. 6, 2003.

For the last 12 seasons, Lance LaVetter has been Lorenzo Romar’s director of operations for the Washington Huskies basketball team. LaVetter, who is the son of Pueblo’s 1977 and 1978 state championship basketball coach Roland LaVetter, last week decided to get back into coaching. He joined the staff at Seattle U., under Cameron Dollar. Before becoming UW’s operations director, LaVetter, a Rincon High grad, was an assistant coach at New Mexico State and Saint Louis.


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