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Terry Truax (June 10, 1945 – February 15, 2015) was an American basketball coach, best known for his tenure as head coach for Towson University from 1983 to 1997.
Truax played college basketball at Maryland before embarking on his coaching career. Truax was an assistant to Morgan Wootten at DeMatha Catholic High School in 1969–70. He held coaching staff roles at North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Colorado and Mississippi State before being named head coach at Towson in 1983. Truax led the Tigers to a 202–203 record, highlighted by leading the Tigers to their first three NCAA tournament appearances from 1990 to 1992. He also coached at the high school and junior college levels and had stints in China and South Korea.
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