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American basketball coach (1936–2020)

Sonny Allen
Biographical details
Allen coaching at ODU
Born	(1936-03-08)March 8, 1936 Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	September 11, 2020(2020-09-11) (aged 84) Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Playing career
1956–1960	Marshall

Position(s)	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1960–1965	Marshall (assistant)
1965–1975	Old Dominion
1975–1980	SMU
1980–1987	Nevada
1988	Las Vegas Silver Streaks
1989–1990	Santa Barbara Islanders
1997–1998	Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
1998	Detroit Shock (assistant)
1999–2001	Sacramento Monarchs

Head coaching record
Overall	613–383
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division II (1975)

Sonny Allen (March 8, 1936 – September 11, 2020) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Old Dominion University from 1965 to 1975; leading the Monarchs to six NCAA College/Division II Tournaments, winning in 1975, finishing runner-up in 1971 and finishing fourth in 1976. He then accepted the Southern Methodist University job, spending the 1975–76 through 1979–80 seasons in Dallas, he then moved to the University of Nevada, Reno from 1980 to 1987.

He was later the head coach for the Sacramento Monarchs of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1999 to 2001. He died of Parkinson's Disease in Reno, Nevada.

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v t e Sacramento Monarchs
Founded in 1997 Folded in 2009 Based in Sacramento, California
Arenas	ARCO Arena
Head coaches	Mary Murphy Heidi VanDerveer Sonny Allen Maura McHugh John Whisenant Jenny Boucek
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Conference championships	2005 2006
WNBA championships	2005
Rivals	Los Angeles Sparks Seattle Storm San Antonio Silver Stars