Lamont Weaver

Cranston LaMont Weaver is a retired American college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He was the men's freshmen coach for the Wisconsin Badgers (1974 to 1976) under John Powless and the head men's basketball coach at UW-River Falls for the better part of 4 seasons (1976 to 1980), taking over after Newman Benson early resigned early in the 1976–77 season. He finished his coaching career as the assistant to Dave "Augie" Vander Meulen at UW-Whitewater for 13 seasons (1980 through 1993).

Early life and playing career LaMont was born and raised in Beloit, WI. His parents Robert and Minnie Weaver raised him and his four siblings Frank, Robert Jr. (played basketball at UW-Stout), Amara, and Wynn. LaMont attended Beloit public schools, including Beloit Memorial High School, where he starred in basketball. The Purple Knights enjoyed great success in Weaver's 3 seasons on varsity, losing the state championship game 63–51 to Manitowoc in 1968, completing a perfect 26–0 season by defeating Neenah 80–79 in double overtime in 1969

Weaver was recruited by several division I programs and accepted a basketball scholarship to attend UW-Madison. He played 68 games during his 3 years on varsity from 1971 to 1974 (freshmen were not eligible to play varsity per NCAA rules at that time), averaging 6.6 points per game. He graduated from UW-Madison in 1974 with a degree in Elementary Education and Afro-American Studies.

Coaching career +YearsNumber of During Weaver's time at UW-River Falls he earned his master's degree in Guidance and Counselling.

During Weaver's time as Dave Vander Meulen's assistant coach at Whitewater, the Warhawks had a record of 272–94, 13 straight winning seasons, 3 final four appearances, (playing basketball for his dad's former Wisconsin State University Conference rival Dick Bennett and his son Tony) before his professional career.

LaMont is enjoying retirement in Beloit with his wife, Jean.