Brent Scott (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{for|the United States Navy chaplain|Brent W. Scott}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Brent Scott
| image = Brent scott.jpg
| position = Assistant coach
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 250
| team = Penn State Nittany Lions
| league = Big Ten Conference
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|06|15}}
| birth_place = Jackson, Michigan, U.S.
| high_school = Everett (Lansing, Michigan)
| college = Rice (1989–1993)
| draft_year = 1993
| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2007
| coach_start = 2007
| career_number =
| career_position = Center
| years1 = 1993–1995
| team1 = Gymnastikos S. Larissas
| years2 = 1995
| team2 = Miami Tropics
| years3 = 1995–1996
| team3 = Olitalia Forlì
| years4 = 1996
| team4 = Portland Mountain Cats
| years5 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}
| team5 = Indiana Pacers
| years6 = 1997
| team6 = Atlantic City Seagulls
| years7 = 1997–1998
| team7 = Tau Cerámica
| years8 = 1998–1999
| team8 = Viola Reggio Calabria
| years9 = 1999–2000
| team9 = Real Madrid Baloncesto
| years10 = 2000–2001
| team10 = Viola Reggio Calabria
| years11 = 2001–2002
| team11 = Snaidero Udine
| years12 = 2002–2003
| team12 = PAOK
| years13 = 2003–2004
| team13 = Polaris World Murcia
| years14 = 2004–2005
| team14 = Joventut Badalona
| years15 = 2006
| team15 = Anwil Wloclawek
| years16 = 2006–2007
| team16 = AEK Athens
| cyears1 = 2007–2008
| cteam1 = Rice (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2008–2012
| cteam2 = LSU (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2012–2016
| cteam3 = TCU (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2016–2017
| cteam4 = Rice (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2017–2023
| cteam5 = VCU (assistant)
| cyears6 = 2023–present
| cteam6 = Penn State (assistant)
| highlights =
- 2× Italian League All-Star (1998, 2001)
- 2× Greek League All-Star (1994 I, 1994 II)
- USBL MVP (1996)
- USBL Scoring leader (1996)
- 2× USBL Rebounds leader (1995, 1997)
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas U18 Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 1990 Montevideo | Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA U19 World Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 1991 Edmonton | Team competition}}
}}
Brent Steven Scott (born June 15, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. Scott was a 6'10", {{convert|250|lb|abbr=on}}. center. Scott is currently an assistant coach at Penn State.
College career
Scott played college basketball at Rice University.
Professional career
Scott played 16 games with the Indiana Pacers during the 1996–97 NBA season, averaging 1.2 points and 0.6 rebounds per game. He also played professionally in Poland (Anwil Wloclawek), Spain (for Tau Cerámica, Real Madrid Baloncesto, Polaris World Murcia), Italy (for Olitalia Forlì, Viola Reggio Calabria{{cite web|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_new/PAW07-08/05-1121/features_captain.html?SPID=4231&SPSID=46548&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600|title=The Captain Returns: Basketball's Sydney Johnson '97 has been 'a coach all along'|access-date=2011-03-17|date=2007-11-21|work=Princeton Alumni Weekly|author=Tomlinson, Brett}} and Snaidero Udine) and Greece (Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK and AEK Athens).
Coaching career
On June 25, 2007, Rice University announced that Scott would be an assistant basketball coach.{{Cite web |url=http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062507aad.html |title=Former Rice alumnus named assistant coach |access-date=2007-07-17 |archive-date=2007-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905223530/http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062507aad.html |url-status=dead }} He has since served in the same capacity at Louisiana State University and TCU, both under head coach Trent Johnson. On May 16, 2016, Scott returned to his alma mater Rice, after four years at TCU, to serve on Mike Rhoades staff.{{cite web |url=http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/brent_scott_1018475.html |title=Brent Scott Bio - Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball |website=www.riceowls.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826234251/http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/brent_scott_1018475.html |archive-date=2016-08-26}} In March 2017, he joined Rhoades' staff at VCU.
References
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External links
- [http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/scott_brent00.html TCU coaching biography]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024060221/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCOTTBR01 NBA statistics] @ basketballreference.com
- [http://www.aek.com/basketball/roster/brent_scott.htm AEK player profile @ aek.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614085848/http://24sec.net/article.asp?index=3262 Interview with Brent Scott], by Marek Mosakowski @ 24sec.net
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