Bryant Stith

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bryant Stith

| image = Bryant Stith.JPG

| width =

| caption = Stith coaching in 2015

| league = Southern Conference

| team = UNC Greensboro Spartans

| position = Assistant coach

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 208

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|12|10}}

| birth_place = Emporia, Virginia, U.S.

| high_school = Brunswick (Lawrenceville, Virginia)

| college = Virginia (1988–1992)

| draft_year = 1992

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 13

| draft_team = Denver Nuggets

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2002

| career_number = 23, 20

| career_position = Shooting guard

| coach_start = 2003

| years1 = {{nbay|1992|start}}–{{nbay|1999|end}}

| team1 = Denver Nuggets

| years2 = {{nbay|2000|full=y}}

| team2 = Boston Celtics

| years3 = {{nbay|2001|full=y}}

| team3 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| cyears1 = 2003–2013

| cteam1 = Brunswick HS

| cyears2 = 2013–2022

| cteam2 = Old Dominion (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2022–present

| cteam3 = UNC Greensboro (assistant)

| highlights =

3× AP honorable mention All-American (1990–1992)
3× First-team All-ACC (1990–1992)
ACC Rookie of the Year (1989)
NIT MVP (1992)
NIT champion (1992)
No. 20 retired by Virginia Cavaliers
Third-team Parade All-American (1988)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 5,946 (10.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,983 (3.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,178 (2.0 apg)

| medal_templates =

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

}}

Bryant Lamonica Stith (born December 10, 1970){{Cite web|title=Bryant Stith Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stithbr01.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en}} is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a men's assistant basketball coach at University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Playing career

=College career=

Stith was the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year in 1989. He finished his career in 1992 as Virginia's all-time leading scorer with 2,516 points. Stith earned first-team All-ACC honors three times and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1992 National Invitation Tournament.{{Cite web |url=http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=243 |title=Stith into Hall of Fame |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913060427/http://www.vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=243 |archive-date=2015-09-13 |url-status=dead }} During Stith's time at Virginia, the Cavaliers compiled four 20-win seasons, three NCAA appearances and the 1992 National Invitation Tournament championship.{{Cite web |url=http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081610aaa.html |title=Virginia Men's Basketball: All-Americans, Retired Jerseys & Numbers |access-date=2016-06-02 |archive-date=2016-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617063219/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081610aaa.html |url-status=dead }}

=Professional career=

A {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|adj=on}} shooting guard, Stith was selected from the University of Virginia with the 13th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1992 NBA draft. Stith played only 39 games in his rookie season, but would play (and start) all 82 games next season (1993–94) averaging 12.5 points per game. Stith later on struggled with injures in his career with the Nuggets. Stith played eight seasons with the team before being traded to the Boston Celtics. He was also traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers and to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Andre Miller for Darius Miles.[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1411544 Miller, Stith head west for Miles, Jamison - NBA - ESPN] He retired before ever playing for the Clippers.

=International career=

He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1990.html 1990 USA Basketball] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428001052/http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1990.html |date=April 28, 2007 }}

Coaching career

After the close of his NBA career, Stith became the head coach of the Brunswick (VA) High School Bulldogs.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403821.html For Stith, There's No Place Like Home] The team won state championships in 2011, 2012, and 2013.[http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/brunswick-wins-third-straight-state-championship/article_28f7f100-88ef-11e2-8788-0019bb30f31a.html Brunswick wins third straight state championship - Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond VA]

In 2013, Stith was hired as an assistant at Old Dominion University to work under his former Virginia head coach Jeff Jones.{{cite web| last = Miller| first = Ed| title =Former U.Va. star Bryant Stith hired at Old Dominion | publisher = The Virginian-Pilot | date = May 4, 2013| url =http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/former-uva-star-bryant-stith-hired-old-dominion | access-date = September 7, 2013}}

In 2022, he moved from Old Dominion to Mike Jones's coaching staff at UNC Greensboro.{{cite web | url=https://www.wtkr.com/sports/stith-leaves-old-dominion-for-unc-greensboro | title=Stith leaves Old Dominion for UNC-Greensboro | date=7 July 2022 }}

Personal

Stith's sons, Brandan and B. J., committed to play basketball at East Carolina University in 2013 and the University of Virginia in 2014, respectively.[http://uvamagazine.org/sports/article/father_figure#.UXdXnUqPPA0 Father Figure | The University of Virginia Magazine] After one year at East Carolina, Brandan transferred to Old Dominion to play for his father who is ODU's assistant coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.odusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209609942|title = Brandan Stith - 2017-18 - Men's Basketball}}

B. J. played one year at the Virginia before also transferring to Old Dominion University to play for his father, and with his brother. He sat out the 2015–16 season and played three years for the Monarchs.{{Cite web |url=http://pilotonline.com/sports/college/b-j-stith-transferring-from-u-va-to-old-dominion/article_8ce5774a-61d9-5d20-a77d-f1125a81b6e0.html |title=B.J. Stith transferring from U.Va. to Old Dominion |access-date=2016-01-28 |archive-date=2016-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225020111/http://pilotonline.com/sports/college/b-j-stith-transferring-from-u-va-to-old-dominion/article_8ce5774a-61d9-5d20-a77d-f1125a81b6e0.html |url-status=dead }}

Since retiring from the NBA, Stith has been involved in NASCAR, in which he owns a team with race car driver and fellow Emporia native, Hermie Sadler.

In 2007, he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.