Clive Allen (basketball)
{{short description|British basketball coach and player (born 1961)}}
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| name = Clive Allen
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| current_team = City of Birmingham Rockets Women's Coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|8|23}}
| birth_place = Dudley, England
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| alma_mater = Staffordshire University
Northwest Nazarene University
| player_years1 = 1984–85
| player_team1 = Sandwell
| player_years2 = 1985–87, 1988–2001
| player_team2 = Birmingham Bullets[http://www.eurobasket.com/teamRoster.asp?Cntry=ENG&team=476&option=Birmingham%20Bullets&Cntr=ENG&logo=&bkgColor=FFFFFF&rowColor=FFCCFF&fontColor=000000&showStaff=On&showAveg=On&showCmOrInch=both&curRoster=Y&rosterState=former&rosterType=display&showLogo=On&showFrTo=On&showTeamName=On Birmingham Bullets: Ex players], eurobasket.com[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Basketball%3A+Clive%3A+It%27s+so+great+to+be+back+%27home%27+DREAMLAND%3A+Former...-a0165206622 Basketball: Clive: It's so great to be back 'home' DREAMLAND: Former Bullets star's delight as Panthers pounce to sign him up.], thefreelibrary.com
| player_years3 = 2001–02
| player_team3 = Dudley Bears
| player_positions = Forward/Centre
| coach_years1 = 2005–07
| coach_team1 = Milton Keynes Lions (assistant coach)
| coach_years2 = 2007–08
| coach_team2 = Birmingham Panthers (general manager)
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Clive Allen (born 23 August 1961) is a British basketball coach and former player, best known for playing for the Birmingham Bullets. After retirement, he worked on the coaching staff of BBL teams the Milton Keynes Lions and the Birmingham Panthers. He was also an England international, and is the father of women's basketball player Dominique Allen.
Career
During his playing career, he played for teams including the Birmingham Bullets of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the Dudley Bears.{{cite news|title=Join the club now!!|url=http://www.communigate.co.uk/bc/dudleybearsbasketballclub/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115174337/http://www.communigate.co.uk/bc/dudleybearsbasketballclub/|archivedate=15 January 2006|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=CommuniGate}} He was best known for his work with the Bullets, being described after his career as a "legend" from that club,{{cite news|last=Tattum|first=Colin|title=Nigel's on the prowl again in Brum|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/basketball/2007/05/04/nigel-s-on-the-prowl-again-in-brum-97319-19044692/|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|date=4 May 2007}} and twice made it to the play-offs with the team. Allen was also an international, playing for the England men's national basketball team on five occasions.{{cite news|title=Olympic and Paralympic Hopefuls|url=http://www.dudley.gov.uk/welcome/news-in-dudley/olympic-and-paralympic-hopefuls/|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council}}{{cite web|title=Clive Allen No. 12 Forward / Centre|url=http://www.britball.com/profiles/clive_allen.htm|publisher=Britball.com|accessdate=9 July 2012}}
Along with Tony Simms, he coached the Aston Athletics basketball team in 2005 and shortly afterwards was assistant coach at the Milton Keynes Lions under Nigel Lloyd.{{cite news|title=Bullets legends boost for A's|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-133545555|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=Birmingham Evening Mail|date=24 June 2005}} He was general manager for the Birmingham Panthers, again under Lloyd, during their only season during 2007–08. Following the club's closure, he was in discussion with association football club West Bromwich Albion to form a new club for the BBL,{{cite news|title=Clive Allen refuses to give up on basketball in Birmingham|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/basketball/2008/06/25/clive-allen-refuses-to-give-up-on-basketball-in-birmingham-97319-21148685/|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|date=25 June 2008}} and to bring back the Birmingham Bullets.{{cite news|last=Tattum|first=Colin|title=Basketball: Venue hitch a pain for Allen|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Basketball%3A+Venue+hitch+a+pain+for+Allen%3B+BULLETS%3A+Bid+to+reform+held...-a0184753806|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|date=11 September 2008}} In 2009 he became Sporting Club Albion's (part of West Bromwich Albion F.C.) basketball co-ordinator,{{cite news|title=Allen and SCA shooting for success|url=http://www.wba.co.uk/page/CommunityLatest/0,,10366~1784501,00.html|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=West Bromwich Albion|date=3 September 2009}} and later became Head Basketball Development Coach for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.{{cite web|title=Big Sky Basketball Club|url=http://www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/centres-sports-and-clubs/dudleys-leisure-centres/dudley-leisure-centre/basketball-initiatives-/|publisher=Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council|accessdate=9 July 2012}}
In 2024, Allen was brought in as the head coach of the City of Birmingham Rockets women's team.{{Cite web |last=Jobson |first=Thomas |date=2024-01-28 |title=Clive Allen Appointed As Women’s First Team Head Coach - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM ROCKETS BASKETBALL CLUB |url=https://www.cobrockets.co.uk/clive-allen-appointed-as-womens-first-team-head-coach/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Allen is the father of Dominique Allen, who plays for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's basketball team.{{cite web|title=Dominique Allen|url=http://www.orugoldeneagles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17000&ATCLID=1478813|publisher=Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles|accessdate=9 July 2012}} She has been chosen for the British team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=ORU's Dominique Allen Chosen For British Olympic Team|url=http://www.newson6.com/story/18858251/orus-dominique-allen-chosen-for-british-olympic-team|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=News on 6|date=22 June 2012}}
References
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Category:Birmingham Bullets players
Category:London Lions (basketball)
Category:English basketball coaches
Category:Sportspeople from Dudley
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:English people of Ghanaian descent