Corey Beck

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Corey Beck

| caption =

| image =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 190

| league =

| team =

| number = 14, 15, 20

| position = Point guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|27}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| highschool = Fairley (Memphis, Tennessee)

| college =

South Plains (1990–1991)
Arkansas (1992–1995)

| draft_year = 1995

| career_start = 1995

| career_end = 2001

| years1 = 1995

| team1 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years2 = {{nbay|1995|full=y}}

| team2 = Charlotte Hornets

| years3 = 1996–1997

| team3 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years4 = {{nbay|1997|full=y}}

| team4 = Charlotte Hornets

| years5 = 1998–1999

| team5 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years6 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team6 = Detroit Pistons

| years7 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team7 = Charlotte Hornets

| years8 = 1999–2000

| team8 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years9 = 2000

| team9 = Žalgiris Kaunas

| years10 = 2000–2001

| team10 = Memphis Houn'Dawgs

| years11 = 2001

| team11 = Toros de Aragua

| years12 = 2001

| team12 = Roseto Basket

| highlights =

CBA champion (1996)
CBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997)
CBA All-Defensive Team (1997)
NCAA champion (1994)

|stats_league=NBA

|stat1label=Points

|stat1value=241

|stat2label=Assists

|stat2value=123

|stat3label=Rebounds

|stat3value=125

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

}}

Corey Laveon Beck (born May 27, 1971) is an American former basketball player. Beck played for the Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons while in the NBA. He played college basketball for South Plains College and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

College career

Beck played collegiately for the University of Arkansas and was a major part of the mid-1990s Razorback teams that won one national championship in 1994 and reached the championship game the following year.

Professional career

He played for the Charlotte Hornets (1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99) and Detroit Pistons (1998–99) in the NBA for 88 games.

He was also under contract with the Chicago Bulls (October 1996), Vancouver Grizzlies (January 1999) and Minnesota Timberwolves (October 2000), but has not played in any NBA regular season games for them.

Beck played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1995 to 2000. He won a CBA championship with the Skyforce in 1996.{{cite web |title=1995-96 Sioux Falls Skyforce Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-DLGSFL/y-1995 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}} He was selected as the CBA Defensive Player of the Year and named to the All-Defensive Team in 1997.{{cite web |title=Corey Beck minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-beckcor001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 2, 2025}}

Following his NBA career, he played one season with the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the ABA.

He also played professionally in Italy for Fila Biella (Serie A2, 2001) and Euro Roseto (Serie A, 2001).[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=BEC-COR-71 Official Serie A page on Beck]

Personal life

In September 2007, Beck and a friend were shot in an attempted robbery in Memphis. Beck was shot in the hand and face and was listed in critical condition following the shooting, but later improved.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3038011 ESPN: Ex-Arkansas guard Beck recovering from gunshot]