David Vanterpool
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = David Vanterpool
| image = Celtics at Wizards 2024-12-039.jpg
| image_size = 175px
| caption = Vanterpool with the Washington Wizards in 2024
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 200
| league = NBA
| team = Washington Wizards
| position = Assistant coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|31}}
| birth_place = Daytona Beach, Florida
| nationality = American
| high_school = Montgomery Blair
(Silver Spring, Maryland)
| college = St. Bonaventure (1991–1995)
| draft_year = 1995
| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2007
| career_number = 22
| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward
| coach_start = 2007
| years1 = 1995
| team1 = Nuova Gorizia
| years2 = 1996–1999
| team2 = Jilin Northeast Tigers
| years3 = 1999–2001
| team3 = Yakima Sun Kings
| years4 = {{nbay|2000|end}}
| team4 = Washington Wizards
| years5 = 2001–2002
| team5 = Kansas City Knights
| years6 = 2001–2002
| team6 = Sina Lions
| years7 = 2002–2003
| team7 = Scandone Avellino
| years8 = 2003–2005
| team8 = Montepaschi Siena
| years9 = 2005–2007
| team9 = CSKA Moscow
| cyears1 = 2008–2009
| cteam1 = CSKA Moscow (assistant)
| cyears2 = {{nbay|2012|start}}–{{nbay|2018|end}}
| cteam2 = Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
| cyears3 = {{nbay|2019|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}}
| cteam3 = Minnesota Timberwolves (associate HC)
| cyears4 = {{nbay|2021|full=y}}
| cteam4 = Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
| cyears5 = {{nbay|2023|start}}–present
| cteam5 = Washington Wizards (assistant)
| highlights =
As player
- 2× Russian League champion (2006, 2007)
- 2× Russian Cup winner (2006, 2007)
- EuroLeague champion (2006)
- All-EuroLeague Second Team (2004)
- Italian League champion (2004)
- Italian Supercup winner (2004)
- Italian Supercup MVP (2004)
- ABA champion (2002)
- CBA champion (2000)
- CBA All-Defensive First Team (2000)
- CBA assists leader (2001)
As assistant coach:
- EuroLeague champion (2008)
- 5× Russian League champion (2008–2012)
- 3× VTB United League champion (2008, 2010, 2012)
}}
David Vanterpool (born March 31, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his playing career, he earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection during the 2003–04 season, while playing with Montepaschi Siena.
College career
Vanterpool played high school basketball at Montgomery Blair High School, in Silver Spring, Maryland, before playing college basketball at St. Bonaventure University, with the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, between 1991 and 1995, leading the team in scoring his senior year when they played in the NIT for the first time in over a decade.{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Mike |title=Bonnies Draw Tourney Plan on Clean Slate |url=https://buffalonews.com/1995/03/15/bonnies-draw-tourney-plan-on-clean-slate/ |work=Buffalo News |date=March 16, 1995 |page=D1}}{{cite news |last1=Simms |first1=Brandy L. |title=Montgomery's Vanterpool returns to D.C. with Blazers |url=https://mont.thesentinel.com/2017/01/31/montgomery-s-vanterpool-returns-to-d-c-with-blazers/ |work=Montgomery County Sentinel |date=January 31, 2017}}
Playing career
In 1995, Vanterpool was selected in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) draft by the Quad City Thunder. In October–November 1995, he played for a week in Italy, with the LegADue (Italian second division) team Brescialat Gorizia. From 1996 to 1999, Vanterpool played for the Jilin Northeast Tigers in the Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA) (1996–1997), and in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) (1998–99). He played with the Continental Basketball Association's Yakima Sun Kings, between 1999 and 2001, winning the CBA title in 2000.{{cite news |last1=Moritz |first1=Amy |title=What Price Glory? Former Big 4 Standouts Taking Long Road to Keep NBA Hoop Dreams Alive |url=https://buffalonews.com/2000/08/06/what-price-glory-former-big-4-standouts-taking-long-road-to-keep-nba-hoop-dreams-alive/ |work=Buffalo News |date=August 6, 2000 |page=B1}}
He also played in 22 games with the Washington Wizards of the NBA, in the 2000–01 season, and with the ABA's Kansas City Knights, in the 2001–02 season. He was also signed for a brief period by the NBA's Detroit Pistons (2000), and the New Jersey Nets (2001), but he did not play in any NBA games for those clubs.{{cite news |last1=Wyche |first1=Steve |title=Set to Make A Big Point For Wizards |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/07/21/set-to-make-a-big-point-for-wizards/f3554528-428f-41e5-b8d5-3cf86b9618a0/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 21, 2001}}
Vanterpool then played in Italy with Air Avellino (2002–2003), and Montepaschi Siena, from 2003 through 2005 (he won the Italian League championship in 2004 and the Italian SuperCup in 2004), before moving to CSKA Moscow, with whom he won a EuroLeague championship at the 2006 EuroLeague Final Four.{{cite news |title=Moscow win Euroleague |url=https://www.eurosport.com/basketball/euroleague7/2005-2006/moscow-win-euroleague_sto877103/story.shtml |work=Eurosport |date=April 30, 2006}}
Coaching career
File:David Vanterpool lifts child for dunk (170526-D-DB155-002) (cropped).jpg during a Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors event in 2017]]
After finishing his basketball playing career with CSKA Moscow, Vanterpool became an assistant basketball coach with the same team in 2008,[https://cskabasket.ru/news/n/vanterpul-voshel-v-trenerskiy-shtab-tsska-5654/ David Vanterpool joined CSKA coaching staff (rus).] and worked in that capacity for one season. In 2010, he was hired as director of player personnel by the Oklahoma City Thunder.{{cite news |last1=Wojnarowski |first1=Adrian |title=Blazers assistant David Vanterpool emerges as serious candidate in 76ers' coaching search |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/blazers-assistant-david-vanterpool-emerges-as-strong-candidate-to-become-76ers-head-coach-194735698.html |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=July 29, 2013}}
On August 17, 2012, Vanterpool was named as an assistant coach of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers.{{Cite web | url=http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/ItemID/3389/Default.aspx | title=Head Coach Terry Stotts Adds Three Coaches To His Staff | date=August 17, 2012 | access-date=August 17, 2012 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819040951/http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/ItemID/3389/Default.aspx | archive-date=August 19, 2012 }} Vanterpool would go on to play a significant part in the development of Trailblazers' stars Damian Lillard and C. J. McCollum.{{cite news |last1=Wiita |first1=Tommy |title=Report: Timberwolves hire lead assistant from Trailblazers |url=https://kstp.com/sports/report-espn-minnesota-timberwolves-hire-lead-assistant-coach-from-portland-trailblazers-vanterpool/5380155/ |access-date=22 February 2021 |publisher=KSTP |date=6 June 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Brockway |first1=Kevin |title=Five potential candidates for Pacers head coaching job |url=https://www.heraldbulletin.com/sports/five-potential-candidates-for-pacers-head-coaching-job/article_5b290f02-ee2b-11ea-b564-430a04a070b9.html |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=Herald Bulletin |date=September 3, 2020}} Lillard would credit Vanterpool specifically with helping him develop leadership skills.{{cite news |last1=Manrique |first1=Bruno |title=Damian Lillard Credits Unlikely Person For How He's Grown Into A Leader |url=https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillard-recalls-how-timberwolves-lead-assistant-david-vanterpool-taught-him-to-be-a-leader/ |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=ClutchPoints |date=7 June 2019}}
In July 2013, he interviewed for the head coaching vacancy for the Philadelphia 76ers.{{cite news |last1=Wojnarowski |first1=Adrian |title=Blazers assistant David Vanterpool emerges as serious candidate in 76ers' coaching search |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/blazers-assistant-david-vanterpool-emerges-as-strong-candidate-to-become-76ers-head-coach-194735698.html |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=July 29, 2013}}
On June 2, 2015, Vanterpool and Jim Boylen were named to the coaching staff of the senior men's Canadian national team.[http://www.basketball.ca/e/news-article/canadian-mens-team-adds-international-nba-experience-to-coaching CANADIAN MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ADDS INTERNATIONAL & NBA EXPERIENCE TO COACHING STAFF.] Also in June 2015, he interviewed for the head coaching vacancy for the Denver Nuggets.{{cite news |title=Blazers assistant David Vanterpool interviews for Nuggets' coaching job |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/blazers-assistant-david-vanterpool-interviews-for-nuggets-coaching-job |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=FOX Sports |date=June 9, 2015}}
In May 2016, he interviewed for the head coaching vacancy for the Orlando Magic.{{cite news |last1=Marang |first1=Dan |title=David Vanterpool Interviews for Magic Coaching Gig |url=https://www.blazersedge.com/2016/5/18/11709460/david-vanterpool-interviews-with-orlando-magic |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=Blazer's Edge |publisher=SB Nation |date=18 May 2016}} He interviewed again for the same job in April 2018.{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Josh |title=Orlando Magic will interview David Fizdale for their head-coaching job |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-david-fizdale-0502-story.html |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=May 1, 2018}}
In May 2019, he interviewed for the head coaching vacancy for the Cleveland Cavaliers.{{cite news |last1=McMillen |first1=Gabrielle |title=Cavaliers interview 4 coaching candidates in Denver, report says |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/cavaliers-interview-4-coaching-candidates-in-denver/11wpoc8qs9r771j0qaabqublol |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=Sporting News |date=May 12, 2019}}
On June 19, 2019, he was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves, as an associate head coach to Ryan Saunders.[https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/minnesota-timberwolves-name-david-vanterpool-associate-head-coach-0 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES NAME DAVID VANTERPOOL ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH.]
In October 2020, he interviewed for the head coaching vacancy for the Houston Rockets.{{cite news |last1=Feigen |first1=Jonathan |title=Rockets interview Timberwolves assistant David Vanterpool for coaching vacancy |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/rockets/article/Rockets-interview-Timberwolves-David-Vanterpool-15635384.php |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=10 October 2020}} At the time, two of his most prominent former players with the Trailblazers, McCollum and the All-Star Lillard, both endorsed him as a future head coaching candidate.{{cite news |last1=Burkhardt |first1=Chris |title=Dame & CJ think Vanterpool being a head coach "only a matter of time" |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/trail-blazers/damian-lillard-cj-mccollum-think-david-vanterpool-being-head-coach-only |access-date=22 February 2021 |publisher=NBC Sports |date=October 5, 2020}}
On February 21, 2021, the Timberwolves hired Toronto Raptors assistant coach Chris Finch as their head coach and chose not to interview Vanterpool as part of their hiring process.{{cite news |last1=Helin |first1=Kurt |title=Minnesota fires coach Ryan Saunders, to hire Toronto's Chris Finch |url=https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/02/21/minnesota-fires-coach-ryan-saunders-to-hire-torontos-chris-finch/ |access-date=22 February 2021 |publisher=NBC Sports |date=22 February 2021}}
On July 9, 2021, Vanterpool was hired as assistant coach by the Brooklyn Nets.{{cite web |title=Brooklyn Nets Name David Vanterpool Assistant Coach |url=https://www.nba.com/nets/news/2021/07/09/brooklyn-nets-name-david-vanterpool-assistant-coach |website=NBA.com |access-date=July 14, 2021 |date=July 9, 2021}}
On January 20, 2022, Vanterpool was fined $10,000 and the Nets $25,000 by the NBA for interfering during live play by blocking a pass against the Washington Wizards in a January 19 game.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/basketball/60082289|title = Brooklyn Nets coach diverts opponents pass from courtside during NBA game|work = BBC Sport}}{{cite web |title=Brooklyn Nets, assistant David Vanterpool fined by NBA for play interference vs. Washington Wizards |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33111518/brooklyn-nets-assistant-david-vanterpool-fined-nba-play-interference-vs-washington-wizards |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 21, 2022 |date=January 20, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Nets hold off Wizards' rally, beat Washington 119-118 |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401360488 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 21, 2022 |date=January 19, 2022}}
NBA career statistics
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=Regular season=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2000}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Washington
| 22 || 0 || 18.7 || .418 || .000 || .600 || 1.7 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 5.5
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 22 || 0 || 18.7 || .418 || .000 || .600 || 1.7 || 3.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 5.5
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=CSK&pcode=CBZ#!careerstats Euroleague.net Player Profile]
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/VAN-DAV/ Italian League Player Profile] {{in lang|it}}
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{{Italian Basketball Supercup MVP}}
{{PBC CSKA Moscow 2005–06 Euroleague champions}}
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