Terrell Myers
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Terrell Myers
| image =
| image_size =
| career_position = Point guard
| career_number = 11
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|28}}
| birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
| nationality = American / British
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school =
- Hillhouse
(New Haven, Connecticut) - St. Thomas More
(Oakdale, Connecticut)
| college = Saint Joseph's (1993–1997)
| draft_year = 1997
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2007
| years1 = 1997–2001
| team1 = Sheffield Sharks
| years2 = 2001–2003
| team2 = London Towers
| years3 = 2003–2006
| team3 = Girona
| years4 = 2006–2007
| team4 = Murcia
| coach_start = 2009
| coach_end =
| cyears1 = 2009–present
| cteam1 = St. Andrew's School
| highlights =
- BBL MVP (1999)
- 3× BBL All-Star (1999–2001)
- 2× BBL First Team (1999, 2000)
- BBL Second Team (2001)
- Third-team All-Atlantic 10 (1997)
}}
Terrell Myers (born August 28, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player who also later became a naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom.
Playing career
=High school and college=
Terrell attended Hillhouse High School, then attended St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut for a postgraduate year.
In college, Myers played for Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied and played basketball from 1993 to 1997.
=Professional=
After graduating, Myers moved to England, signing professionally for the British Basketball League team Sheffield Sharks. He played with them for four seasons and the BBL Trophy in 1998, the League Championship in 1999 and the BBL Cup in 2000. He was named the BBL Most Valuable Player in 1998–99 when he averaged 23.5 points per game; the BBL Cup MVP that same season; and was a BBL All-Star team for three consecutive seasons (1999–2001).
In 2001, Terrell moved to the BBL's London Towers[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1566532.stm "Riders target repeat success"], BBC News, 27 September 2001 and, in 2003, to the Spanish lower-league team Casademont Girona. After two seasons, Myers moved to the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto to play for Akasvayu Girona in one of Europe's biggest leagues, after which he moved to CB Murcia.
Coaching career
In 2009, Myers became the head boys' varsity basketball coach at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, where he remains as of the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.standrews-de.org/athletics/teamroster.aspx?TeamID=17 |title=St. Andrew's School: Athletics » Team Sports » Roster |website=www.standrews-de.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716180035/http://www.standrews-de.org/athletics/teamroster.aspx?TeamID=17 |archive-date=2011-07-16}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{BBL MVPs}}
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Connecticut
Category:British men's basketball players
Category:High school basketball coaches in Delaware
Category:London Towers players
Category:Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball players
Category:Sheffield Sharks players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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