Jake Odum

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Jake Odum
Personal information
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 33)
Banvit
2017–2018Nizhny Novgorod
2018–2019Promitheas Patras
2019Pistoia Basket 2000
As coach:
2019–2021Indiana State (assistant)
2021–2024Coffeyville (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-MVC (2013, 2014)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jacob Andrew "Jake" Odum (born February 11, 1991) is a former Assistant basketball coach for Indiana State. He's also a former American professional basketball player who last played for Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He is a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.

Coaching career

Odum was an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, Indiana State assuming the position on Sept 3, 2020. He previously served as the Indiana State assistant director of player personnel / assistant strength coach during the 2019-20 season upon retiring from professional basketball after 5 season in European leagues.[1]

College career

Odum played college basketball at Indiana State University, with the Sycamores, from 2010 to 2014. He led the Sycamores to a 4-yr record of 79–55 (.590), a MVC ArchMadness title and 4 post-season tournament berths (1x NCAA, 2x NIT, 1x CiT).

He currently stands 6th in career scoring (1,568 pts), 13th in career rebounds (617), 2nd in assists (603), 3rd in steals (204), 1st in games played (134), made free throws (590), games started (131) and minutes played (4,199).[2]

Professional career

After going

Las Vegas Summer League team.[5][6]

Odum began his pro career with the

PAOK for the 2014–15 season,[7] choosing to sign with the Greek club, rather than take his chances at that particular time in an NBA training camp, despite a couple of offers from NBA teams.[8]

After leading PAOK to a 3rd-place finish in the

2016–17 Bundesliga season.[10]
He was named to the EuroBasket.com All-German Bundesliga Honorable Mention team.

On July 13, 2017, Odum signed with Turkish club

Banvit.[11] On November 17, 2017, he left Banvit and signed with Russian club Nizhny Novgorod for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[12]

On November 13, 2017, Odum signed with Promitheas Patras B.C. in Greece.[13] On March 4, 2019, Odum left Promitheas Patras and signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 in Italy.[14]

Coaching career

Odum joined Indiana State as assistant director of player personnel and assistant strength coach in 2019. In September 2020, he was promoted to assistant coach.[15] Following the termination of Head Coach Greg Lansing in March, 2021; Odum was released with the entirety of Lansing's staff.[16]

Awards and accomplishments

College

Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (2014) Under Armour All-Select Tournament Team

References

  1. ^ "Jake Odum Promoted to Assistant Coach".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ A closer look at the Indiana Pacers 2014 Summer League roster.
  4. NBA.com. Archived from the original
    on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  5. ^ Summer League Update: Jake Odum Now In Vegas With Sacramento.
  6. ^ 2014 Sacramento Kings Summer League Stats (Las Vegas) | Averages.
  7. ^ PAOK picks up rookie guard Odum.
  8. ^ Jake Odum headed to Greece for PAOK season.
  9. ^ Jake Odum moves to Medi Bayreuth
  10. ^ s.Oliver Würzburg Der neue Spielmacher heißt Jake Odum Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. 2016-05-30. (german).
  11. ^ Banvit inks Jake Odum
  12. ^ Jake Odum signs with Nizhny Novgorod
  13. ^ "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
  14. ^ "The Flexx Pistoia Adds Jake Odum". BallersAbroad.com. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  15. ^ Semmler, Rick (September 3, 2020). "JAKE ODUM MOVING INTO ASSISTANT COACHING ROLE WITH SYCAMORES". WTHI. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  16. ^ "Indiana State, Greg Lansing part ways".
  17. ^ "Teams - AdvoCare Invitational". Archived from the original on 2015-06-29.

External links

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