Sam Vincent
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1963 Anaheim Arsenal |
| 2014–2016 | Manama Club |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,106 (7.8 ppg) |
| Assists | 1,543 (3.9 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
James Samuel Vincent (born May 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Vincent won the State of Michigan "Mr. Basketball" award in 1981, the first year the award was given. He attended Lansing's Eastern High School, where he scored 61 points in one game as a senior, breaking the previous city scoring record of 54 set by Magic Johnson at Everett High School.
A 6'2"
Shortly after retiring, Vincent worked at
Coaching career
He was coach of the
On May 25, 2007 Vincent was introduced as the new head coach of the
Nigerian national basketball team
Vincent assumed coaching the D'Tigress at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He led the team to a 68–64 victory over South Korea, the victory was the first victory by an African side in the women's basketball event in the Olympics. In 2005, Sam Vincent led the Nigerian women's basketball team to their second tournament victory in the FIBA African Basketball Championship (Afrobasket).
Vincent returned as the team's head coach in 2017. He led the team to a 100 per cent performance in the 2017 FIBA African women's basketball tournament
Vincent had his appointment as head coach of the Nigeria Women's Basketball Team terminated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation on Thursday, August 2 while the team was preparing for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[4]
Vincent was appointed as head coach of the Bahrain National team replacing Serbian coach Darko Russo. This was after having coached the Riffa, Manama and Al-Ahli Manama clubs.[5]
Beacon College
In September 2022, Vincent was named the first head coach of the men’s and women’s teams at Beacon College, a liberal arts school in Central Florida. [6]
Head coaching record
NBA
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 2007–08 | 82 | 32 | 50 | .390 | 4th in Southeast | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| Career | 82 | 32 | 50 | .390 | — | — | — | — |
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon College NaviGators (men) () (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022-23 | Beacon College | 0-5[7] | Unaffiliated (Developmental Season) | ||||||
| Beacon College Blazers (men) () (2023–Present) | |||||||||
| 2023-24 | Beacon College | 10-6[8] | USCAA Division I Independent | ||||||
| Total: | 10–11 (.476) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- Charlotte Bobcats. Archived from the originalon 2009-03-07.
- ^ Bobcats fire Sam Vincent; is Brown interested?
- ^ "Sam Vincent|: Beating the Odds". 9 September 2017.
- ^ "BREAKING: Nigeria D'Tigress Head Coach Sam Vincent fired! | BWB". www.basketballwithinborders.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- ^ "Former NBA player Sam Vincent signed as coach of Bahrain's national basketball team | TOB". www.timeoutbahrain.com. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ https://www.beaconcollege.edu/faculty/2022/09/former-nba-star-sam-vincent-hopes-to-bring-magic-to-beacon-hoops/
- ^ "Beacon College 2022-23 Men's Basketball Game Log" – via Google Sheets.
- ^ "Beacon Men's Basketball 2023-24 Game Log" – via Google Docs.
External links
- NBA.com coach profile
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com