Taylor Coppenrath
CB Murcia | |
2011–2012 | Menorca Bàsquet |
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2012–2013 | Lucentum Alicante |
2013–2015 | Ford Burgos |
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Taylor Burton Coppenrath (born November 8, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player.
Early life
Coppenrath went to high school at
College career
Coppenrath played at University of Vermont from 2001 to 2005. After his redshirt freshman year, he led UVM to three straight America East Conference titles. At the end of his college career, he was Vermont's second all-time leading scorer in total points (2,442) and points per game (21.4). He also ranks the university's all-time leader in field goals made (851), is fifth all-time in rebounding (839) and blocked shots (83). He is one of two players along with Reggie Lewis, to win three America East Conference Player of the Year awards.[3] Coppenrath also matched a record held by Vin Baker with 14 America East Player of the Week awards.[3]
During his junior year, Coppenrath and the Catamounts were in contention for the America East regular season championship when he discovered that his wrist was broken following a loss to Boston University.[4] BU went on to win the regular season crown, but Coppenrath led Vermont over Maine in the conference title game to send UVM to the NCAA tournament. The title game, which was held at UVM's Patrick Gym and televised nationally, was Coppenrath's first game back from the wrist injury.[5] Playing with his wrist wrapped, Coppenrath delivered a 43-point performance[5] and captured the Reggie Lewis Award as the most outstanding player of the conference tournament despite playing only one game in the tourney.[3]
In his senior year, Coppenrath was a finalist for many national awards, including the
On October 26, 2019, Coppenrath’s number 22 jersey was retired by the University of Vermont, on the same night former teammate T. J. Sorrentine’s number 11 was also retired.[7]
Professional career
After playing with the
In 2007, Coppenrath signed with
In August 2015, Coppenrath announced his retirement after helping teams achieve five promotions to Liga ACB in six seasons.[11]
Coaching career
Coppenrath returned to his alma mater, St. Johnsbury Academy where he served as an assistant coach for the boys' basketball team in addition to teaching math. On July 26, 2017, Coppenrath was announced as the head girls basketball coach at
Euroleague statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2005–06 | AEK Athens
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13 | 13 | 28.6 | .495 | .000 | .789 | 3.6 | .5 | 1.0 | .4 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
Career | 13 | 13 | 28.6 | .495 | .000 | .789 | 3.6 | .5 | 1.0 | .4 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
References
- ^ Lieber, Jill (2004-11-04). "Vermont coach Brennan happy on air, on court". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ "Men's Basketball: University of Vermont". University of Vermont. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ a b c "Prospect Profile: Taylor Coppenrath". National Basketball Association. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ "Vermont's Coppenrath likely to miss rest of season". USA Today. Associated Press. 2004-02-17. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ a b Neff, Andrew (2004-03-15). "Coppenrath gets 43 as Cats stop Bears". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ "Vermont finds a slipper that fits, tops 'Cuse". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 2005-03-19. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- Burlington Free Press. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ^ Terrien, Meg (2009-08-22). "Coppenrath Signs With Spanish Pro Team". WCAX-TV. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ Burgos, Diario de. "Taylor Coppenrath, muy cerca de fichar por Autocid Ford".
- ^ Quinteto ideal 2014/15: La confirmación de los históricos Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine; FEB.es, 12 June 2015
- ^ "Coppenrath retires from professional basketball".
- ^ "MVU nets former UVM star".