Brent Scott (basketball)

Brent Scott
Penn State Nittany Lions
Position	Assistant coach
League	Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born	June 15, 1971 (age 53); Jackson, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Everett (Lansing, Michigan)
College	Rice (1989–1993)
NBA draft	1993: undrafted
Playing career	1993–2007
Position	Center
Coaching career	2007–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1995	Gymnastikos S. Larissas
1995	Miami Tropics
1995–1996	Olitalia Forlì
1996	Portland Mountain Cats
1996–1997	Indiana Pacers
1997	Atlantic City Seagulls
1997–1998	Tau Cerámica
1998–1999	Viola Reggio Calabria
1999–2000	Real Madrid Baloncesto
2000–2001	Viola Reggio Calabria
2001–2002	Snaidero Udine
2002–2003	PAOK
2003–2004	Polaris World Murcia
2004–2005	Joventut Badalona
2006	Anwil Wloclawek
2006–2007	AEK Athens
As coach:
2007–2008	Rice (assistant)
2008–2012	LSU (assistant)
2012–2016	TCU (assistant)
2016–2017	Rice (assistant)
2017–2023	VCU (assistant)
2023–present	Penn State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	2× Italian League All-Star (1998, 2001); 2× Greek League All-Star (1994 I, 1994 II); USBL MVP (1996); USBL Scoring leader (1996); 2× USBL Rebounds leader (1995, 1997);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
FIBA U19 World Championship

Brent Steven Scott (born June 15, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. Scott was a 6'10", 250 lb (110 kg). center. Scott is currently an assistant coach at Penn State.

College career

Scott played college basketball at Rice University.

Professional career

Scott played 16 games with the Indiana Pacers during the 1996–97 NBA season, averaging 1.2 points and 0.6 rebounds per game. He also played professionally in Poland (Anwil Wloclawek), Spain (for Tau Cerámica, Real Madrid Baloncesto, Polaris World Murcia), Italy (for Olitalia Forlì, Viola Reggio Calabria^[1] and Snaidero Udine) and Greece (Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK and AEK Athens).

Coaching career

On June 25, 2007, Rice University announced that Scott would be an assistant basketball coach.^[2] He has since served in the same capacity at Louisiana State University and TCU, both under head coach Trent Johnson. On May 16, 2016, Scott returned to his alma mater Rice, after four years at TCU, to serve on Mike Rhoades staff.^[3] In March 2017, he joined Rhoades' staff at VCU.

References

^ Tomlinson, Brett (November 21, 2007). "The Captain Returns: Basketball's Sydney Johnson '97 has been 'a coach all along'". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
^ "Former Rice alumnus named assistant coach". Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2007.
^ "Brent Scott Bio - Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". www.riceowls.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016.

External links

TCU coaching biography
NBA statistics @ basketballreference.com
AEK player profile @ aek.com
Interview with Brent Scott, by Marek Mosakowski @ 24sec.net

[TCR-1] Tomlinson, Brett (November 21, 2007). "The Captain Returns: Basketball's Sydney Johnson '97 has been 'a coach all along'". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2011.

[2] "Former Rice alumnus named assistant coach". Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2007.

[3] "Brent Scott Bio - Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". www.riceowls.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016.

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