A non-exhaustive list of college coaches who can say similar things (just from AAC, A10, ACC)

Apr 17, 2024
11:30:19am

krindorr Truly Addicted User

I would look at coaches from other conferences, but frankly it would take a really long time

Name	School	NBA Franchise	Notable Studs
Amir Abdur-Rahim	USF	*
Penny Hardaway	Memphis	Orlando Magic + others (as player)	Penny Hardaway, Shaquille O'Neal, Dream Team III (Stockton, Malone, Pippem, Hakeem)
William Lange	St Joseph's	76ers (coach)	Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler, Jrue Holiday, Tobias Harris
Mark Madsen	Cal	Lakers (as player and coach) Timberwolves (as player)	Shaq, Kobe, Pau, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Julius Randle, Brandon Ingram, Magic Johnson, Kevin Garnett
Leonard Hamilton	Florida St	Wizards (coach)	Michael Jordan, Juwan Howard
Damon Stoudemire	Georgia Tech	Raptors, Grizzlies, Blazers, Spurs (as player) Celtics (as coach)	Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Scottie Pippen, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Pau Gasol, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobilu
Hubert Davis	North Carolina	Knicks, Raptors, Mavs etc (as player) Also an NBA analyst and announcer	Patrick Ewing, Doc Rivers, Monty Williams, Michael Finley (VP of basketball ops for Mavs), Dirk Nowitzki, Dennis Rodman, Jason Kidd, Alonzo Mourning, Steve Nash, Michael Jordan
Micah Shrewsbury	Notre Dame	Celtics (as a coach)	Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kyrie Irving, Rajon Rondo
Andy Enfield	SMU	Bucks, Celtics (as a coach)	Paul Pierce

*Amir Abdur-Rahim is the brother of Shareef Abdur-Rahim, a #3 pick, All-Star and (more importantly for this conversation) former director of player personnel for an NBA team and now President of the NBA G League

That's just from the AAC, A-10, and ACC. And this doesn't even include guys who have players they coached in college who they could reach out to. Matt McKillop can get you a call from Steph Curry saying how good he is as a coach and that you should choose McKillop as your coach. Dru Joyce is a former teammate and close friend of LeBron.

I love the Kevin Young hire...but let's not pretend he's the only guy who has well-known NBA players in his rolodex

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