Chris Carr (basketball)

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Chris Carr
Drury Panthers
PositionAssistant coach
Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference
Personal information
Born (1974-03-12) March 12, 1974 (age 50)
Ironton, Missouri, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Arcadia Valley
(Ironton, Missouri)
College Southern Illinois (1992–1995)
NBA draft 1995: 2nd round, 56th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career1995–2003
Position Shooting guard
Number8, 43
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As player:
1995–1996 Phoenix Suns
19961999 Minnesota Timberwolves
1999 New Jersey Nets
1999 Golden State Warriors
2000 Chicago Bulls
2000–2001 Boston Celtics
2001–2002 AEK Athens
2002–2003 Lavovi 063
As coach:
2010–2015 Eden Prairie HS
2015–2021 Kansas State (women's) (assistant)
2021–present Drury (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,988 (6.7 ppg)
Rebounds 658 (2.2 rpg)
Assists 294 (1.0 apg)
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Christopher Dean Carr (born March 12, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant basketball coach at Drury University. During his professional career, Carr competed in the 1997 edition of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, where he made it to the final round, before eventually losing to Kobe Bryant.

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Early life

Carr attended Arcadia Valley High School, in Ironton, Missouri, where he played high school basketball.

College career

Carr played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis, from 1992 to 1995. He won the MVC Tournament championship in 1994 and 1995. He was also a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team selection in both 1994 and 1995.

Carr was also the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament's MVP in 1995. In 1995, Carr was also the Missouri Valley Conference's scoring leader, with a scoring average of 22.0 points per game. He was also named the 1995 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year.

Carr was inducted into the Southern Illinois Salukis Hall of Fame in 2006. [1]

Professional career

Carr was selected by the Phoenix Suns, in the second round of the 1995 NBA draft, with the 56th overall draft pick. He played six seasons in the NBA, with the Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. After that, he played professionally in the Greek Basket League with AEK Athens, and with the Serbian and Montenegrin League club Lavovi 063.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional club basketball, Carr began working as a basketball coach. In 2003, he created a basketball training academy called 43 Hoops, located in Hopkins, Minnesota. From 2010 to 2015, he worked as the head coach of Eden Prairie High School's girls varsity. [2] He had a win/loss record of 106–34.

He then worked as an assistant coach with the Kansas State Women's Wildcats, from 2015 to 2021. After that, he began working as an assistant coach with the Drury Men's Panthers, in 2021. [3]

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