Chris Ensminger

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Chris Ensminger
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Chris Ensminger in 2010.
Personal information
Born (1973-12-08) December 8, 1973 (age 50)
Cincinnati, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m)
Career information
High school Oak Hills (Cincinnati, Ohio)
College Valparaiso (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996: undrafted
Playing career1996–2013
Position Center
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997 Tours Basket
1997–1998 FC Porto
1999 North Harbour Kings
1999–2001 Mitteldeutscher BC
2001–2008 Brose Bamberg
2008–2009 Paderborn Baskets
2009–2013 Baskets Bonn
As coach:
2013–2017 Oettinger Rockets Gotha
2017–presentBBU Allgäu/Memmingen
(later named Orange Academy)
Career highlights and awards
As a player:

Christopher William Ensminger (born December 8, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player.

Contents

Playing career

High school

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ensminger played high school basketball at Oak Hills High School. [1]

College career

Ensminger played four years of college basketball at Valparaiso University (1992–96), amassing 1,061 points and 910 rebounds. He helped Valpo win Mid-Con titles in 1995 and 1996, [2] and left as the school's all-time leader in career rebounds. [3] His record would stand for 21 years until Alec Peters broke the record on January 16, 2017 against Wisconsin-Green Bay. [4]

Professional career

Ensminger started his professional career with Tours Basket in the French 2nd Division ProB league, in 1996, followed by stints in Portugal (FC Porto) [5] and New Zealand (North Harbour Kings). [6]

In 1999, Ensminger signed with SSV Weißenfels of the German Basketball Bundesliga, establishing himself as a dominant post player in the league right away. After two years with the Weißenfels team, he signed with fellow Bundesliga side TSK universa Bamberg (later known as Brose Bamberg). In his seven-year stay with the club, Ensminger was instrumental in helping Bamberg to German League championships in 2005 and 2007. He also played in international competition with the club, including the EuroLeague and the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup).

After parting ways with Bamberg, he spent the 2008–09 season with another German team, Paderborn Baskets, and finished his playing career with a four-year stint with the Telekom Baskets Bonn (2009–13).

Ensminger played in 485 games in his 14-year Bundesliga career, tallying a total of 5,438 points and 4,093 rebounds. [7] He appeared in seven Bundesliga All-Star Games, and earned the Eurobasket.com website's All-Bundesliga Center of the Year honors in 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2010. [8]

Coaching career

Ensminger moved into coaching immediately after his playing days were over, and he was named the head coach of the German 2nd Division ProA club Gotha Rockets, in May 2013. [9] Under his tutelage, the Rockets reached the playoffs in three straight seasons, including berths in the semifinals in 2015 and 2016. Ensminger was relieved of his duties on January 31, 2017. [10]

He took over the head coaching position for BBU Allgäu/Memmingen (later named Orange Academy) [11] in Germany's top-tier youth league NBBL prior to the 2017–18 season. [12] Ensminger also became Director of Development and Sports Performance at a player development company in Neu-Ulm, Germany. [13]

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