David Coulthard (basketball)

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David Coulthard
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Glendale Secondary School
(Hamilton, Ontario)
College York University (1977–1982)
NBA draft 1982: 10th round, 214th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Position Shooting guard
Number15
Career highlights and awards
  • 5× CIAU All-Canadian (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
  • 2× CIAU Player of the Year (1979, 1981)
  • 2× CIAU Tournament All-star (1978, 1980)
  • 2× OUA East Player of the Year (1981, 1982)
  • 5× OUA East First Team All-star (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
  • OUAA Tournament MVP (1978)
  • 2× York University Male Athlete of the Year (1980, 1982)

David Coulthard is a former Canadian basketball player. He is one of only two Canadian university ("CIAU") basketball players to be a five-time All-Canadian. [1] [2] [3] He also was awarded the CIAU MVP award twice, the first to accomplish that feat. [4] [5] [6] He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1982 NBA Draft. [7] [8] [9]

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University

Coulthard played for York University for five seasons from 1977 to 1982. [1] [10] Coulthard was named an All-Canadian in each of these five seasons, once as a Second Team All-Canadian (1978) and four times as a First Team All-Canadian (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982). [1] [2] [3] Only one other athlete in Canadian university basketball history, John Carson, was a five-time All Canadian, with Carson being the only five-time First Team All-Canadian. [1] [2] [3] Besides Coulthard and Carson, only four other athletes were four-time First Team All-Canadians: Karl Tilleman, Byron Tokarchuk, John Stiefelmeyer and Philip Scrubb. [1] [2] [3]

Coulthard also received the Mike Moser trophy as the CIAU's Most Outstanding Player twice (1979, 1981), the first athlete to accomplish this feat. [5] [6] [10] For context, only seven other athletes have since achieved this feat: Karl Tilleman (1982, 1983), Patrick Jebbison (1988, 1989), J.D. Jackson (1991, 1992), Eric Hinrichsen (1997, 1999), Osvaldo Jeanty (2006, 2007), Philip Scrubb (2012, 2013, 2014) and Kadre Gray (2018, 2019). [5] [6]

Coulthard was named a CIAU tournament all-star twice (1978, 1980). [10] [11] [12] He was named the OUA East Conference MVP twice (1981, 1982), an OUA East First Team All-star five times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982) and MVP of the OUA tournament (1978). [10] Coulthard was also named York's male atlhete of the year twice (1980, 1982). [4] [10] [13]

Under Coulthard's leadership, the York Lions also performed well. They obtained a third-place finish in the CIAU tournament twice (1978, 1979), another CIAU top 8 placement (1982) and were OUA Conference champions four times. [10] [13]

University statistics

YearTeamGPFGFG%FTFT%RbdsRPGPtsPPG
1977-78 York 1277-13059.220-2871.4252.117414.5
1978-79 York 1287-16851.819-2867.9625.219316.1
1979-80 York 12117-21554.427-3381.8393.226121.8
1980-81 York 965-13050.013-1492.9495.414315.9
1981-82 York 12161-28057.540-5572.7675.636230.2
Career York 57507-92354.9119-15875.32424.2113319.9

Professional

Coulthard was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 10th round of the 1982 NBA Draft as the 214th overall pick. [7] [14] [15]

Post-career recognition

Coulthard was inducted into the York University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. [13]

Personal life

Coulthard's father is Bill Coulthard, who competed in the 1952 Olympics, is credited for pioneering the modern one-handed jump shot in Ontario (as compared to the two-handed shot which was standard at the time) and has been inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame. [4] [16] [17] Coulthard's brother, Chris, played for what was then Waterloo Lutheran and Coulthard's other brother, Bruce, played briefly in Buffalo, NY, then for Windsor University and later with the Canadian national team. [4] [17]

Coulthard's wife, Terri Carson Coulthard, played basketball for McMaster University. [4] [10] [17] Their sons Will and Owen played basketball for Wilfrid Laurier University. [4] [10] [18]

Coulthard's nephew, Brett Coulthard (Chris's son) also played for Wilfrid Laurier and Coulthard's niece, Sarah Coulthard (Bruce's daughter) played for Western University. [4] [10] [17]

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