Dean Murray (basketball)

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Dean Murray
Personal information
Born (1964-06-06) June 6, 1964 (age 60)
Isle of Palms, South Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High school Monroe (Monroe, North Carolina)
College
Position Head coach
Career history
As coach:
1989–2001Coastal Carolina
Charleston Southern
Stony Brook (assistant)
2001–2002 Charleston Lowgators (assistant)
2002–2003 Neptūnas Klaipėda (assistant)
2003Wilmington Waverockers
2003–2004Charleston Lowgators (assistant)
2004–2005 Columbus Riverdragon (assistant)
2005–2006Neptūnas Klaipėda
2007–2008 Anaheim Arsenal (assistant)
2008–2010 LG Sakers (assistant)
2010 Xinjiang Flying Tigers (assistant)
2011 Zhejiang CB (assistant)
2011 Saitama Broncos
2012–2013 Anyang KGC (assistant)
2013–2014 Texas Legends (assistant)
2015–2016 Foshan Long Lions
2018–2019 Formosa Dreamers
2019 Al-Muharraq
2020–2021 Patriots
2022 Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers
2023 REG
Career highlights and awards

Dean Murray (born June 6, 1964) is an American professional basketball coach. He has coached several professional teams in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Playing career

Murray played college basketball for Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team from 1985 to 1987, in a total of seven games over two seasons. [1]

Coaching career

Murray's professional coaching career started in 2001 with the Charleston Lowgators of the NBA D-League.

Murray was the head coach of the Saitama Broncos in the Japanese Bj League in 2011. [2]

Murray coached Al-Muharraq SC in Bahrain in 2019.

In February 2020, he signed in Rwanda as coach of Patriots BBC, which play in the first Basketball Africa League (BAL) season. [3] He parted ways with the team in March 2021. [4]

In February 2023, Murray agreed to coach the REG BBC team during the 2023 BAL season. [5] Under Murray, REG was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Personal

Murray is married to his wife who he met during his tenure as assistant coach at Charleston Southern University. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dean Murray College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ Saitama Broncos (July 12, 2011). "新ヘッドコーチ就任のお知らせ" . Retrieved March 7, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Report: Murray will be new Patriots coach". February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/basketball-patriots-part-ways-american-coach-dean-murray%5B‍%5D
  5. ↑ Sikubwabo, Damas (February 13, 2023). "Rwanda: Murray Agrees to Coach Reg At the Bal". The New Times. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ Braswell, Tommy (March 20, 2012). "From Charleston to Seoul: Coaching basketball has taken Murray all around the world". Post and Courier. Retrieved February 13, 2023.


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