Current position | |
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Title | Assistant Coach |
Team | Louisiana |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Biographical details | |
Born | Monroe, Louisiana | December 2, 1981
Alma mater | Mississippi State University (2003, 2020) |
Playing career | |
2003–2005 | Columbus Riverdragons |
2005–2006 | Austin Toros |
2006 | New Jersey Nets |
2006–2007 | Brose Baskets |
2007 | Air Avellino |
2007–2008 | HKK Široki |
2008–2010 | Budivelnyk |
2010–2011 | Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk |
2011–2012 | BC Kyiv |
2012–2013 | Dnipro-Azot |
2013 | Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg |
2014 | Energa Czarni Słupsk |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2018-2020 | Mississippi State (GA) |
2020-2021 | Mississippi State (Director of Scouting and Analytics) |
2021-present | Louisiana (AC) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
As player
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Derrick Dewayne Zimmerman (born December 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player currently serving as the assistant basketball coach at Louisiana. He played collegiately at Mississippi State University.
For the Mississippi State Bulldogs, he averaged 8.9 points, 5.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks. He shot 15 of 52 three-pointers as a senior and 64.9% on free throws.
He was selected 40th overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, and played two games with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the 2005-06 season. [1]
Those two games ended up being Zimmerman's only playing time in the NBA. His 2nd game ever (also his final NBA game ever) was played on April 19, 2006, in a 83–90 loss to the New York Knicks where he recorded 4 points, 5 assists and 1 rebound.
He played in the NBA D-League for the Columbus Riverdragons (2004–05) and Austin Toros (2005–06). Derrick was named the NBDL's Defensive Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons (Austin 2005-06, Columbus 2004-05). [2] In December 2006, he signed a one-month contract with Brose Baskets of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [3] After his contract expired, he signed with Italian team Air Avellino until the end of the season.
In the summer of 2008, he signed with the Ukrainian club Budivelnyk Kyiv. He stayed in Ukraine till 2013, and later played with Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv and Dnipro-Azot.
In February 2013, Zimmerman moved to Germany and signed with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg for the rest of the season. [4] In January 2014, after a couple months without a club, he signed with Energa Czarni Słupsk of Poland for the rest of the season. [5]
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