Jake Odum

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Jake Odum
Personal information
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 33)
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school South Vigo (Terre Haute, Indiana)
College Indiana State (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–2019
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
As player:
2014–2015 PAOK
2015–2016 Medi Bayreuth
2016–2017 s.Oliver Würzburg
2017 Banvit
2017–2018 Nizhny Novgorod
2018–2019 Promitheas Patras
2019 Pistoia Basket 2000
As coach:
2019–2021, 2024– present Indiana State (assistant)
2021–2024 Coffeyville (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-MVC (2013, 2014)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jacob Andrew Odum (born February 11, 1991) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Indiana State Sycamores. He played professionally as a point guard-shooting guard.

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College career

Odum played college basketball at Indiana State University, with the Sycamores, from 2010 to 2014. He led the Sycamores to a 4-yr record of 79–55 (.590), a MVC ArchMadness title and 4 post-season tournament berths (1x NCAA, 2x NIT, 1x CiT).

He currently stands 6th in career scoring (1,568 pts), 13th in career rebounds (617), 2nd in assists (603), 3rd in steals (204), 1st in games played (134), made free throws (590), games started (131) and minutes played (4,199). [1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Odum played on the Indiana Pacers' Orlando Summer League team. [2] [3] He then played on the Sacramento Kings' Las Vegas Summer League team. [4] [5]

Odum began his pro career with the Greek League club PAOK for the 2014–15 season, [6] choosing to sign with the Greek club, rather than take his chances at that particular time in an NBA training camp, despite a couple of offers from NBA teams. [7]

After leading PAOK to a 3rd-place finish in the Greek League, Odum signed with Medi Bayreuth of Germany for the 2015–16 Bundesliga season. [8] He was named to the Eurobasket.com German Bundesliga All-Newcomer Team. Odum was one of the best players of the team and was then committed by the Franconian rival s.Oliver Würzburg for the 2016–17 Bundesliga season. [9] He was named to the EuroBasket.com All-German Bundesliga Honorable Mention team.

On July 13, 2017, Odum signed with Turkish club Banvit. [10] On November 17, 2017, he left Banvit and signed with Russian club Nizhny Novgorod for the rest of the 2017–18 season. [11]

On November 13, 2017, Odum signed with Promitheas Patras B.C. in Greece. [12] On March 4, 2019, Odum left Promitheas Patras and signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 in Italy. [13]

Coaching career

Odum joined Indiana State as assistant director of player personnel and assistant strength coach in 2019. In September 2020, he was promoted to assistant coach. [14] Following the termination of Head Coach Greg Lansing in March, 2021; Odum was released with the entirety of Lansing's staff. [15]

From 2021–2024 Odum served as an assistant coach at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas. [16]

Odum returned to Terre Haute for a second stint and was announced as an assistant coach for Indiana State by head coach Matthew Graves on May 13, 2024. [17]

Awards and accomplishments

College

Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (2014) Under Armour All-Select Tournament Team

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ A closer look at the Indiana Pacers 2014 Summer League roster.
  3. ↑ "2014 Summer League Player Profile #23 Jake Odum". NBA.com . Archived from the original on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  4. ↑ Summer League Update: Jake Odum Now In Vegas With Sacramento.
  5. ↑ 2014 Sacramento Kings Summer League Stats (Las Vegas) | Averages.
  6. ↑ PAOK picks up rookie guard Odum.
  7. ↑ Jake Odum headed to Greece for PAOK season.
  8. ↑ Jake Odum moves to Medi Bayreuth
  9. ↑ s.Oliver Würzburg Der neue Spielmacher heißt Jake Odum Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine . 2016-05-30. (german).
  10. ↑ Banvit inks Jake Odum
  11. ↑ Jake Odum signs with Nizhny Novgorod
  12. ↑ "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
  13. ↑ "The Flexx Pistoia Adds Jake Odum". BallersAbroad.com. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  14. ↑ Semmler, Rick (September 3, 2020). "JAKE ODUM MOVING INTO ASSISTANT COACHING ROLE WITH SYCAMORES". WTHI. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Indiana State, Greg Lansing part ways".
  16. ↑ "Coffeyville CC". Coffeyville CC. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  17. ↑ "Jake Odum - Assistant Coach - Basketball Support Staff". Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  18. ↑ "Teams - AdvoCare Invitational". Archived from the original on 2015-06-29.
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