Jeff Horner

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Jeff Horner
Truman Bulldogs
PositionHead coach
League Great Lakes Valley Conference
Personal information
Born (1983-08-01) August 1, 1983 (age 40)
Mason City, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Mason City (Mason City, Iowa)
College Iowa (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–2010
Position Point guard
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As player:
2006–2007 Euphony Bree
2007 Paris Basket Racing
2007–2010 Iowa Energy
As coach:
2008–2010 Valley HS (assistant)
2010–2014Valley HS
2014–2018 North Dakota (DBO/asst.)
2018–present Truman
Career highlights and awards

Jeff Horner (born August 1, 1983) is an American former basketball player. He is best known as a point guard for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team. Horner is currently head coach of the Truman State Bulldogs men's basketball team. [1]

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Early life and college

Horner was born in Mason City, Iowa. His father Bob Horner was Mason City High School varsity basketball coach. Horner made a verbal commitment to the University of Iowa while in the ninth grade. [2] Horner's sister Kristin played basketball for Drake University. [ citation needed ]

High school

Born in Mason City, Iowa, Horner graduated from Mason City High School in Mason City, Iowa in 2002. In his senior season, Horner averaged 31.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 6.8 assists per game, leading the prep team to a 21–2 overall record. He shot 53% from the field and 73% from the free throw line as a senior, averaged 25.3 points a game as a junior, along with 10.1 assists and 5.2 rebounds. He averaged 21.2 points, 10.2 assists and five rebounds per game as a sophomore, and led Mason City to 2 state tournament appearances as a junior and senior, with a 38–7 record over those two seasons.

College

At the University of Iowa, Horner played on the Hawkeyes basketball team all four years and graduated in 2006. He missed four games in December 2006 due to injury, ending a streak of 102 consecutive games played. Horner is second in three-pointers (232), ranks second in assists (563) and three-point attempts (635), 14th in career points (1,341), and also totalled 514 career rebounds. He is the only Iowa player ever to total over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists, and the only Iowa player ever to total over 200 points, 100 rebounds, and 100 assists in four seasons. In Big Ten career stats, Horner ranks 7th in assists (612) and three-point FG attempts (713) and 8th in three-point FGs (262) and helped lead the Hawkeyes to a 2006 Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship, being named Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Professional career

Playing career

Horner played professional basketball with the Euphony Bree, a team located in Bree, Belgium. [3] He played for Paris Basket Racing in France until 2007. He was signed by the Iowa Energy, an NBA Development League team based out of Des Moines, Iowa, in October 2007. [4]

Coaching career

Horner was the head varsity basketball coach at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, from 2010 to 2014. [5] In 2014, he became a head of basketball operations at the University of North Dakota. In 2018, he became the head basketball coach at Truman State. [6]

On August 29, 2019, Horner tweeted that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer on August 13, 2019. He will begin chemo at the University of Missouri. [7]

In a February, 2021 article, it was announced that Horner was "cancer free". [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "UND assistant coach Jeff Horner named head coach at Truman State". Grand Forks Herald. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Horner Profile: Iowa Official Athletic Site". Iowa Hawkeyes Athletics. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jeff Horner Signs Professional Basketball Contract". Iowa Hawkeyes Athletics. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Where are they now? Jeff Horner". Iowa Hawkeyes Athlerics. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Horner to coach West Des Moines Valley boys' basketball team". The Gazette. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jeff Horner named head coach at Truman State". The Gazette . April 24, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ Mark Emmert (August 29, 2019). "Former Hawkeye star Jeff Horner announces he has cancer". www.HawkCentral.com. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ Rick Brown (February 11, 2021). "Jeff Horner is Healthy and So is Basketball Program". HawkeyeNation.com. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
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