Jo Jo English

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Jo Jo English
Personal information
Born (1970-02-04) February 4, 1970 (age 54)
Frankfurt, West Germany
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Lower Richland
(Hopkins, South Carolina)
College South Carolina (1988–1992)
NBA draft 1992: undrafted
Playing career1992–2002
Position Shooting guard
Number3
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1992 Chicago Bulls
1992–1993 Tri-City Chinook
1993–1994 Chicago Bulls
1994Tri-City Chinook
1994 La Crosse Catbirds
1994 Chicago Bulls
1994–1995 Pittsburgh Piranhas
1995 Adelaide 36ers
1995–1996 Yakima Sun Kings
1996 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1996–1997 Beşiktaş
1997–1998 Antalyaspor Muratpaşa
1998–1999 La Crosse Bobcats
1999–2000 Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
2000–2001 Strasbourg IG
2001 Besançon BCD
2001–2002 Rockford Lightning
As coach:
2012–2015 Sumter HS
2018–2021 Richland Northeast HS
2021–present Lower Richland HS
Career highlights and awards
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Stephen "Jo Jo" English (born February 4, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who starred at the University of South Carolina in the early 1990s and later played parts of three seasons for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. English made his NBA debut on December 2, 1992. [1] He was the top scorer in the 1999–2000 Israel Basketball Premier League.

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English has served as a high school basketball coach after his retirement.

Playing career

A 6'4" guard, English is perhaps best remembered for being involved in a bench-clearing brawl with Derek Harper of the New York Knicks during a 1994 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals playoff game at Chicago Stadium. With NBA Commissioner David Stern in attendance, English and Harper carried their fight into the stands and were subsequently punished with one and two-game suspensions, respectively.

English played just eight games in the following season and later joined the minor-league Continental Basketball Association. He also played for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australian National Basketball League during 1995, averaging 14.8 points in 21 games. [2] English played one game with the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the 1996 PBA Governors' Cup but was hobbled by an old injury. [3] He later played in Turkey for two seasons, and in Israel for one season. [4] He was the top scorer in the 1999–2000 Israel Basketball Premier League.

Coaching career

English spent three seasons as the head coach of the boys basketball team at Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina, until his resignation on September 19, 2015. [5] On March 16, 2018, he was hired as the head coach at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, South Carolina. [6] On June 3, 2021, English was appointed as the head coach at his alma mater, Lower Richland High School. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jo Jo English Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ Hoops SA | Sixers Historical Stats 94–99
  3. ↑ Clarito, Ariel Ian (May 13, 2020). "Running with the Bulls, flying with His Airness". Rappler. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jo Jo English – Turkish Basketball Super League Player". www.tblstat.net.
  5. ↑ "JoJo English Resigns As Sumter Basketball Coach". USA Today High School Sports. September 19, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ Bezjak, Lou (March 16, 2018). "Jo Jo English hired as RNE basketball coach". The State. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ Cruse, Josh (June 3, 2021). "English returns to Lower Richland". Columbia Star. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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