John Linehan (basketball)

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John Linehan
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Linehan with BYU in 2024
BYU Cougars
PositionAssistant coach
League Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1978-05-01) May 1, 1978 (age 47)
Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school
College Providence (1997–2002)
NBA draft 2002: undrafted
Playing career2002–2013
Position Point guard
Coaching career2015–present
Career history
As a player:
2002–2003 Greenville Groove
2003–2004 Dakota Wizards
2004–2006 Paris Racing
2006 SIG Strasbourg
2006–2007 SLUC Nancy
2008–2009 BC Kalev
2009–2010 Cholet
2010–2013SLUC Nancy
As a coach:
2015–2016 Drexel (operations asst.)
2016–2017 Brown (assistant)
2017–2019 Hartford (assistant)
2019–2022 Georgia (assistant)
2022–2024 Saint Joseph's (assistant)
2024–present BYU (assistant)
Career highlights

John Lewis Linehan (born May 1, 1978) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Brigham Young University (BYU) men's basketball team. Linehan has held various coaching roles at the professional, minor league, and collegiate levels in the United States and in other countries. As a player, Linehan played point guard and spent a decade playing professionally in the U.S. and internationally.

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High school

Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Linehan played competitive high school basketball, first at Chester High School, and then at Winchendon School, in Winchendon, Massachusetts.

College career

Linehan played college basketball for Providence College's Friars, from 1997 to 2002. He led the Big East Conference in steals, in three different seasons, and also earned the Big East Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-Big East honors his last two seasons. As a senior, in the 2001–02 season, he averaged 12.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 4.5 steals per game, finishing second in the nation in steals.

As a result, he was awarded the Henry Iba Corinthian Award, as the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Defensive Player of the Year, for that season. [1] He finished his collegiate career as the NCAA Division I's all-time career leader in steals, with 385. [2] On December 5, 2021, Richmond's Jacob Gilyard broke Linehan's nearly 20-year old record after recording his 386th steal in a win over Northern Iowa.

Professional playing career

Linehan was not drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Greenville Groove, of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL). In the 2003–04 season, he played for the Dakota Wizards of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), and won the league's championship with the team. [3]

After winning the CBA championship, Linehan moved to Europe, and signed with Paris Basket Racing of the LNB Pro A in France, where he also played two years (2006–08) for SLUC Nancy. In the 2008–09 season, he played for Kalev/Cramo, in Estonia. With the team, he won the Estonian Cup and the Estonian League championship. Around this time, Linehan was nicknamed "Le Virus" (English: "The Virus"). [4] [5]

In July 2009, he signed a one-year contract with the French Pro A team Cholet Basket. [6] He won the 2009–10 season's French League championship with the team.

In July 2010, Linehan signed a contract with the French club SLUC Nancy, and in the 2010–11 season, he won the French League championship with them. Linehan at one time held the record for the most assists in a single EuroLeague game, with 15 assists. On the 3 November 2011, he delivered 15 assists, in a EuroLeague game against Fenerbahçe. [7] The record was later broken.

Coaching career

Linehan began his career as a basketball coach in 2015, [8] and has coached at Drexel, Brown, Hartford, [9] Georgia, [10] and Saint Joseph's. [11] On June 5, 2024, Linehan was announced as an assistant coach for BYU. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Career Steal Leaders". Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Linehan Breaks NCAA Steals Mark". Associated Press Online. February 27, 2002. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dakota Wizards at CBA Museum". Retrieved on 2009-01-11
  4. ↑ Pantel-jouve, Gabriel (August 30, 2016). "John Linehan devient coach aux Etats-Unis". BeBasket. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "John Linehan : Le Virus est une légende". @cultureSPORT.
  6. ↑ "CHOLET BASKET inks John Linehan". Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved on 2009-07-21
  7. ↑ "Fenerbahce Ulker vs SLUC Nancy 3 November 2011 17:45 | Euroleague". Euroleague Basketball.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Providence star Linehan launches coaching career at Temple".
  9. ↑ "Hartford Dirt". July 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Georgia Dirt". March 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Linehan Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach". Saint Joseph's University. July 28, 2023.
  12. ↑ McCombs, Robby. "BYU Hires St Joseph's John Linehan as Assistant Coach". Vanquish the Foe. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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