Nate Reinking

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Nate Reinking
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Reinking in 2012
Personal information
Born (1973-12-12) 12 December 1973 (age 50)
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityBritish / American
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
High school Galion (Galion, Ohio)
College Kent State (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996: undrafted
Playing career1996–2012
Position Point guard
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
1996–1998 Leicester Riders
1998–1999 Derby Storm
1999–2005 Sheffield Sharks
2005–2007 Bree
2007–2010 Belfius Mons-Hainaut
2010–2011 Mersey Tigers
2011–2012Sheffield Sharks
As coach:
2013–2015 Canton Charge (assistant)
2016–2021Canton Charge
2021–2024 Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)

Nate James Reinking (born 12 December 1973) is a British-American professional basketball coach and former player.

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Professional career

Having graduated from Kent State University, Reinking came to England and signed with the British Basketball League club Leicester Riders in 1996. He averaged 18.3 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game in his first season for the Midlands team. In 1998, Nate joined Riders' rivals the Derby Storm, where he posted 17.9 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per game. The following season, he moved further north again to sign with the Sheffield Sharks, where he spent six seasons before moving to the Belgian League and Euphony Bree in 2005, and then onto Dexia Mons-Hainaut in 2007.[ citation needed ]

Coaching career

In October 2013, Reinking was hired by the Canton Charge as an assistant coach for the 2013–14 season. After Jordi Fernandez accepted an assistant coach job with the Nuggets, Reinking was promoted to head coach of the Canton Charge. [1] In July 2019, Reinking was named head coach of the Great Britain national team, [2] to go alongside his position with Canton. In 2021, he became an assistant coach with the Charge's parent team, the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association. [3]

National team career

Reinking made his debut for the Great Britain men's national team in a FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualifying match against Slovakia, on 2 September 2006. He was a member of every Great Britain squad as a player until his retirement following the 2012 Summer Olympics, and then as an assistant coach from 2013 to 2017. On 26 July 2019, Reinking was named head coach of Great Britain, where he led GB to a 4–0 record during round three of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 pre-qualifiers. [4] On 3 May 2023, Reinking stepped down as head coach of Great Britain. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nate Reinking named Charge head coach". NBA.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nate Reinking appointed GB men's head coach" . Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Cavaliers make more changes to coaching staff". The Plain Dealer . 21 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 pre-qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nate Reinking out as GB Head Coach as BBF begins recruitment". hoopsfix.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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