Ronnie Burrell

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Ronnie Burrell
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Burrell, playing with Gdynia, in 2009.
Personal information
Born (1983-07-21) July 21, 1983 (age 40)
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Montclair (Montclair, New Jersey)
College UNC Greensboro (2001–2005)
NBA draft 2005: undrafted
Playing career2005–2016
Position Power forward / small forward
Coaching career2019–present
Career history
As player:
2005 Gainesville Knights
2005–2006 Levallois SCB
2006–2007 Köln 99ers
2007–2008 Telekom Bonn
2008–2011 Gdynia
2011–2013 EWE Oldenburg
2013–2015 Bayreuth
2015–2016 Orchies
2016 LMBC
As coach:
2019–2020 Long Island Nets (assistant)
2022–2023Long Island Nets
2023–2024 Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Ronnie Burrell (born July 21, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who is an Assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Early life

Born in 1983, Burrell played high school basketball at Montclair High School, in Montclair, New Jersey.

College career

Burrell played college basketball at UNC Greensboro, from 2001 to 2005, with the UNC Greensboro Spartans. He played under the team's head coach at that time, Fran McCaffery. During his college career, he was an All-Southern Conference Team selection in 2004 and 2005.

Professional career

Burrell played with the WBA's Gainesville Knights, in 2005. Burrell then moved to Europe, and signed with the French club Levallois SCB for the 2005–06 season. The following season, he signed with RheinEnergie Koln, where he won the German Cup. He played in the NBA Summer League with the Seattle SuperSonics's summer league squad for two summers.[ citation needed ] After that, he played with the German club Telekom Baskets Bonn, and the Polish club Asseco Prokom Sopot/Gdynia. With Gdynia, he also won three Polish League championships.[ citation needed ] Burrell played in 55 EuroLeague games, and he made it to the EuroLeague's quarterfinals in the 2009–10 season.

In 2011, he signed a contract with the German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg. [1] In July 2013, he signed with the German club BBC Bayreuth. [2] In September 2015, he signed a contract with the French club Orchies. He signed with the French club Lille Métropole, in February 2016. Burrell retired from playing pro club basketball in April 2016, due to an injury.

Coaching career

On September 20, 2019, Burrell was hired as an assistant coach by the Long Island Nets, the NBA Development League affiliate of the NBA club the Brooklyn Nets. [3]

On November 14, 2020 he was hired as player development coach with the Chicago Bulls. [4]

In September 2022, Burrell became head coach of Long Island Nets, the G League affiliate of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. He was named Coach of the Month by the G League for both January and February of 2023, making him only the fourth coach to win back-to-back Coach of the Month honors in G League history. [5]

Burrell was named Coach of the Year for the G League in spring 2023.

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References

  1. ↑ Oldenburg signs Ronnie Burrell Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "BBC Bayreuth add Ronnie Burrell". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Long Island Nets Announce Staff Additions". longislandnets.com. September 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "BULLS ADD TO 2020-21 COACHING STAFF". National Basketball Association . November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Long Island Nets coach Ronnie Burrell wins G League Coach of the Month ... again". Nets Daily. March 13, 2023.
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