Vince Taylor (basketball)

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Vince Taylor
Vince Taylor in 2009 with Minnesota basketball.jpg
Taylor in 2009 as Minnesota assistant coach
UCF Knights
Position Assistant coach
League American Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (1960-09-11) September 11, 1960 (age 62)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Tates Creek
(Lexington, Kentucky)
College Duke (1978–1982)
NBA draft 1982 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career1982–1997
Position Shooting guard
Number8
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As player:
1982–1983 New York Knicks
1983–1984 Wisconsin Flyers
1984–1986 Lega Basket Serie A
1986–1989 Avignon
1989–1990 Nancy
1992–1997 Gent Hawks
As coach:
1997–1998 Pittsburgh (assistant)
1998 Wyoming (assistant)
1999–2005 Louisville (assistant)
20052007 Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant)
2007–2013 Minnesota (assistant)
2013–2016 Texas Tech (assistant)
2017–present UCF (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 95 (3.1 ppg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Vincent Caldwell Taylor (born September 11, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season and is the former assistant coach at Texas Tech University. He played college basketball at Duke, and in the NBA played for the New York Knicks. [1] Taylor also played briefly in the Continental Basketball Association for the Wisconsin Flyers. [2] Taylor had a successful basketball career in Europe, playing a total 13 seasons on European teams in Italy (1984–86), France (1986–92), and Belgium (1992–97). [3]

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References

  1. "Vince Taylor statistics". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC.
  2. 1984–85 CBA Official Guide and Register, 252
  3. "2019–20 Men's Basketball Roster".