Brent Steven Scott (born June 15, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. Scott was a 6'10", 250 lb (110 kg). center. Scott is currently an assistant coach at Penn State.
College career
Scott played college basketball at Rice University.
Professional career
Scott played 16 games with the Indiana Pacers during the 1996–97 NBA season, averaging 1.2 points and 0.6 rebounds per game. He also played professionally in Poland (Anwil Wloclawek), Spain (for Tau Cerámica, Real Madrid Baloncesto, Polaris World Murcia), Italy (for Olitalia Forlì, Viola Reggio Calabria[1] and Snaidero Udine) and Greece (Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK and AEK Athens).
Coaching career
On June 25, 2007, Rice University announced that Scott would be an assistant basketball coach.[2] He has since served in the same capacity at Louisiana State University and TCU, both under head coach Trent Johnson. On May 16, 2016, Scott returned to his alma mater Rice, after four years at TCU, to serve on Mike Rhoades staff.[3] In March 2017, he joined Rhoades' staff at VCU.
References
- ^ Tomlinson, Brett (2007-11-21). "The Captain Returns: Basketball's Sydney Johnson '97 has been 'a coach all along'". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
- ^ "Former Rice alumnus named assistant coach". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "Brent Scott Bio - Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball". www.riceowls.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26.
External links
- TCU coaching biography
- NBA statistics @ basketballreference.com
- AEK player profile @ aek.com
- Interview with Brent Scott, by Marek Mosakowski @ 24sec.net