Tommie Green
American basketball player (1956–2015)
Personal information | |
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Born | (1956-04-08)April 8, 1956 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | September 25, 2015(2015-09-25) (aged 59) |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | McKinley (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
College | Southern (1974–1978) |
NBA draft | 1978: 2nd round, 35th overall pick |
Selected by the New Orleans Jazz | |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 14 |
Coaching career | 1987–2001 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1978–1979 | New Orleans Jazz |
As coach: | |
1987–1996 | Southern (assistant) |
1996–2001 | Southern |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Tommy L. Green (April 8, 1956 – September 25, 2015) was a professional basketball point guard who spent one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the New Orleans Jazz during the 1978–79 season. He was drafted by the Jazz from Southern University and A&M College during the second round (35th pick overall) in the 1978 NBA draft. In 1987, Green returned to Southern University first as an assistant coach then as the head coach from 1996 to 2001.[1]
Green died on September 25, 2015, at the age of 59.[1]
References
- ^ a b Schiefelbein, Joseph (September 25, 2015). "Former Southern basketball star, coach Tommy Green dies Friday at 59". The Advocate. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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1978 NBA draft
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- Rick Wilson
- Ron Carter
- Wayne Radford
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- John Long
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- John Rudd
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- Greg Bunch
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