Al Skinner
Left to right: Al Skinner, Jack Leaman, and Julius Erving at the ceremony to retire Skinner's UMass jersey.
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kennesaw State |
| Conference | Atlantic Sun |
| Record | 25–38 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 16, 1952 Mount Vernon, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1974 | UMass |
| 1974–1977 | New York/New Jersey Nets |
| 1977–1978 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1978–1979 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1979–1980 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1980–1981 | Joventut Badalona |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1984 | Marist (asst.) |
| 1984–1988 | Rhode Island (asst.) |
| 1988–1997 | Rhode Island |
| 1997–2010 | Boston College |
| 2013–2015 | Bryant (asst.) |
| 2015–present | Kennesaw State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 410–329 (24 seasons) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Big East Tournament championship (2001) 2× Big East regular season championship (2001, 2005) |
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| Awards | |
| National Coach of the Year (2001) 2× Big East Coach of the Year (2001, 2005) Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (1992) |
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Albert Lee "Al" Skinner Jr. (born June 16, 1952) is an American men's college basketball head coach and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. He was formerly the head coach of the Boston College men's basketball team and was then an assistant at Bryant University before becoming the head coach of Kennesaw State University in 2015.
Skinner played at the University of Massachusetts. While on the freshman team in the 1970–71 season, the varsity team was led by Julius Erving, in what would be Erving's final season in college. (Skinner and Erving would later play together professionally.) Skinner was also a teammate of Rick Pitino.
Skinner scored 1,235 points in his three years on the varsity squad. He led the team in rebounding each of those three years, and in scoring in his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, he averaged a double-double with 18.8 points and 11.0 rebounds. That scoring average also led the Yankee Conference. He recorded the first triple-double in UMass history, with 28 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists against St. Peter's on Dec. 28, 1973 in Springfield MA.
Skinner was a three-time Yankee Conference First Team selection. He led UMass to two straight YC titles in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons. As a senior in 1973–74, he was the team captain and an All-America honorable mention selection.
His jersey number 30 was retired in a ceremony at UMass on Feb. 18, 2004.
Skinner was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1974 NBA Draft (16th pick of the 9th round, or 160th overall pick). He never ended up playing with Boston. Instead, he joined the New York Nets in the ABA, where he reunited with Julius Erving. The pair helped the Nets win the ABA title in 1975–76.
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