Jay Bilas
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Bilas on ESPN
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 24, 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rolling Hills (Rolling Hills, California) |
| College | Duke (1982–1986) |
| NBA draft | 1986 / Round: 5 / Pick: 108th overall |
| Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
| Playing career | 1986–1989 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 21 |
| Coaching career | 1989–1992 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1986–1987 | Scaligera Basket Verona |
| 1987–1988 | Basket Mestre |
| 1988–1989 | Caja de Guipuzcoa |
| As coach: | |
| 1989–1992 | Duke (asst.) |
Jay Scot Bilas (born December 24, 1963) is an American college basketball analyst for ESPN, a former NCAA Tournament Announcer with CBS Sports, as well as former college basketball player. He is also a practicing lawyer.
Bilas was a consensus Top 50 recruit at Rolling Hills High School in Rolling Hills, California, where he averaged 23.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in 1982. That season, Bilas was named First Team All-CIF, First Team All-South Bay, MVP of the Bay League, Best in the West by the Long Beach Press Telegram.
Bilas was a four-year starter for Mike Krzyzewski on the Duke University men’s basketball team from 1982–1986, and helped lead Duke to the Final Four and National Championship game in 1986. Krzyzewski’s 1982 recruiting class of Bilas, Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie and David Henderson still ranks as the highest scoring single class in college basketball history. In his college career, Bilas scored 1,062 points and grabbed 692 rebounds while shooting over 55% from the field.
Bilas graduated in 1986 with a degree in political science, and was selected in the fifth round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. He played professionally overseas in Italy and in Spain. In 1985, Bilas represented USA Basketball on the U.S. National Select Team in the Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan.
Bilas served as an assistant coach under Mike Krzyzewski at Duke for three seasons from 1990 to 1992. While serving as an assistant coach, Bilas attended Duke University School of Law, receiving his J.D. degree in 1992. During his three-year tenure as an assistant coach, Duke advanced to three Final Fours and won two National Championships. Bilas still teaches and speaks at clinics, and has been an instructor at the Nike Skills Academy in Beaverton, Oregon, the Nike/Amar'e Stoudemire Skills Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Nike/LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, which annually tutor some of the nation’s finest high school and college players. In 2005 and 2006, Bilas was one of 12 coaches taking part in Operation Hardwood I and II that coached United States Service teams in tournament competition in the Middle East. Among the other coaches of Operation Hardwood I and II were Mark Gottfried, Tom Izzo, Kelvin Sampson, Tubby Smith, Rick Barnes, Gary Williams, Dave Odom, Bobby Lutz, Bobby Cremins, Mike Jarvis, Billy Lange, Jim Crews, and Reggie Minton.
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