Kevin Ollie
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Ollie in May 2014
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| Connecticut Huskies | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | American Athletic Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
December 27, 1972 Dallas, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Crenshaw (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | Connecticut (1991–1995) |
| NBA draft | 1995 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1995–2010 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 3, 15, 5, 2, 12, 8, 7 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1995–1997 | Connecticut Pride |
| 1997 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1998 | Orlando Magic |
| 1999 | Sacramento Kings |
| 1999 | Orlando Magic |
| 1999–2000 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2000 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2000–2001 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2001–2002 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2002 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2002–2003 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2003 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 2003–2004 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2004–2008 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2008–2009 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2009–2010 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| As coach: | |
| 2010–2012 | Connecticut (assistant) |
| 2012–present | Connecticut |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
As coach:
Kevin Jermaine Ollie (born December 27, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. Ollie graduated from Connecticut in 1995 with a degree in Communications. He played for twelve National Basketball Association franchises, most prominently in three stints with the Philadelphia 76ers, in thirteen seasons from 1997 to 2010 after beginning his career with the CBA in 1995.
After retiring from professional basketball in 2010, Ollie joined UConn as an assistant coach; in 2012 he was promoted to head coach following the retirement of Jim Calhoun (who coached Ollie when he was a player). In his second year as Huskies head coach, they won the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Ollie was born in Dallas, Texas to parents Fletcher and Dorothy Ollie and grew up in the rough neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. When Ollie was 7, his parents divorced and his father moved to Dallas. He spent summers there, cutting lawns and doing other odd jobs so he could be with him for some length of time. His mother, a school teacher and ordained minister, raised him and his older sisters, Vita and Rhonda, by herself.
Ollie attended and played basketball at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California. He then starred for four seasons (1991–95) at the University of Connecticut. After his college graduation, he joined the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association, playing with them from 1995 to 1997. After that, he began playing in the NBA.
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