Jerome Allen (other)
Jerome Allen may refer to: *Jerome Allen (author) (1830–1894), American educator and author *Jerome Allen (basketball) (born 1973), American basketball coach and former player See also *Allen (surname) Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Ireland, and common in Scotland, Wales and England. It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, means both "little rock" and ...

Jerome Allen (author)
Jerome Allen (1830–1894) was an American educator and author, born in Westminster, Vermont. He graduated from Amherst College in 1851, then presided over several institutions in the Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ... from 1851 to 1885. Books * ''Handbook of Experimental Chemistry'' (1876) * ''Short Studies in English'' (1886–7) * ''Mind Studies for Young Teachers'' (seventh edition, 1887) * ''Temperament of Education'' (1890) References External links * 1830 births 1894 deaths People from Westminster (town), Vermont Educators from Vermont American education writers Education school deans Amherst College alumni {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub ...
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Jerome Allen (basketball)
Jerome Byron Allen (born January 28, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player and college head coach. He is the former head coach for the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team, until resigning after the 2014–15 season. He is currently an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life Allen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1973. His family struggled to make ends meet, and he lived with 18 relatives in a five-bedroom home, sharing a bed with his sister. Some of his family members sold crack cocaine, and his father left his family at age 10. He attended public school in his youth but attended Episcopal Academy for high school. He became one of the top high school basketball players in the country at Episcopal, receiving scholarship offers at 16 schools. He chose to attend Penn to study accounting at the Wharton School; he had planned on being an accountant in his youth. College pla ...
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