Byron King Mouton (born April 29, 1978) is an American retired

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player. He was a starter on the

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's 2002 national championship team and played professionally in several countries.

College career

Mouton, a 6'6" swingman from

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, originally committed to play basketball at the

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, but opted out of his commitment after Wildcats coach

Rick Pitino Richard Andrew Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach for Iona College. He was also the head coach of Greece's senior national team. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA ...

left to coach the Boston Celtics in 1997. Instead, he opted for

Tulane Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

. After two seasons at Tulane, Mouton transferred to

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to play for coach

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. In his junior year of 2000–01, Mouton started and averaged 9.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game as the Terrapins advanced to the Final Four of the 2001 NCAA tournament. As a senior in 2001–02, Mouton upped his averages to 11.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as Maryland won the 2002 NCAA championship.

Professional career

At the end of his college career, Mouton was invited to the Boston Celtics' training camp, but did not make the team. He played for the

Idaho Stampede Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...

of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2002–03 season and was named to the CBA All-Rookie Team. He played professionally in Germany, France, China and the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

. In the United States, Mouton played in the Continental Basketball Association for the

, in the NBA Development League for the

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and in the American Basketball Association for the Wilmington Sea Dawgs and the

Maryland GreenHawks The Washington GreenHawks were a team of the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League (ACPBL) based in Washington, D.C. As the Maryland Nighthawks they were formerly part of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and a founding member o ...

. He founded and still runs a youth basketball program in Maryland called 6th Man Sports. Byron is currently the head basketball coach for Lanham Christian School in Lanham, MD. In 2019 Byron lead Lanham Christian to victory in the Maryland Christian Schools Tournament Division 1 championship. https://www.somdnews.com/independent/sports/scoreboard/southern-maryland-winter-sports-scoreboard/article_898caeae-623f-580d-b6c1-1775f13f8278.html

References

External links

Maryland Terrapins bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mouton, Byron 1978 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American men's basketball players Basketball players from Louisiana Florida Flame players Idaho Stampede (CBA) players Maryland Terrapins men's basketball players People from Rayne, Louisiana Shooting guards Small forwards Tulane Green Wave men's basketball players