Christopher Corchiani Sr. (born March 28, 1968) is an American-Italian former professional
basketball
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player. At a height of 1.85 m (6'1") tall, and a weight of 88 kg (195 lbs.), he played at the
point guard position.
High school
Born in
Coral Gables, Florida
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, Corchiani attended Miami's Kendall Acres Academy, and
Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School
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, in
Hialeah, Florida
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.
College career
Corchiani's
college basketball
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career lasted from 1988 to 1991, at
North Carolina State University, where he played with the
NC State Wolfpack. Corchiani was the first
NCAA Division I
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player to record
1,000 assists in a career. In the 1990–91 season, he
led the nation in assists per game average, at 9.7 per game. At the time he finished his career, he was in 5th place on the
NCAA's all-time steals list.
Professional career
Corchiani was selected by the
Orlando Magic, with the 9th pick of the 2nd round (36th overall), of the
1991 NBA draft. In addition to the Magic, he played with two other
NBA teams, the
Boston Celtics and the
Washington Bullets
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. He also played professionally in Italy, Turkey, Spain, and Germany. He was a member of the
Bayer Leverkusen
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team, which captured the German
Bundesliga
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title in 1996 under the guidance of coach
Dirk Bauermann
Dirk Bauermann (born 10 December 1957) is a German professional basketball coach.
Playing career
Bauermann played club basketball in the German senior club of BBC Krefeld, from 1975 to 1981.
Club coaching career
Bauermann was an assistant coach ...
. In 2002, he won the Spanish national championship with
Tau Cerámica
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, alongside players like
Elmer Bennett
Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'0" (1.83 m), he played at the point guard position.
High school
Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School, in Bella ...
,
Luis Scola
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and
Andrés Nocioni, coached by
Duško Ivanović
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Professional playing career
As a player, I ...
.
After retiring from basketball, he settled in
Raleigh, North Carolina
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, working as a
realtor, then as the owner of a
mortgage bank
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. In 2007, he founded a
title insurance
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agency.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career steals leaders
References
External links
College & NBA stats@ basketball-reference.com
@ celticslife.com
Euroleague.net ProfileItalian League Profile
Spanish League Profile
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1968 births
Living people
All-American college men's basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Anadolu Efes S.K. players
Basketball players from Florida
Basket Rimini Crabs players
Bayer Giants Leverkusen players
Boston Celtics players
CB Girona players
Italian men's basketball players
Liga ACB players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Mens Sana Basket players
NC State Wolfpack men's basketball players
Orlando Magic draft picks
Orlando Magic players
Pallacanestro Treviso players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Point guards
Rapid City Thrillers players
Saski Baskonia players
Sportspeople from Coral Gables, Florida
Washington Bullets players
United States men's national basketball team players