David Christopher Padgett (born February 13, 1985) is an American former
basketball
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coach and player. As a
college basketball
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player, he had played for the
Kansas Jayhawks
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before transferring and finishing his career at Louisville.
High school
Born in
Reno, Nevada
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, Padgett attended
Reno High School
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History
Reno High wa ...
, where he averaged 27 points and 14
rebounds
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per game his senior year. He was a
McDonald's High School and a first-team
''Parade'' All-American. He also was a member of the 2004 USA Basketball Junior World Championship Qualifying Team, earning a gold medal at the event.
As a high school senior, he was the top-rated center and considered the fourth-rated prospect overall by
Inside Hoops
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, the seventh overall by Rivals Hoops, and fifteenth overall by
ESPN
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.com.
In 2003, he was the Nevada player of the year.
College career
Kansas (2003–2004)
Padgett committed to the
University of Kansas
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in 2003 in
Roy Williams' last season as the head coach. He decided to remain at Kansas after Williams left for the
University of North Carolina
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and
Bill Self
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became the head coach. His most memorable moment at Kansas came when he made the game winning shot in an 84-82 victory against Missouri in what turned out to be the last basketball game at the
Hearnes Center
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.
Louisville (2005–2008)
After his freshman year, Padgett decided to transfer to the
University of Louisville
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. NCAA rules dictated that he redshirted and would sit out for the 2004-2005 season, during which the Cardinals made it to the
Final Four.
Padgett served as team captain with
Taquan Dean
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Amateur career
He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and attended Neptune High ...
. His team debut against
Prairie View A&M was the third-highest scoring debut of any Cardinal at 17 points. He scored a career-high 27 points and eight rebounds against
UConn
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.
Padgett scored in double-figures in 14 games in the
2006-2007 season. The Cardinals' leader in
field goal
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percentage (59.7%, fourth in the
Big East Conference
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), Padgett averaged 9.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. He was named to the
All-Big East Conference Second Team.
At the beginning of his senior year, Padgett broke his
kneecap
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in the season opener against
Jackson State
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. He recovered quicker than expected and rejoined the team against
Cincinnati
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on January 1, 2008. Padgett was a unanimous first-team selection for All-Big East.
Padgett's final year with Louisville came to end in the
Elite Eight
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of the
2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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. Though the #3 Cardinals lost to the #1 Tar Heels 83-73, Padgett was the Cardinals' top all around performer, finishing the game with 6 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Professional career
Though undrafted by an NBA team, Padgett was signed on July 2, 2008 by the
Miami Heat
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, and added to its summer league team. However, Padgett was waived by the Heat on October 26, 2008.
After spending the 2008-09 season in Spain, Padgett was named to the
Portland Trail Blazers
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2009 summer league team. However, Padgett was not invited to training camp, and proceeded to play the next year in Spain with
U.B. La Palma.
Coaching career
Following his second season in Spain, Padgett unofficially retired and returned to Louisville as the team's assistant strength coach, working under his former head coach
Rick Pitino
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. After spending the
2010–11 season in that position, he left to become a full-time assistant at
IUPUI, serving in that role until IUPUI head coach
Todd Howard
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was fired at the end of the
2013–14 season.
Padgett then returned to the Louisville program, and was initially hired in the 2014 offseason as assistant video coordinator. Shortly after he was hired at U of L, he was promoted to director of basketball operations when
Andre McGee
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left to become an assistant with
UMKC. Padgett was promoted to an assistant coach position at U of L, in March 2015.
Padgett was named acting head coach at Louisville on September 29, 2017, amid
FBI investigations of various basketball programs that ultimately led to the firings of both Pitino and athletic director
Tom Jurich
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.
Following Louisville's loss in the
NIT, they announced that Padgett would not be retained as head coach.
Head coaching record
College
Personal
Padgett's father,
Pete
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, played for the
University of Nevada
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, his uncle played for the
University of New Mexico
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, his grandfather,
Jim
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, played for
Oregon State
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, and his sister, Melissa, played for the
University of San Diego
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.
He has a wife, Megan, and two sons, Nolan and Gavin. He resides in Louisville.
Padgett left coaching following the 2017-18 season and now works as a financial advisor for
Morgan Stanley
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in Louisville. He also serves as a commentator for college basketball telecasts on
ESPN
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.
References
External links
IUPUI coach bioPlayer bio at the University of Louisville
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1985 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Nevada
Basketball players from Nevada
CB Canarias players
Centers (basketball)
IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball coaches
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players
Louisville Cardinals men's basketball coaches
Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Sportspeople from Reno, Nevada
UB La Palma players