DeAndre Lamount Haynes (born March 30, 1984) is an assistant basketball coach under Coach Shaka Smart at

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. He is a former American

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player and former assistant coach at the

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. Haynes, a 6'2"

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from

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, came to Kent State from Southwestern High School in

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. Playing for the Golden Flashes from 2002 to 2006, Haynes scored 1,259

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and left as the school's all-time leader in assists (625) and steals (229). In his senior season of 2005–06, Haynes averaged 13 points per game and was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American by the

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. He led the Golden Flashes to regular-season and MAC championships that season. After graduation, Haynes was not selected in the 2006 NBA draft. He instead signed in Belgium and played for the next six seasons in Belgium, Hungary, Germany and Finland. Haynes retired from basketball in 2012 and became an assistant coach at Kent State under head coach

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. Following the 2015–16 season, he moved to a similar role at fellow MAC program Toledo. After joining the

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staff for a few months, he was hired by

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to serve as an assistant coach in August 2017.

References

External links

Kent State coaching bio

Finnish League profile
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