Derrick Dewayne Allen (born July 17, 1980) is an American professional
basketball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for the
Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the
NBA G League.
Playing career
College basketball
Growing up in
Gadsden, Alabama
Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about northeast of Birmingham and southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan ...
, Allen attended
Gadsden High School before his time at
Southern Union State Community College in
Wadley,
Alabama. In 2000, he was named Alabama Junior Community College Conference (AJCCC) Player of the Year and transferred to
Ole Miss following his sophomore year.
He had to redshirt the 2000–01 season due to tendonitis in his left knee. Allen saw action in 60 games with the Ole Miss Rebels between 2001 and 2003, averaging 8.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
Professional basketball
Allen launched his professional basketball career in
Iceland, playing for
KeflavÃk in the 2003–04 campaign. He was a key player in KeflavÃk's double-winning campaign (
national championship and
cup competition), turning in averages of 23.4 points and 10.5 rebounds in league play. In eight games of the
FIBA Europe Cup (FIBA EuroCup Challenge), he averaged 26.6 points and 9.4 boards a contest.
In the following years, Allen made his mark in the
German Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season ...
, playing for
BG Karlsruhe,
Bayer Giants Leverkusen, the
Skyliners Frankfurt
The Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.
The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga sinc ...
and
Alba Berlin
Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...
. He garnered
Eurobasket.com
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All-German Bundesliga Forward of the Year honors in 2008
and was a Eurobasket.com All-German Bundesliga First Team selection in 2008,
2010 and 2011. He reached the Bundesliga finals with Frankfurt in 2010 and with Berlin in 2011. Over the years, Allen made multiple appearances in international competitions such as the
EuroCup, the
FIBA EuroChallenge and the
FIBA Europe Cup (FIBA EuroCup Challenge).
After spending the 2012–13 season with Belgian powerhouse
Spirou BC Charleroi
Spirou Charleroi, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome whi ...
, Allen returned to Germany, enjoying stints with
Eisbären Bremerhaven,
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig ( en, Basketball Lions Braunschweig) is a basketball club based in Braunschweig, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the top tier of German basketball. The club's home arena is Volkswage ...
and
SC Rasta Vechta
Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany.
Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tier ...
. He was part of Vechta's Bundesliga promotion-winning side in 2016. At the end of the 2016–17 Bundesliga season, his Vechta team had to accept relegation from the German top-tier. Allen signed with another BBL team,
Science City Jena on May 23, 2017.
Allen announced his retirement from professional basketball in August 2019.
Coaching
In September 2019, he was named assistant coach at German Bundesliga side SC Rasta Vechta. He stayed on that job until the end of the 2019–20 season. On August 11, 2020, he has re-signed with
Rasta Vechta. Allen was promoted to the head coaching role on March 29, 2021 following the firing of Thomas Päch. Allen's Vechta team was relegated to the German second-tier ProA at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season. He was released in October 2021 after five straight losses. He joined the
Capital City Go-Go of the
NBA G League as an assistant coach for the 2022-23 season.
References
External links
profile at eurocupbasketball.comprofile at eurobasket.com ProfileProfile
at realgm.com
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1980 births
Living people
Alba Berlin players
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
American men's basketball players
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players
Basketball players from Alabama
Bayer Giants Leverkusen players
BG Karlsruhe players
Eisbären Bremerhaven players
KeflavÃk men's basketball players
Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)
Science City Jena players
SC Rasta Vechta players
Skyliners Frankfurt players
Southern Union State Bison men's basketball players
Spirou Charleroi players
Sportspeople from Gadsden, Alabama
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players