Douglas M. Overton (born August 3, 1969) is an American retired professional
basketball
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player and coach.
Playing career
Prior to his
NBA career, Overton spent a season with the
Illawarra Hawks
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of the Australian
NBL. He credits his experience playing in Australia as the reason he was able to make the NBA during a podcast with aussiehoopla.com
Overton was selected by the
Detroit Pistons
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in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the
1991 NBA draft. A 6'3" (1.90 m)
point guard from
La Salle University, Overton played in 11 NBA seasons for 8 teams. He played for the
Washington Bullets
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,
Denver Nuggets,
Philadelphia 76ers,
Orlando Magic,
New Jersey Nets
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,
Boston Celtics,
Charlotte Hornets and
Los Angeles Clippers
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In his NBA career, Overton played in 499 games and scored a total of 2,253 points.
Coaching career
In May 2006, Overton was named assistant men's basketball coach at
Saint Joseph's University. He became an assistant coach for the NBA's
New Jersey Nets
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
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* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
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(now Brooklyn Nets) in 2008. He was also named Nets Player Development Coach prior to the
2010–11 season. In August 2013, he was named head coach of the D-League's
Springfield Armor.
Overton currently coaches
Lincoln University men's basketball in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
References
External links
Doug Overton's stats @ Basketball-reference.com
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1969 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
African-American basketball coaches
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
Boston Celtics players
Brooklyn Nets assistant coaches
Charlotte Hornets players
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Denver Nuggets players
Detroit Pistons draft picks
FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
Liga ACB players
Lincoln Lions men's basketball coaches
Los Angeles Clippers players
New Jersey Nets assistant coaches
New Jersey Nets players
Orlando Magic players
Philadelphia 76ers players
Point guards
Rockford Lightning players
Sportspeople from Philadelphia
Springfield Armor coaches
Washington Bullets players
Basketball players from Philadelphia
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople