Fred Drains (born January 10, 1971) is an American-Swedish former professional

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player. Drains played the majority of his career in

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, where was named

Basketligan MVP The Swedish Basketball League MVP award is an annual award that is handed out to the most valuable player in the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), which is the highest tier of professional basketball in the country of Sweden. The award was first int ...

four times.

College career

Drains attended

Woodstown High School Woodstown High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Woodstown and Pilesgrove Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary schoo ...

Woodstown, New Jersey Woodstown is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Salem County, New Jersey, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 3,505,Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as th ...

, where he was selected to

New Jersey Athletic Conference The New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), formerly the New Jersey State Athletic Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. All of its full members are public universities in New Jersey. Affiliate members ...

all-conference basketball first team and recognized as player of the year as a junior in the 1991–1992 season.

Professional career

In 1993 he was in the NBA Draft, but failed to be drafted. Moving to Sweden and being naturalized, he played power forward for the

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and later on for Plannja Basket, both in the

Basketligan Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...

, the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. He was picked as Basketligan MVP four times making him the most decorated basketball player winning the Swedish League MVP Awards:Basket.se: Utmärkelser - Årets MVP
/ref> He was Sweden' basketball MVP for seasons 2000–01 and 2001–02 while in the Norrköping Dolphins and in seasons 2004–05 and 2006–07 while playing for Plannja Basket.

Coaching career

On the 3rd of April, 2022, Drains was hired as head Coach for AIK Basket in

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

.Basketprofilen Fred Drains ny huvudtränare för herrlaget
. aikbasket.se. April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2024. (In Swedish)

References

1971 births Living people Alviks BK players American expatriate basketball people in Sweden American men's basketball players Basketball players from New Jersey Forwards (basketball) Kean Cougars Norrköping Dolphins players People from Salem, New Jersey People from Woodstown, New Jersey Sportspeople from Salem County, New Jersey Swedish men's basketball players Woodstown High School alumni {{Sweden-basketball-bio-stub

College career

Professional career

Coaching career

See also

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