Milton Wagner Jr. (born February 20, 1963) is an American

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coach. After playing college basketball at

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, Wagner played in the

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. He served as assistant coach for the UTEP Miners and the

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Biography

Wagner played high school basketball at Camden High School. A 6' 5"

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he led the

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to the 1986 NCAA Championship along with three Final Four berths (

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, 1986) as well as to the 1984 Sweet Sixteen. He helped the Cardinals to a 113–32 record, three Metro Conference regular season titles and two Metro Conference Tournament crowns during his college career. He redshirted the 1985 season with a broken foot. A three-time All-Metro Conference selection, Wagner ranks fifth (was fourth after finishing collegiate career) in Cardinal history with 1,836 career points, with a 12.7 career scoring average while also averaging 3.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds. He played in 144 career games, second all-time at Louisville, and started the last 111 games he played. He ranks sixth in career assists (432) and seventh in career free throw percentage (.808, 336-of-413). Wagner was drafted in the second round of the 1986 NBA Draft. Wagner is one of the few players that have won national titles in high school, college and in the NBA. He and Billy Thompson are the only players to win all three championships as teammates. Wagner is also the father of Janay Wagner and former NBA player

Dajuan Wagner Dajuan Marquett Wagner Sr. (born February 4, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He is the son of former University of Louisville and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Milt Wagner and left the NBA early into hi ...

and the grandfather of Dajuan Wagner Jr. He served as an assistant men's basketball coach for the

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under

Tony Barbee Anthony Michael Barbee (born August 10, 1971) is an American college basketball coach, and a head coach for the Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball, Central Michigan Chippewas. He previously served as the head coach at Auburn Tigers men's ...

. In 2010, he moved to

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as part of Barbee's staff there.

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External links

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