Nate James Reinking (born 12 December 1973) is a British-American professional

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coach and former player, who is an assistant coach for the

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of the

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(NBA) and the coach of the Great Britain national team.

Professional career

Having graduated from

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, Reinking came to

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and signed with the

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club

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in 1996. He averaged 18.3 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game in his first season for the

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team. In 1998, Nate joined Riders' rivals the

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, where he posted 17.9 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per game. The following season, he moved further north again to sign with the

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, where he spent six seasons before moving to the Belgian League and Euphony Bree in 2005, and then onto

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in 2007.

Coaching

In October 2013, Reinking was hired by the Canton Charge as an assistant coach for the 2013–14 season. After Jordi Fernandez accepted an assistant coach job with the Nuggets, Reinking was promoted to head coach of the Canton Charge. In July 2019, Reinking was named head coach of the Great Britain national team, to go alongside his position with Canton. In 2021, he became an assistant coach with the Charge's parent team, the

in the

Great Britain national team

Reinking made his debut for the Great Britain men's national team in a FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualifying match against Slovakia on 2 September 2006. He was a member of every Great Britain squad as a player until his retirement following the

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, and then as an assistant coach from 2013 to 2017. On 26 July 2019, Reinking was named head coach of Great Britain, where he led GB to a 4–0 record during round three of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 pre-qualifiers.

References

External links

EuroCup Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinking, Nate Reinking 1973 births Living people American emigrants to England American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Ohio Belfius Mons-Hainaut players Bree BBC players British basketball coaches British men's basketball players Canton Charge coaches Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball players Leicester Riders players Mersey Tigers players Olympic basketball players of Great Britain People from Upper Sandusky, Ohio Point guards Sheffield Sharks players