The Pee Dee Vipers are a professional basketball team playing in the
Premier Basketball League
The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is an American professional men's basketball minor league that began play in January 2008. The league folded after the 2017 season. It was announced that the league would be revived u ...
. The Vipers will begin play in the 2014 PBL season.
History
The Vipers are the first professional basketball team to play in Florence since the
Florence Flyers of the
USBL
The United States Basketball League (USBL) was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985 and ceased operations in 2008. The USBL started in 1985 as one of the first basketball leagues to play a late-spring to ...
played there in 2004. In their inaugural season, the Vipers will be coached by Larry Brown, a veteran high school and college coach.
[Sam Bundy, "Vipers' Brown brings load of experience to fledgling franchise," Florence Morning News, December 14, 2013 http://www.scnow.com/sports/article_8189524a-652c-11e3-8b29-001a4bcf6878.html (accessed December 24, 2013)]
References
External links
Official Website
{{South Carolina Sports
Basketball teams in South Carolina
Former Premier Basketball League teams
2013 establishments in South Carolina
Basketball teams established in 2013
Florence, South Carolina