Quinn Thomas McDowell (born January 13, 1990) is an American former professional
basketball
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player and current coach. He currently serves as an assistant coach with the
Longwood Lancers men's basketball
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team.
Professional career
In January 2013, McDowell signed with the
Willetton Tigers
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in Australia for the
2013 State Basketball League season. He was named in the
SBL All-Star Five and averaged 29.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 26 games.
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In November 2013, McDowell joined the Springfield Armor
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of the NBA Development League
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. He was waived on February 19, 2014, after averaging 3.5 points and 2.1 rebounds in 22 games. He subsequently returned to Australia and re-joined the Willetton Tigers for the 2014 SBL season. He averaged a league-leading 30.1 points per game to go with 10.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.1 steals in 23 games.Palencia Baloncesto
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History
The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marista of Palencia, ...
for the 2014–15 LEB Oro season
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. On March 9, 2015, he injured himself at training and subsequently missed six weeks of action. In 25 games for Palencia, he averaged 11.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.
On July 24, 2015, McDowell signed with VEF Rīga for the 2015–16 Latvian Basketball League season. He left the team in January 2016. In 11 league games for Rīga, he averaged 7.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He also appeared in 16 VTB United League
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games, averaging 5.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.
Coaching career
In August 2016, McDowell was appointed assistant coach of the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins
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men's basketball team, effectively ending his playing career. Following the 2017–18 season, he accepted a position as the associate head coach at Taylor University
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The university is named after Bishop William ...
in Upland, Indiana
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. In May 2019, he was appointed assistant coach of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball
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team.McDowell named assistant coach as Reed announces updates to coaching staff
/ref> Three years later, he joined the coaching staff at Longwood University
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.
References
External links
Quinn McDowell
at tribeathletics.com
Quinn McDowell
at vefriga.com
Quinn McDowell
at taylor.edu
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1990 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Ohio
Basketball players from Cincinnati
BK VEF Rīga players
Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball coaches
Longwood Lancers men's basketball coaches
Palencia Baloncesto players
People from Mason, Ohio
Sportspeople from Warren County, Ohio
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Springfield Armor players
Taylor Trojans men's basketball coaches
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins men's basketball coaches
William & Mary Tribe men's basketball players