Solomon Bozeman (born December 18, 1987) is an American former professional

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player and current head coach for the

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. He played college basketball for the

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High school career

Bozeman, son of a college coach, starred at Oxford High School in

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for three years as his father served as an assistant at Ole Miss. In 2005, his father was named the head coach at

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and Solomon played his senior season at Magnolia High School in

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. In his senior season, he averaged 28.5 points per game and led the school to the Arkansas state championship game.

College career

Out of high school, Bozeman signed with

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. As a freshman in the 2006–07 season, he averaged 9.6

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and 3.5 assists in 30.6 minutes per game. In his sophomore season, Bozeman saw a coaching change and also saw his minutes per game drop. At the conclusion of the season, he decided to transfer to Arkansas–Little Rock (UALR). At UALR, Bozeman was a two-year starter. As a senior in

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, Bozeman averaged 16.6 points per game and led the Trojans to their first NCAA tournament bid in 21 years. UALR defeated

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in the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship. Bozeman scored 20 points in the final, including the game-winner, and was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. For the regular season, he was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-American by the

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Professional career

After his college career, Bozeman was not selected in the

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, but he was taken in the fifth round of the 2011 NBA Development League Draft by the

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. He started his professional career in Austin, averaging 8 points per game in 12 contests. He spent the rest of the season moving between teams in the Republic of Macedonia, Estonia and Israel. Bozeman returned to the

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. He averaged 8.4 points per game for the 2012–13 season. For the 2013–14 season, Bozeman signed with

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of the Ukrainian SuperLeague. In January 2014, he was waived by Kryvbas.

Coaching career

In June 2014, Bozeman was hired as an assistant coach at Abilene Christian under former Little Rock assistant coach

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. On April 19, 2016, Bozeman returned to Little Rock as an assistant coach under new head coach Wes Flanigan. Bozeman was named head coach of Arkansas–Pine Bluff on June 11, 2021.

Head coaching record

References

External links

D-League stats

Little Rock Trojans bio
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