Steve Woodberry (born October 9, 1971) is an American

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coach and former professional player. He played professionally in the Australian National Basketball League and Europe as a point guard, shooting guard and

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Playing career

Woodberry was born in

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in ...

and attended

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. He played on two state title teams and was named Kansas Naismith Player of the Year as a senior in 1990. He then played college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks and was a part of two Final Four teams at Kansas in 1991 and 1993. Woodberry was named to the second team All-Big Eight in both his junior and senior season. In 1994 Woodberry won a championship in the Swiss league with Belinzona and then moved to Australia where he played for the Gold Coast Rollers in 1995. In his first season in Australia, Woodberry averaged 24.5 points, 7.4 assists and 7.6 rebounds per game. However, he suffered a training accident and was forced to return to Kansas for intensive training and recovery. Woodberry returned to Australia in 1996 to play for the

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. With the Bullets he was the NBL Most Valuable Player in 1999 and was named in the All-NBL First Team in 1998 and 1999. He then played a single season with the Sydney Kings in 2000. During the 1996–97 season, Woodberry played for the

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of the Continental Basketball Association, averaging 9.9 points in 30 games. Woodberry subsequently spent two seasons playing professionally in Lithuania for Zalgiris Kaunas, which won a Lithuanian championship in 2001 when he was voted the league's Import Player of the Year. He later signed for the

Athletic Union of Constantinople A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

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, Greece (2002-2003), but ended season in Lithuania

BC Lietuvos Rytas Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup ...

, then joined Jamtland in Sweden (2004) and Honka Espoo in Finland (2004), before retiring as an active player in 2006.

Coaching career

Woodberry was an assistant basketball coach at

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from 2006 to 2012. He left in 2012 to become an assistant to fellow Kansas alum

Danny Manning Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the Associate Head Mens Basketball Coach at the University of Louisville. Manning played high school basketball at Walter Hin ...

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. He then followed Manning to Wake Forest in 2014. In 2021, Woodberry became an NBA scout for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Career statistics

Euroleague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2000–01 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 12 , , 12 , , 33.8 , , .432 , , .438 , , .750 , , 4.8 , , 2.8 , , 1.6 , , .3 , , 11.9 , , 13.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2001–02 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 14 , , 14 , , 31.2 , , .496 , , .333 , , .696 , , 4.5 , , 3.1 , , 1.4 , , .1 , , 12.5 , , 15.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2002–03 , style="text-align:left;",

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

, 1 , , 0 , , 17.0 , , .667 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 5.0 , , 6.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 27 , , 26 , , 31.9 , , .468 , , .389 , , .711 , , 4.5 , , 2.9 , , 1.4 , , .2 , , 12.0 , , 14.2

References

External links

Steve Woodberry
at euroleague.net

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