Terrence Lamont Rencher (born February 19, 1973) is an American former professional

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player. He is an assistant

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for the

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Playing career

Rencher was a prep star at St. Raymond High School for Boys in

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, New York, earning New York City MVP honors in his senior year. Rencher attended the

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, being drawn to the high-paced tempo of play that coach

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employed. There he finished his career with 2,306 points (making him both the school's and

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's all-time career scorer in men's basketball) and 440 assists. The

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selected Rencher in the

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, but his draft rights were traded along with

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to the

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for the draft rights to Jeff Webster and

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. He was traded midway through his rookie season ( 1995–96) with the Heat to the

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, in exchange for Tony Smith. Internationally, he played for Bnei Herzliya in Israel,ULEB Cup profile
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and

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in Italy,

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in Croatia and

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and

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2003/04 stats
in Germany, amongst others.

Post-playing career

Rencher moved back to the United States in 2006 and enrolled at UT for the 2007 spring semester. In addition to taking three semesters of classes and serving as a student mentor, Rencher also served as the basketball program director at the Regents School of Austin and coach of the boys' varsity team. His college coaching career began as a graduate assistant at

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under the late

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during the 2008–09 season. In 2009–11 he worked as an assistant coach at

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. In 2011–12 he worked as an assistant coach at the

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. In 2012–13 he worked as an assistant coach at

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under Jason Hooten. In 2013–15 he worked as an assistant coach at

under

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. In 2015-17 he worked as an assistant coach at

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. In 2017-19 he worked as an assistant coach at

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. In 2019-2021 he worked as an assistant coach at

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. From 2021-present he works at

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. He was hired as an assistant coach at

in July 2015 to work under head coach

. After two winning seasons, he accepted a new position as an assistant coach at

in 2017. In his first year at

, Rencher assisted the team in earning a 20-win 2017-2018 season, inclusive of a quarterfinals appearance in the

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(CIT) Post-Season Tournament. In his second year, Rencher assisted first-time head coach

in improving the team to a 21-win 2018-2019 season, which included a semi-finals finish in the

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Tournament, as well as a

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(NIT) appearance, the program's first in school history. As of 2019, Terrence Rencher has served as an assistant coach at

to head coach

. During this time, the Blue Jays clinched the Big East Men's Basketball Conference Regular Season Championship and McDermott achieved

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for the 2019-2020 season, and were set to appear in both the 2020

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, as well as the 2020

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prior to cancellation of those events. Most recently, the Creighton Blue Jays earned a spot in the Sweet 16 of the 2021

for the first time in recent school history.

References

External links

NBA stats
@ ''basketball-reference.com''
New Mexico biographyTexas State biographySam Houston State biographyTulsa biography
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