Edward Cuthbert "Terry" Driscoll, Jr. (born August 28, 1947) is a former American college athletics administrator and professional

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player. Until 2017, he served as

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at the

College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III ...

College career

Driscoll played at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

from 1966 to 1969. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1969

National Invitational Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...

after leading his school to the tournament final against Temple University.

Professional career

After graduating, he was selected by the

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with the fourth pick of the

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. He played a season in the Italian

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with

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

before joining the Pistons for the

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. After one season with Detroit, he moved to the Baltimore Bullets in 1971, also staying a season. He then had two seasons with the

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and one with the ABA's

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, averaging 4.1 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per game over the course of his American professional career. He spent the next five years in Italy as a player and then a coach, winning two Italian championships.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 64 , , - , , 10.9 , , .471 , , - , , .652 , , 3.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 3.2 , - , align="left" , 1974-75 , align="left" ,

, 11 , , - , , 4.7 , , .231 , , - , , .500 , , 1.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 244 , , - , , 13.4 , , .425 , , - , , .690 , , 4.2 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 4.2

Playoffs

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, 6 , , - , , 2.7 , , .000 , , - , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , - , , - , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" ,

, 9 , , - , , 3.2 , , .500 , , - , , 1.000 , , 1.6 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 1.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 16 , , - , , 2.9 , , .400 , , - , , 1.000 , , 0.9 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.9

ABA

Regular season

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Post-playing career

After leaving professional basketball, Driscoll worked in product marketing and sales for different sporting goods companies before moving to sports marketing and management. He worked as the Boston site venue executive director during the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

. Driscoll became the Athletic Director at William & Mary in 1995, succeeding John Randolph who had served ten years until he died from cancer. He held the position until his retirement on June 30, 2017. He was succeeded by

Samantha Huge Samantha K. Huge is the former director of athletics for the College of William & Mary. She previously served as an associate athletic director at Texas A&M University from 2014 to 2017, as a deputy athletic director at the University of Delaware f ...

."Samantha K. Huge selected as William & Mary athletics director," College of William & Mary, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.
Retrieved April 27, 2020

References

External links

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