Todd Fitzgerald Day (born January 7, 1970) is an American former professional

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player and current head coach at

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. Day is the all-time leading scorer at the

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, and played eight seasons in the

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."Todd Day."
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's WASL Club League."Basketball News – 2006."
''www.hognation.net.'' Retrieved January 6, 2016.

High school career

Day played for his stepfather, Ted Anderson at

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's Hamilton High School, where he was a

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, and a 3rd Team

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. He also earned All-State and All-District honors during his prep career.NBA.com: Todd Day Bio
Day was named Tennessee's Mr. Basketball for Class AAA following his senior year in 1988."TSSAA State Records: Former Mr. Basketball Winners."
''www.tssaa.org.'' Retrieved February 10, 2016.

Collegiate career

Day played

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at the

for coach

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, and was a four-year letterman ('89,'90,'91 and '92). Day broke

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's school record for scoring with 2,395 points. Day was a member of the All-

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Newcomer Team as a freshman, a member of the Arkansas unit that reached the NCAA Final Four as a sophomore, and a John Wooden First-Team All-America selection as both a junior and senior. Day helped Arkansas win three consecutive Southwest Conference regular season championships from 1989 to 1991, as well as three straight SWC Tournament championships, also from 1989 to 1991. Day was named the Most Outstanding Player for the 1990 SWC Tournament. In his final college season, he powered the Razorbacks to the

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regular seasons title, as well as the SEC West Division championship, in the school's first season in the league. His scoring average (22.7 ppg) was the third highest in school history. Day holds several school records, including career points (2,395), and points in a season (786). During Day's time at Arkansas, the Razorbacks made the NCAA Tournament every year, advancing to the second round in 1989, the Final Four in 1990, the Elite Eight in 1991, and the second round in 1992. He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal. He averaged 6.3 points per game during the tournament, while helping the last collegiate team ever to represent the USA on a major international tournament win the bronze medal."Eleventh World Championship – 1990."
''www.usab.com'', June 10, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

Professional career

Day was selected in the 1st round (8th pick) by the

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in the 1992 NBA Draft. He was joined in the first round by teammates

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and

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, giving the Razorbacks three first round selections that year. He was traded with

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to the

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for

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on December 22, 1995. Day scored a career high 41 points against the

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, tying

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's Celtic franchise record for points in a quarter with 24."Individual Records – Boston Celtics."
''www.nba.com.'' Retrieved February 10, 2016. Day only reached the playoffs once in his eight NBA seasons, with the 1999-00 Phoenix Suns. In nine games that postseason, Day contributed to a first-round upset of the defending champion

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and a second-round loss to the

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. During his NBA career, Day also played for the

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, the

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and the

, averaging 12.3 points per game. Day joined the

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for their inaugural season in the ABA basketball league in 2004–05. In their only season in the league, the Rimrockers had a record of 32–5, defeating the

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118–103 in

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for the league championship. Day finished the game with 32 points and 6 steals."Blackhawks fall in ABA title game."
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'', March 27, 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2016. Day was named 1st Team All-ABA and was an ABA All-Star. Day helped Rayyan (Qatar) win the 16th

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in 2005, scoring 24 points in the victory over Fastlink (Jordan). Day signed a free agent contract with the

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, but was released in training camp. Day returned to the ABA for the 2006–07 season, playing with the

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. He was selected to play in the ABA All-Star Game on January 28, 2007, in

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. Day was averaging 21.4 points per game prior to the All-Star Game."Todd Day of the Arkansas Aeros added to ABA All-Star Game."
''www.oursportscentral.com'', January 25, 2007. Day also had a stint playing for the Harlem Globetrotters.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 82 , , 81 , , 33.1 , , .424 , , .390 , , .754 , , 3.9 , , 1.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , 16.0 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

, 8 , , 0 , , 21.4 , , .310 , , .200 , , .923 , , 2.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.5 , , 0.4 , , 9.1 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

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, 81 , , 27 , , 28.1 , , .398 , , .362 , , .773 , , 4.1 , , 1.4 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 14.5 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

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Playoffs

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Coaching career

Day was named head coach for the Arkansas Impact of the

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, in December 2007.Jackson, Martinis
"Legends of the Hardwood: Todd Day."
''www.hardwoodinsiders.com'', July 24, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2016. The Impact began their season in January 2008 and played their home games in

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, but are no longer in operation. Day led the Impact to the 2008 Championship Game, losing to the Rochester Razorsharks 142–112. Day entered high school coaching when he was named head coach at the Memphis Academy of Health and Sciences, where he coached for five seasons. He became the head coach at his alma mater, Hamilton High School, when former head coach Keelon Lawson resigned to join

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's staff at the

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. He also worked as an assistant coach for Team Penny, a Memphis-based AAU team founded by head coach

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.Griffin, Jamie. He has recently been named the head coach of Men's College Basketball at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas
"Todd Day Returns Home."
''www.memphisflyer.com'', November 24, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016. In June 2016, Day was named head coach of the Men's Basketball program at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, AR. His son T.J. Day serves as an assistant coach for the team.

Personal

Todd Day was inducted as a member of the 2008 class of the

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, and he was one of nine former Razorbacks inducted into the

Hall of Fame in November 2015."Todd Day: Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame."
''www.arkansassportshalloffame.com.'' Retrieved October 1, 2013.Jones, Matt
"Nine more Hogs going into SWC Hall of Fame."
''www.wholehogsports.com'', August 13, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2016.Muck, Jeremy. "Hall of Fame event becomes double celebration." ''NWA Democrat-Gazette's Weekendwrap'', November 15, 2015. Page 5W. Day is a member of

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fraternity.

References

External links

* Career statistics and player information fro
Basketball-reference.com
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