Chad Kammerer (born September 28, 1967) is director of scouting and a former assistant basketball coach of the

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. Kammerer joined the Heat in 2001 as an advance scout, became an assistant coach under

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in 2008, and was part of the Miami Heat's

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Championship. Before joining the Heat, Kammerer worked as an assistant coach for Valparaiso University, the University of California at Los Angeles, Concordia University, and the University of Mississippi. His father, Chet Kammerer, serves as the

's Vice President of Player Personnel.

Early life

Kammerer spent the early years of his childhood in

Warsaw, Indiana Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Warsaw has a population of 13,559 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. Warsaw also borders a smaller town, Winona Lake. Etymology Warsaw, named after the capital of ...

before moving to California. His father, Chet, was the head basketball coach at Grace College while the family lived in Warsaw. In 1975, the family moved to California, where Chet would become the head basketball coach at

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. Years later, Chad Kammerer would become an all-conference college basketball player while attending

from 1986 to 1990. In 1993, Kammerer earned his master's degree from the

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. The

basketball court was named Kammerer Court in 2008.

Career

Kammerer joined the

as a scout in August 2002 after just two months as an assistant coach for

Valparaiso University Valparaiso University (Valpo) is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana. It is a Lutheran university with about 3,000 students from over 50 countries on a campus of . Originally named Valparaiso Male and Female College, Valparaiso Universit ...

. He also served as an assistant coach for

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, and Ole Miss.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kammerer, Chad 1967 births Living people Basketball coaches from Indiana College men's basketball players in the United States Miami Heat assistant coaches Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball coaches Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida UCLA Bruins men's basketball coaches University of Mississippi alumni Valparaiso Beacons men's basketball coaches Westmont College alumni