Ronald Nored (born March 1, 1990) is an American

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coach, currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the

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(NBA). Previously he served as the head coach of the

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of the

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, and an assistant coach for the

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of the Boston Celtics organization. He is a former point guard for

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Playing career

High school

Nored starred as an all-state point guard for Homewood High School in

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, averaging 15.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game as a senior, when he led the team to a 31–5 record and a state finals appearance in 2008. His career-high game came as a junior when he scored 38 points against

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. During his senior year, Nored made a verbal commitment to

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, but backed out after coach Darrin Horn left for the University of South Carolina. He turned down an academic scholarship to

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and basketball offers from Samford University and the

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to instead play for

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at Butler, just a few miles away from his grandparents' house in Indianapolis.

College

Quickly establishing himself as a tenacious defender and a vocal court leader, Nored started all 32 games in his freshman season. His season-high game came when he went 4-for-4 from the court, including the game-winning shot, in an 11-point night against Cleveland State. In his sophomore season he was named the Horizon League's co-defensive player of the year and the league's all-tournament team. He recorded a career-high 8 assists in a home win over Wright State. His high-scoring night came against Illinois–Chicago with 16 points. He scored 15 points and had 6 assists in Butler's 2nd-round NCAA tournament victory over Murray State and grabbed five steals against Syracuse in the West Region semifinal. He scored 7 points with 6 rebounds in the loss to Duke in the championship game. As a junior, Nored averaged 5.0 points per game with a high of 16 against Utah. He helped Butler return to the title game of the NCAA tournament, but failed to score from the field, earning all 6 of his tournament points at the free-throw line. He did get two steals and four rebounds in 26 minutes against Connecticut in the title game.

Coaching career

After graduating, Nored coached at

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in Indiana and college basketball at the

, briefly before

, his former college coach at

, offered him a coaching position with the Boston Celtics. He served as a coach for the

of the

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from 2013-2015. On April 28, 2015, Nored was named as an assistant coach for

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. On April 15, 2016, the

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hired him to be the first head coach for the

Personal life

Nored grew up in

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, where his father, Ron Nored, Sr., was pastor of Bethel AME Church in Ensley and a co-founder and executive director of Bethel-Ensley Action Task (BEAT). Nored, Sr., died from pancreatic cancer in 2003. Ron is happily married to Danielle Eng, a former accountant for RSM. With two children, Avery and Kai.

References

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