Claude English

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Claude English

Personal information
Born	(1946-12-26) December 26, 1946 (age 75) Columbus, Georgia
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	South Girard (Phenix City, Alabama)
College	Rhode Island (1968–1970)
NBA draft	1970 / Round: 7 / Pick: 110th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	1970–1971
Position	Small forward
Number	15
Coaching career	1971–1984
Career history
As player:
1970–1971	Portland Trail Blazers
As coach:
1971–1980	Rhode Island (assistant)
1980–1984	Rhode Island
1992–2005	Park University
Career highlights and awards
As coach: Atlantic 10 co-Coach of the Year (1981) American Midwest Conference Coach of the Year (1996, 1998)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Claude W. English (born December 26, 1946 in Columbus, Georgia) is a retired American basketball player and coach who spent one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Portland Trail Blazers during their inaugural 1970–71 season. He was drafted by the Blazers in the seventh round (110^th pick overall) during the 1970 NBA Draft from the University of Rhode Island.

Coaching/Athletic Director Career[]

English returned to the University of Rhode Island, where he began a tenure as an assistant basketball coach shortly after his NBA career ended. English then served as the head coach at Rhode Island from 1980 to 1984.^[1]

Since 1996, English has served as the Athletic Director at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. English served as head men's basketball coach at Park University from 1992 through 2005, being named the American Midwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1996 and in 1998. In 2010, English was inducted into the McLendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame in Anaheim, California. In 2011, English was inducted into the Chattahoochee Valley Sports Hall of Fame, in his hometown of Phenix City, Alabama. In 2017, English was named the American Midwest Conference Athletic Director of the Year.^[2][3][1]

Of his Athletic Director career, English said "I’m just a coach who coaches the coaches. That’s the way I always see my job. I want to motivate other people the way I’m motivated."^[1][4]

References[]

External links[]

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com

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