Dwayne Killings
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Albany |
Conference | America East |
Record | 10–13 (.435) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Amherst, Massachusetts | April 4, 1981
Playing career | |
1999–2001 | UMass |
2001–2003 | Hampton |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003–2006 | Charlotte Hornets (special asst.) |
2010–2011 | Boston University (assistant) |
2011–2016 | Temple (assistant) |
2016–2018 | Connecticut (assistant) |
2018–2021 | Marquette (asst./associate HC) |
2021–present | Albany |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2003–2006 | Charlotte Hornets (VC) |
2006–2009 | Temple (asst. DBO) |
2009–2010 | NBA D-League (admin) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 10–13 (.435) |
Dwayne Killings (born April 4, 1981) is an American basketball player and current head coach for the Albany Great Danes men's basketball team.[1]
Playing career[]
Killings was a walk-on player at UMass from 1999 to 2001, before transferring to Hampton University for his final two years of college.[2]
Coaching career[]
Killings began coaching right after graduating from college, joining the staff of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats as a special assistant and video coordinator.[3] In 2006, he became the assistant director of basketball operators at Temple. Following three years with the Owls, Killings started working in the NBA D-League monitoring player development and progress. He began his first job as an assistant coach for college basketball in 2010 at Boston University, where he helped lead the team to a conference championship and an NCAA tournament appearance.[4] In 2011, Killings returned to Temple, this time as an assistant coach helping to lead the team to two regular season conference titles and three NCAA tournament bids. In 2016, Killings was named an assistant coach at Connecticut.[5][6][2][7] However, after two years on the staff, Killings was let go by Connecticut after the firing of head coach Kevin Ollie in March 2018. A few weeks later, on April 12, it was announced that Killings was hired as an assistant at Marquette.[8]
On March 17, 2021 Killings was named the 16th head coach in Albany basketball history, replacing Will Brown.[1][9]
Head coaching record[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Albany Great Danes (America East) (2021–present) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Albany | 10–13 | 6–5 | ||||||
Albany: | 10–13 (.435) | 6–5 (.545) | |||||||
Total: | 10–13 (.435) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[]
- ^ a b "UAlbany Names Dwayne Killings Head Men's Basketball Coach". University at Albany Great Danes.
- ^ a b McGrath, Shawn (July 6, 2016). "Kevin Ollie Hires Dwayne Killings as Assistant Coach". The UConn Blog.
- ^ "Dwayne Killings - Men's Basketball Coach". Temple University Athletics.
- ^ "Dwayne Killings - Men's Basketball Coach". Boston University Athletics.
- ^ "UCONNHUSKIES.COM :: Dwayne Killings Joins Men's Basketball Coaching Staff :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball".
- ^ "UCONNHUSKIES.COM :: Dwayne Killings Bio :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball".
- ^ "UConn makes a Killings with assistant coach hire". July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Dwayne Killings Named Assistant Coach at Marquette". GoMarquette. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Steele, Ben. "Marquette associate head coach Dwayne Killings will be hired by Albany". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
External links[]
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