Ronnie Burrell

Ronnie Burrell
	Burrell, playing with Gydnia, in 2009.
Chicago Bulls
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	July 21, 1983 (age 38); Livingston, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Montclair (Montclair, New Jersey)
College	UNC Greensboro (2001–2005)
NBA draft	2005 / Undrafted
Playing career	2005–2016
Position	Power forward / Small forward
Coaching career	2019–present
Career history
As player:
2005	Gainesville Knights
2005–2006	Levallois SCB
2006–2007	Köln 99ers
2007–2008	Telekom Bonn
2008–2011	Gydnia
2011–2013	EWE Oldenburg
2013–2015	Bayreuth
2015–2016	Orchies
2016	LMBC
As coach:
2019–2020	Long Island Nets (assistant)
2020–present	Chicago Bulls (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 3× Polish League champion (2009–2011); Polish Supercup winner (2010); German Cup winner (2007); German Supercup winner (2006); All-Southern Conference Second Team (2005); All-Southern Conference Third Team (2004);

Ronnie Burrell (born July 21, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently player development coordinator with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association.

Early life[]

Born in 1983, Burrell played high school basketball at Montclair High School, in Montclair, New Jersey.

College career[]

Burrell played college basketball at UNC Greensboro, from 2001 to 2005, with the UNC Greensboro Spartans. He played under the team's head coach at that time, Fran McCaffery. During his college career, he was an All-Southern Conference Team selection in 2004 and 2005.

Professional career[]

Burrell played with the WBA's Gainesville Knights, in 2005. Burrell then moved to Europe, and signed with the French club Levallois SCB for the 2005–06 season. The following season, he signed with RheinEnergie Koln, where he won the German Cup. He played in the NBA Summer League with the Seattle SuperSonics's summer league squad for two summers.^{[citation needed]} After that, he played with the German club Telekom Baskets Bonn, and the Polish club Asseco Prokom Sopot/Gdynia. With Gydnia, he also won three Polish League championships.^{[citation needed]} Burrell played in 55 EuroLeague games, and he made it to the EuroLeague's quarterfinals in the 2009–10 season.

In 2011, he signed a contract with the German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg.^[1] In July 2013, he signed with the German club BBC Bayreuth.^[2] In September 2015, he signed a contract with the French club Orchies. He signed with the French club Lille Métropole, in February 2016. Burrell retired from playing pro club basketball in April 2016, due to an injury.

Coaching career[]

On September 20, 2019, Burrell was hired as an assistant coach by the Long Island Nets, the NBA Development League affiliate of the NBA club the Brooklyn Nets.^[3]

On November 14, 2020 he was hired as player development coach with the Chicago Bulls.^[4]

References[]

^ Oldenburg signs Ronnie Burrell Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ "BBC Bayreuth add Ronnie Burrell". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Long Island Nets Announce Staff Additions". longislandnets.com. September 20, 2019.
^ "BULLS ADD TO 2020-21 COACHING STAFF". National Basketball Association. November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

External links[]

[1] Oldenburg signs Ronnie Burrell Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "BBC Bayreuth add Ronnie Burrell". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[3] "Long Island Nets Announce Staff Additions". longislandnets.com. September 20, 2019.

[4] "BULLS ADD TO 2020-21 COACHING STAFF". National Basketball Association. November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

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