Tyson Wheeler

Tyson Wheeler
UMass Minutemen
Position	Assistant coach
League	Atlantic 10 Conference
Personal information
Born	October 8, 1975 (age 45); New Britain, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	New London; (New London, Connecticut)
College	Rhode Island (1994–1998)
NBA draft	1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47th overall
	Selected by the Toronto Raptors
Playing career	1998–2008
Position	Point guard
Number	5
Coaching career	2010–present
Career history
As player:
1999	Fenerbahçe
1999	Denver Nuggets
1999–2000	Quad City Thunder
2000–2001	Los Angeles Stars
2001
2001–2002	Bnei Herzliya
2002	Southern California Surf
2002–2003	Yakima Sun Kings
2003	Great Lakes Storm
2003–2004	Pallacanestro Cantù
2004–2005	Teramo Basket
2005–2006	BCM Gravelines
2006–2007	Le Mans Sarthe
2007	Benfica
2007–2008	APOEL
2008	CSU Asesoft Ploiești
As coach:
2010–2019	Fairfield (assistant)
2019–present	UMass (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	All-CBA Second Team (2003); CBA assists leader (2003); 2× First-team All-Atlantic 10 (1997, 1998); Second-team All-Atlantic 10 (1996); Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team (1995);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tyson Aaron Wheeler (born October 8, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A 5'10" (1.78 m), 165 lb (75 kg) point guard, he played four years at the University of Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team from 1994 to 1998. Along with teammate Cuttino Mobley, Wheeler led the Rams to the Elite Eight in the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Wheeler was selected with the 18th pick of the 2nd round in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. His NBA career consisted of one game with the Denver Nuggets in the lockout-shortened 1999 season, where he scored four points and had two assists in only three minutes of play.^[1] He played for the Great Lakes Storm of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2002–03 season and was named to the All-CBA Second Team.^[2]

References[]

^ "One & Done: Tyson Wheeler sinks a ‘3’ and makes NBA history, of sorts" FOX Sports. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
^ "Tyson Wheeler minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 26, 2021.

External links[]

College & NBA stats @ basketball-reference.com
Umass Coaching bio

[1] "One & Done: Tyson Wheeler sinks a ‘3’ and makes NBA history, of sorts" FOX Sports. Retrieved 2017-06-18.

[2] "Tyson Wheeler minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 26, 2021.

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