Who Is William Avery? Former Duke Player NBA Player Recent Duke Graduate Who Was Hired By Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer To Be An Assistant Coach
Who is William Avery?
Former Duke player, NBA player recent Duke graduate who was hired by Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer to be an Assistant Coach.
As a freshman at Duke in 1997-1998 as a sophomore in 1998-1999,
William Avery who was a guard played 74 games averaged 11.9 points, 2.8 rebounds , 3.8 assists per game where he was NCAA All-Region 1999 All-ACC Tourney before being drafted by Minnesota in first round of the 1999 NBA Draft as the 14th overall pick. For Minnesota he played three seasons. 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001 -2002 where he played in 142 games averaged 2.7 points , 0.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists.
According to basketball-reference.com
William Avery graduated from Duke recently with his undergraduate degree in African American Studies while assisting Duke for the previous four seasons while completing his undergraduate degree in African American Studies.
William Avery had this to say about being hired by Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer to be an Assistant Coach!
I'm extremely honored and excited to be a part of Coach Scheyer's staff,"Duke, our fans, and the city of Durham has held a special place in my heart since I was a teenager. Duke is family, and I feel at home. I want to thank Coach K for giving me a role in the basketball program four years ago and I'm very grateful for Coach Scheyer giving me the opportunity to begin my coaching career at Duke."
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about hiring William Avery as Duke Assistant Coach!
The opportunity to have William Avery here is incredible for us,"He understands our program at its highest level. As an NBA Lottery pick in 1999, he knows the goals of our current players and achieved many himself. He has been a tremendous asset for our staff over the last several years after returning to Duke to complete his undergraduate degree – and what a testament to return 20 years later and achieve that. I'm thrilled for Will and his family and excited to have him as an assistant coach."
William Avery hiring as Duke Assistant Coach comes following new NCAA rules went into effect July 1 that included the addition of two full-time on-court coaching positions in men's basketball.
According to goduke.com
With William Avery being hired by Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer William Avery has the opportunity to work alongside Chris Carrawell who was his teammate for two seasons at Duke because Chris Carrawell is one of Jon Scheyer’s Associate Head Coaches along with Jai Lucas who was promoted recently from Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach.