(1976-06-02) June 2, 1976 (age 47) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality
American
Listed height
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Listed weight
133 lb (60 kg)
Career information
High school
Cleveland Central Catholic (Cleveland, Ohio)
College
Eastern Michigan (1994–1998)
NBA draft
1998: undrafted
Playing career
1998–2012
Position
Point guard
Number
7, 5, 11, 12, 6
Coaching career
2013–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999
Rockford Lightning
1999
New Jersey Nets
1999
Cleveland Cavaliers
1999
Orlando Magic
2000
Cleveland Cavaliers
2000–2002
Los Angeles Clippers
2002–2003
Golden State Warriors
2003–2007
Denver Nuggets
2007
Milwaukee Bucks
2008
Charlotte Bobcats
2008–2009
Virtus Bologna
2009–2010
Washington Wizards
2010–2011
Milwaukee Bucks
2012
Houston Rockets
As coach:
2013–2019
Douglas County HS
2021–present
UTEP (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
EuroChallenge champion (2009)
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (1998)
AP Honorable mention All-American (1998)
2× First-team All-MAC (1997, 1998)
MAC tournament MVP (1998)
No. 11 retired by Eastern Michigan Eagles
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1997)
Career NBA statistics
Points
5,791 (8.9 ppg)
Rebounds
877 (1.3 rpg)
Assists
2,092 (3.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing United States
Summer Universiade
1997 Trapani
Team competition
Earl Antoine Boykins[1] (born June 2, 1976)[2] is a former American professional basketball player. Standing at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) in height, he is the second-shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues, who is 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall. He was the head coach for the Douglas County High School boys varsity basketball team. He is now serving as an assistant coach for the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners.[3]
^"Player Profile". FIBA.
^"Bio". NBA. June 2, 1976. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^"Former NBA point guard Earl Boykins taking over Colorado high school basketball program - MaxWire National Blog - MaxPreps". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
Boykins was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1976. As a child his 5' 8" father, Willie Williams, would sneak Boykins into a gym in his gym bag. Boykins grew...
player Dwight Boykins (b. 1963), American politician from Houston, Texas EarlBoykins, American professional basketball player Frank W. Boykin (1885-1969)...
later. He is the third shortest NBA player of all time, after Bogues and EarlBoykins. A stand-out player at Brooklyn College, Hirsch graduated in 1943 and...
is: 5-foot-3-inch (1.60 m) Muggsy Bogues and 5-foot-5-inch (1.65 m) EarlBoykins. Twenty years after Webb's victory in the Slam Dunk contest, he trained...
1992 1992 Olympic team 1993 Michael Finley 1994 Shaquille O'Neal 1995 Ray Allen 1996 Scottie Pippen 1997 EarlBoykins 1998 Elton Brand 1999 Gary Payton...
Sam Mack - Vancouver Grizzlies Gerald Madkins Golden State Warriors EarlBoykins (1998-99) Matt Steigenga Linton Johnson Darrell Walker (coach) Mike James...
over 30 points per game at the time of the trade. On January 11, 2007, EarlBoykins, Julius Hodge and cash considerations were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks...
house show in New Paltz during the summer of 2014. Bowman's old band, EarlBoykins, was playing at the house show, where Luciano needed a cigarette lighter...
set an NBA record for most points in one overtime period, surpassing EarlBoykins' record by one point. On January 3, 2007, Arenas hit a 32-foot buzzer-beater...
completely renewed with prominent players like the former NBA player EarlBoykins, Keith Langford, Sharrod Ford and the re-sign of Dušan Vukčević. After...
January 11, 2007, Blake was traded to the Denver Nuggets in return for EarlBoykins and Julius Hodge. Blake started in 40 of the 50 remaining games of the...
points in an overtime period (14) for twenty years until surpassed by EarlBoykins. From 1987 to 1989, after leaving the NBA, Carter returned to his alma...
Andre, Rick, and Big Mel left the group. Boykins and Big Mel worked on music together and individual careers. Boykins also continues to work closely with R...
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