(1972-12-27) December 27, 1972 (age 51) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight
195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
Crenshaw (Los Angeles, California)
College
UConn (1991–1995)
NBA draft
1995: undrafted
Playing career
1995–2010
Position
Point guard
Number
3, 15, 5, 2, 12, 8, 7
Coaching career
2012–present
Career history
As player:
1995–1997
Connecticut Pride
1997
Dallas Mavericks
1998
Orlando Magic
1999
Sacramento Kings
1999
Orlando Magic
1999–2000
Philadelphia 76ers
2000
New Jersey Nets
2000–2001
Philadelphia 76ers
2001–2002
Chicago Bulls
2002
Indiana Pacers
2002–2003
Milwaukee Bucks
2003
Seattle SuperSonics
2003–2004
Cleveland Cavaliers
2004–2008
Philadelphia 76ers
2008–2009
Minnesota Timberwolves
2009–2010
Oklahoma City Thunder
As coach:
2010–2012
UConn (assistant)
2012–2018
UConn
2021–2023
Overtime Elite
2023–2024
Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
2024
Brooklyn Nets (interim)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Third-team All-Big East (1995)
As coach:
NCAA Division I Tournament (2014)
NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (2014)
AAC tournament (2016)
Ben Jobe Award (2013)
Career NBA statistics
Points
2,496 (3.8 ppg)
Rebounds
1,018 (1.5 rpg)
Assists
1,501 (2.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Kevin Jermaine Ollie (born December 27, 1972)[1] is an American basketball coach and former player who most recently was the interim head coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He is the former head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team and one of only four African American coaches to ever win an NCAA men's basketball championship.[2] Ollie graduated from UConn in 1995 with a degree in communications.[3] He played for twelve National Basketball Association franchises, most prominently in three stints with the Philadelphia 76ers, in thirteen seasons from 1997 to 2010 after beginning his career with the CBA in 1995.
After retiring from professional basketball in 2010, Ollie joined UConn as an assistant coach; in 2012 he was promoted to head coach following the retirement of Jim Calhoun (who coached Ollie when he was a player). In his second year as Huskies head coach, they won the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He was fired in 2018.
^"Kevin Ollie Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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^"Kevin Ollie Bio". uconnhuskies.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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