Reggie Theus is Bethune-Cookman’s athletic director and males’s head basketball coach, however now he’s a nominee for the Basketball Corridor of Fame.
December 29, 2022; Champaign, Illinois, USA; Bethune-Cookman Wildcats head coach Reggie Theus reacts in the course of the second half in opposition to the Illinois Combating Illini at State Farm Middle. Necessary Credit score: Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports activities
“It is an unbelievable honor,” Theseus mentioned. “I’m grateful to everybody all through my profession who has helped form me as a participant and as an individual. To be nominated alongside a few of the best names to ever play our recreation is a humbling expertise, and a which I don’t despise.”
Theus, 65, completed his profession with 19,015 factors, 6,453 assists, was a 2-time All-Star (1981, 1983), and was named first-team All-Rookie in 1979. The 6-6 UNLV Working Insurgent guard was drafted by the Chicago Bulls because the ninth general choose within the first spherical of the 1978 NBA Draft.
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He averaged 16.3 PPG as a rookie and was the 1979 Rookie of the 12 months Award runner-up to Corridor of Famer Larry Chicken.
His profession spanned from 1978-1983 with the Chicago Bulls, Kansas Metropolis/Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, and New Jersey Nets, abroad in Italy with Ranger Varese, and resulted in Greece with Aris.
Since 2002, Reggie Theus has teaching expertise from the faculty ranks to the NBA. Whereas serving at New Mexico State, the Aggies received the 2007 Western Athletic Convention (WAC) match.
Bethune-Cookman employed the Inglewood, CA native as the varsity’s males’s basketball coach and athletic director on July 7, 2021.
His most vital rent was making a suggestion to Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Ed Reed to turn out to be the top soccer coach for the Wildcats. Studies have Reed and Bethune-Cookman agreeing in precept for the place and finalizing contract phrases. A proper announcement and press convention to introduce Reed is predicted to be held on the establishment.