Chris Caird Explained

Christopher Caird
Team:London Lions
Position:Assistant coach
League:BBL
Height Cm:198
Weight Kg:98
Birth Date:26 May 1989
Birth Place:Daventry, England
College:
Career Start:2007
Career End:2018
Career Number:13, 25
Career Position:Shooting guard / small forward
Coach Start:2018
Years1:2007–2010
Team1:FSu Basket
Years2:2015–2016
Team2:FSu Basket
Years3:2016–2018
Team3:Tindastóll
Years4:2018
Team4:Selfoss-Basket
Cyears1:2018
Cteam1:Tindastóll (assistant)
Cyears2:2018–2023
Cteam2:Selfoss-Basket
Cyears3:2023–present
Cteam3:London Lions (assistant)
Highlights:As assistant coach:

Christopher William C. Caird (born 26 May 1989) is an English basketball coach and former member of the Great Britain men's national basketball team.[1] [2]

College

Caird committed to Syracuse University his freshman season, NCAA issues resulted in him changing his team to Marshalltown Community College for that season. He then committed to Santa Clara University. Knee injury shortly before arrival had him sit out the next season and resulted in him completing a second season at Marshalltown Community College. He finished his college career for Drake University from 2013 to 2015.[3]

Career

Caird first senior games came during the 2007-2008 season as a member of FSu Basket. He played for FSu until 2010 when he move to the United States to attend college. He returned to FSu in 2015 and averaged 19.4 points and 7.4 rebounds for the club during the 2015-2016 Úrvalsdeild season. However, a hip injury that required surgery cut his season short and he was unable to prevent FSu from being relegated back to Division I[4]

After the season, Caird signed with Tindastóll.[5] Despite being hobbled by injuries, he was named to the Úrvalsdeild All-first team for the first half of the 2016-2017 season.[6] In January 2018 he was forced to retire as a player due to persistent knee injury and was subsequently hired as an assistant coach to Tindastóll men's basketball team.[7]

In May 2018, Caird was hired as the head coach of Selfoss-Basket.[8] On 22 November he returned to the court with Selfoss, playing 23 minutes and scoring 18 points against Höttur.[9] In April 2023, he stepped down as head coach after five seasons.[10]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

2018

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Former Tiger Chris Caird added to Great Britain National Team roster. 12 March 2018. mccathletics.com. 5 August 2015.
  2. News: Caird's improbable path to international basketball. 12 March 2018. gbbasketball.com. 2 December 2015.
  3. News: Chris Caird's Long Road to Drake. 12 March 2018. KCCI-TV. 4 July 2013.
  4. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. Caird ekki meira með FSu vegna meiðsla. 12 March 2018. Vísir.is. 6 February 2016. Icelandic.
  5. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Chris Caird: "Ég elska íslenska lífstílinn". 12 March 2018. Vísir.is. 15 December 2016. Icelandic.
  6. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Chris Caird frá keppni næstu vikurnar. 12 March 2018. Vísir.is. 7 February 2017. Icelandic.
  7. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir. Caird hættur að spila - Aðstoðar Israel Martin út tímabilið. 12 March 2018. Vísir.is. 8 January 2018. Icelandic.
  8. News: Chris Caird tekur við þjálfun Selfoss Körfu. 7 May 2018. karfan.is. 6 May 2018. Icelandic.
  9. Web site: Leikur: Höttur 80 - 97 Selfoss . kki.is . . 14 December 2018 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Chris Caird yfirgefur Selfoss . 26 April 2023 . Karfan.is . 25 April 2023 . Icelandic.