Kenny Natt Explained

Kenny Natt
Width:120
League:NBA
Team:New Orleans Pelicans
Position:Coaching consultant
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:185
Birth Date:5 October 1958
Birth Place:Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
High School:Bastrop (Bastrop, Louisiana)
College:Louisiana–Monroe (1976–1980)
Draft Year:1980
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:30
Draft Team:Indiana Pacers
Career Start:1980
Career End:1989
Career Number:3, 18, 2
Career Position:Shooting guard
Coach Start:1994
Team1:Indiana Pacers
Years2:1981–1982
Team2:Alberta Dusters
Team3:Utah Jazz
Years4:1983–1984
Team4:Las Vegas/Albuquerque Silvers
Years5:1984
Team5:Lancaster Lightning
Team6:Utah Jazz
Years7:1984
Team7:Kansas City Kings
Years8:1985–1987
Team8:Albany Patroons
Years9:1987–1988
Team9:Wyoming Wildcatters
Years10:1988
Team10:Fresno Flames
Years11:1988–1989
Team11:Rockford Lightning
Years12:1989
Team12:Youngstown Pride
Cyears1:1992–1993
Cteam1:Columbus Horizon (assistant)
Cyears2:1994–1995
Cteam2:Youngstown State (assistant)
Cyears3:
Cteam3:Utah Jazz (assistant)
Cyears4:
Cteam4:Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
Cyears5:
Cteam5:Sacramento Kings (assistant)
Cteam6:Sacramento Kings (interim)
Cyears7:2011–2012
Cteam7:India

Kenneth Wayne Natt (born October 5, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player and ex-interim head coach for the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings.[1] He was a 6'3" 185lb guard and played collegiately at Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana-Monroe) and had a three-year NBA playing career. After serving as an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2004 to 2007,[2] Natt was named to the coaching staff of newly appointed Kings head coach and former Kansas City Kings teammate Reggie Theus in 2007.[3] He was subsequently named interim head coach on the firing of Theus, but he himself was fired on April 24, 2009, after the Kings finished with an NBA season-low 17 wins.[4]

Professional playing career

Natt was selected with the 7th pick of the second round (30th overall) in the 1980 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.[2] [5] He played for three different teams until the 1984–85 season.

Outside of his NBA career, he played for seven[6] total teams in the CBA and the WBL.[2]

Coaching career

Natt began his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University. Natt then worked as a scout for the Utah Jazz for one season under Jerry Sloan before being an assistant on Sloan's staff from 1996 to 2004. After that, Natt joined the Cleveland Cavaliers' coaching staff in 2004.[7] He has also coached in the CBA and the Canadian NBL with the Cape Breton Breakers, and worked as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University and as a player scout for the Jazz and for the WBL.[2] In 2011, he became the head coach of the India national basketball team.[8] Since 2012, Natt has been director of basketball at the IMG Academy.[9]

In 2003, Kenny Natt was inducted into the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) Hall of Fame.[2] He is the younger brother of former NBA All-Star Calvin Natt.[6]

Head coaching record

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28239643/ Theus becomes 6th NBA coach fired this season
  2. Web site: NBA.com Kenny Natt coach profile . . 2007-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091203201049/http://www.nba.com/coachfile/kenny_natt/index.html . 2009-12-03 . dead .
  3. https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=2929052 Kings hire Kenny Natt as assistant coach
  4. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/23/kings.natt.fired.ap/index.html Kings fire interim coach Natt, four assistant coaches
  5. Web site: Pacers Media Guide: NBA Years 1976-Present . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070508044626/http://www.nba.com/media/pacers/Pacers%20Media%20Guide_NBA%20Years%201976-Present.pdf . 2007-05-08 .  ; retrieved April 13, 2007
  6. http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/06/05/sports/sports3.txt An exciting time for Natt
  7. Web site: Kenny Natt. NBA. June 29, 2015. 2007.
  8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/interviews/Im-here-to-create-a-superstar-says-Indias-NBA-coach-Kenny-Natt/articleshow/8853690.cms I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt
  9. Web site: Kenny Natt | IMG Academy . 2015-06-30 . 2015-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150417183243/http://imgacademy.com/sports/boys-basketball/coaches/coach/kenny-natt . dead .