Terry Driscoll Explained

Terry Driscoll
Number:17, 35, 7
Position:Small forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:7
Weight Lb:215
Birth Date:28 August 1947
Birth Place:Winthrop, Massachusetts, U.S.
High School:Boston College HS
(Boston, Massachusetts)
College:Boston College (1966–1969)
Draft Year:1969
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:4
Draft Team:Detroit Pistons
Career Start:1970
Career End:1978
Years1:1969–1970
Team1:Virtus Bologna
Team2:Detroit Pistons
Years3:
Team3:Baltimore Bullets
Years4:
Team4:Milwaukee Bucks
Years5:1974–1975
Team5:Spirits of St. Louis
Years6:1975–1978
Team6:Virtus Bologna
Cyears1:1978–1980
Cteam1:Virtus Bologna
Highlights:As player:

As coach:

Stats League:NBA and ABA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,127 (4.1 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:1,114 (4.1 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:221 (0.8 apg)
Bbr:driscte01

Edward Cuthbert "Terry" Driscoll, Jr. (born August 28, 1947) is a former American college athletics administrator and professional basketball player. Until 2017, he served as athletic director at the College of William & Mary.

College career

Driscoll played at Boston College from 1966 to 1969. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1969 National Invitational Tournament after leading his school to the tournament final against Temple University.

Professional career

After graduating, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the fourth pick of the 1969 NBA draft.He played a season in the Italian Serie A with Virtus Bologna before joining the Pistons for the 1970–71 NBA season.

After one season with Detroit, he moved to the Baltimore Bullets in 1971, also staying a season. He then had two seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and one with the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, averaging 4.1 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per game over the course of his American professional career.

He spent the next five years in Italy as a player and then a coach, winning two Italian championships.

Career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1970–71| align="left" | Detroit| 69 || - || 18.2 || .415 || - || .701 || 5.8 || 0.8 || - || - || 5.4|-| align="left" | 1971–72| align="left" | Baltimore| 40 || - || 7.8 || .385 || - || .692 || 2.7 || 0.6 || - || - || 2.7|-| align="left" | 1972–73| align="left" | Baltimore| 1 || - || 5.0 || .000 || - || .000 || 3.0 || 0.0 || - || - || 0.0|-| align="left" | 1972–73| align="left" | Milwaukee| 59 || - || 16.3 || .429 || - || .694 || 5.0 || 0.9 || - || - || 5.5|-| align="left" | 1973–74| align="left" | Milwaukee| 64 || - || 10.9 || .471 || - || .652 || 3.1 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 3.2|-| align="left" | 1974-75| align="left" | Milwaukee| 11 || - || 4.7 || .231 || - || .500 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 244 || - || 13.4 || .425 || - || .690 || 4.2 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 4.2|}

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 1971–72| align="left" | Baltimore| 1 || - || 2.0 || 1.000 || - || 1.000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || - || - || 3.0|-| align="left" | 1972–73| align="left" | Milwaukee| 6 || - || 2.7 || .000 || - || .000 || 0.0 || 0.2 || - || - || 0.0|-| align="left" | 1973–74| align="left" | Milwaukee| 9 || - || 3.2 || .500 || - || 1.000 || 1.6 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 1.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 16 || - || 2.9 || .400 || - || 1.000 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.9|}

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1974–75| align="left" | St. Louis| 30 || - || 11.7 || .377 || .000 || .741 || 2.9 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 3.7|}

Post-playing career

After leaving professional basketball, Driscoll worked in product marketing and sales for different sporting goods companies before moving to sports marketing and management. He worked as the Boston site venue executive director during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Driscoll became the Athletic Director at William & Mary in 1995, succeeding John Randolph who had served ten years until he died from cancer.[1] He held the position until his retirement on June 30, 2017.[2] He was succeeded by Samantha Huge.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20030223-2003-02-23-0302230011-story.html Fairbank, Dave. "Driscoll's Tribe," Daily Press (Newport News, VA), Sunday, February 23, 2003.
  2. https://wydaily.com/in-our-hometown/2017/06/13/from-nba-to-wm-terry-driscoll-prepares-final-assist-hometown/ La Fountain, Aimée. "From NBA to W&M: Terry Driscoll prepares final assist," WYDaily (Williamsburg, VA), Tuesday, June 13, 2017.
  3. https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2017/samantha-k.-huge-selected-as-william--mary-athletics-director.php "Samantha K. Huge selected as William & Mary athletics director," College of William & Mary, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.