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