Vince Taylor | |
Position: | Assistant coach |
League: | American Athletic Conference |
Team: | UCF Knights |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 180 |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1960 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Tates Creek (Lexington, Kentucky) |
College: | Duke (1978–1982) |
Draft Year: | 1982 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 34 |
Draft Team: | New York Knicks |
Career Start: | 1982 |
Career End: | 1997 |
Career Number: | 8 |
Career Position: | Shooting guard |
Coach Start: | 1997 |
Team1: | New York Knicks |
Years2: | 1983–1984 |
Team2: | Wisconsin Flyers |
Years3: | 1984–1986 |
Team3: | Lega Basket Serie A |
Years4: | 1986–1989 |
Team4: | Avignon |
Years5: | 1989–1990 |
Team5: | Nancy |
Years6: | 1992–1997 |
Team6: | Gent Hawks |
Cyears1: | 1997–1998 |
Cteam1: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
Cyears2: | 1998 |
Cteam2: | Wyoming (assistant) |
Cyears3: | 1999–2005 |
Cteam3: | Louisville (assistant) |
Cyears4: | – |
Cteam4: | Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant) |
Cyears5: | 2007–2013 |
Cteam5: | Minnesota (assistant) |
Cyears6: | 2013–2016 |
Cteam6: | Texas Tech (assistant) |
Cyears7: | 2017–present |
Cteam7: | UCF (assistant) |
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Stat1label: | Points |
Stat1value: | 95 (3.1 ppg) |
Bbr: | taylovi01 |
Vincent Caldwell Taylor (born September 11, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season and is the former assistant coach at Texas Tech University. He played college basketball at Duke, and in the NBA played for the New York Knicks.[1] Taylor also played briefly in the Continental Basketball Association for the Wisconsin Flyers.[2] Taylor had a successful basketball career in Europe, playing a total 13 seasons on European teams in Italy (1984–86), France (1986–92), and Belgium (1992–97).[3]