Leonard Perry
American basketball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leonard Perry Jr. (born June 13, 1968) is an American college basketball coach, who last was the head coach at the University of the Pacific. Originally from Dallas, Perry played college basketball at McLennan Community College and the University of Idaho. As a senior at Idaho playing under head coach Larry Eustachy, Perry was the starting point guard on the 1991 Big Sky Conference Tournament championship team that appeared in the 1991 NCAA Tournament.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1968-06-14) June 14, 1968 (age 55)[1] Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1987–1989 | McLennan CC |
1989–1991 | Idaho |
Position(s) | Shooting guard / point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1995–1998 | Utah State (assistant) |
1998–1999 | Iowa State (assistant) |
1999–2001 | Iowa State (associate HC) |
2001–2006 | Idaho |
2006–2007 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
2007–2008 | Indiana Pacers (assistant/scout) |
2008–2011 | Indiana Pacers (scout) |
2011–2012 | Southern Miss (assistant) |
2012–2016 | Colorado State (associate HC) |
2016–2021 | Pacific (associate HC) |
2021–2024 | Pacific |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 77–162 (.322) |
Perry has been a college basketball coach since 1995, as an assistant under Eustachy at Idaho, Utah State, Iowa State, Southern Miss, and Colorado State. From 2001 to 2006, Perry was head coach at Idaho. He also worked for the NBA team Indiana Pacers for five years, starting as assistant coach in the 2006–07 season and a talent scout from 2007 to 2011.
From 2016 to 2021, Perry was assistant coach at the University of the Pacific under Damon Stoudamire. After Stoudamire resigned to take an NBA assistant coaching job, Perry was promoted to head coach at Pacific in 2021.