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Andre Turner
Lane Dragons
Head coach
Personal information
Born (1964-03-13) March 13, 1964 (age 60)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
High school Mitchell (Memphis, Tennessee)
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 177 lb (80 kg)
Career information
College Memphis (1982–1986)
NBA Draft 1986 / Round: 3 / Pick: 69th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Pro career 1986–2008
Coaching career 2010–present
League Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Career history
As player:
1986 Tampa Bay Flash
1986–1987 Rockford Lightning
1986 Boston Celtics
1987 La Crosse Catbirds
1987 Rhode Island Gulls
1987–1988 Houston Rockets
1988 Miami Tropics
1988 Calgary 88s
1988–1989 La Crosse Catbirds
1989 Milwaukee Bucks
1989–1990 La Crosse Catbirds
1989 Los Angeles Clippers
1989 Charlotte Hornets
1990 La Crosse Catbirds
1990 Memphis Rockers
1990–1991 Philadelphia 76ers
1991–1992 Memphis Rockers
1991 Washington Bullets
1992–1994 Ourense
1994–1996 Zaragoza
1996–1998 Joventut
1998–2001 Sevilla
2001–2002 Cáceres
2003 Universidad Complutense
2003–2004 Valladolid
As coach:
2010–2015 Mitchell HS (assistant)
2015–2021 Mitchell HS
2021–present Lane
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • Spanish King's Cup winner (1997)
  • Spanish King's Cup MVP (1997)
  • 6× Spanish League All-Star (1992–1994, 1997–1999)
  • CBA champion (1990)
  • CBA Playoff MVP (1990)
  • CBA All-Star (1988)
  • USBL champion (1986)
  • All-USBL First Team (1988)
  • USBL All-Defensive Team (1988)
  • All-WBL Team (1989)
  • AP honorable mention All-American (1986)
  • 2× First-team All-Metro Conference (1985, 1986)
  • Metro Conference All-Freshman Team (1983)

Andre Devalle Turner (born March 13, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the head coach for Lane College. A 5'11", 177 lb (80 kg) point guard, he played collegiately at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis). Born in Memphis, Tennessee, his nickname in college was the "Little General".

College career

The shining moment of Andre Turner's career was in his junior season, when he, along with teammates Keith Lee, Baskerville Holmes, and William Bedford made it to the Final Four, on the strength of three consecutive game winning shots by Turner.

The first was in an overtime win against UAB. Ironically, Gene Bartow was UAB's head coach, the last coach to lead Memphis State to the Final Four, eventually losing in the 1973 championship game against UCLA.

The second game winner came against Boston College, and the third, coming against the University of Oklahoma, propelled the Tigers back to the Final Four, only to lose to eventual champ Villanova, one of three Big East teams in the Final Four that year.

College statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982–83 Memphis 31 - 32.5 .518 - .806 1.1 4.1 2.4 0.1 9.9
1983–84 Memphis 33 - 31.9 .457 - .667 1.4 4.5 1.8 0.1 8.2
1984–85 Memphis 34 - 34.0 .498 - .714 2.3 6.6 1.6 0.1 11.4
1985–86 Memphis 34 - 33.4 .478 - .854 2.0 7.7 2.6 0.1 13.9
Career 132 - 33.0 .487 - .757 1.7 5.8 2.1 0.1 10.9

Professional career

Turner was selected in the third round of the 1986 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, but traded to the Boston Celtics. He played for seven teams in the NBA: the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Washington Bullets. In 170 games with these seven teams, he holds career averages of 4.1 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. His most productive year was in 1990–91, when he averaged 5.9 points and 4.4 assists in 70 games for the Philadelphia 76ers. Turner also played in the Continental Basketball Association for the La Crosse Catbirds, where he led the team to the 1989–1990 CBA Championship, and in the World Basketball League for the Memphis Rockers.

After leaving the NBA, he played professionally in Spain. In 1997, while playing with Joventut Badalona, Turner won the Spanish King's Cup title and the tournament's MVP award. With Sevilla, he played in the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague, in the 1999–00 season.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1986–87 Boston 3 0 6.0 .400 .000 .000 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.3
1987–88 Houston 12 0 8.3 .353 .143 .714 0.7 1.9 0.6 0.1 2.9
1988–89 Milwaukee 4 0 3.3 .500 .000 .000 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.5
1989–90 Los Angeles 3 0 10.3 .154 .000 .000 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 1.3
1989–90 Charlotte 8 0 10.5 .360 .000 1.000 0.4 2.5 0.9 0.0 2.8
1990–91 Philadelphia 70 1 20.1 .439 .364 .736 2.2 4.4 0.9 0.0 5.9
1991–92 Washington 70 3 12.4 .425 .063 .792 1.3 2.5 0.8 0.0 4.1
Career 170 4 14.8 .422 .237 .764 1.5 3.1 0.8 0.0 4.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990–91 Philadelphia 8 0 23.6 .438 .333 .813 1.6 4.4 1.4 0.0 7.3

Coaching career

Turner was an assistant basketball coach at Mitchell High in Memphis for four years before being named head coach in 2015. The school,won three state championships during his time there, in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

On April 15, 2021, Turner was named head coach for Division II Lane College of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).

See also

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