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Dwayne Polee
San Francisco Dons
Director of player development
Personal information
Born (1963-03-02) March 2, 1963 (age 61)
Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
High school Manual Arts
(Los Angeles, California)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College
  • UNLV (1981–1982)
  • Pepperdine (1983–1986)
NBA Draft 1986 / Round: 3 / Pick: 54th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career 1986–1991
Coaching career 2000–2001
League West Coast Conference
Career history
As player:
1986 Los Angeles Clippers
1989–1991 Limoneros de Colima
As coach:
2000–2001 Los Angeles Southwest (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× WCAC Player of the Year (1985, 1986)
  • 2× First-team All-WCAC (1985, 1986)
  • Third-team Parade All-American (1981)
  • California Mr. Basketball (1981)

Dwayne L. Polee Sr. (born March 2, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who has been the director of player development at the University of San Francisco since 2012. From 2007 to 2010, he was the director of basketball operations at the University of Southern California. Polee graduated from Manual Arts High School in 1981 and first attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before transferring to Pepperdine University in 1982. He was drafted in the third round of the 1986 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers and played in one game with the team during the 1986–87 season. He played basketball for two years in Mexico with Limoneros de Colima from 1989 to 1991. Following his retirement from playing, Polee served as an assistant coach at Los Angeles Southwest College during the 2000–01 season.

Polee, a 6'5" swingman, was the 1981 Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year at Manual Arts. He turned in perhaps the greatest individual performance in City championship game history when he scored 43 points in Manual Arts' 82-69 victory over Crenshaw High School at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in front of 14,123, the largest crowd in city history.

His son, Dwayne Jr., also won the Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year in 2010 playing for Westchester High School. They were the second father–son combo to achieve the distinction. Dwayne Jr. played college ball for San Diego State.

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