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Terence Stansbury
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Stansbury in 1988
Personal information
Born (1961-02-27) February 27, 1961 (age 63)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
High school Newark (Newark, Delaware)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
College Temple (1980–1984)
NBA Draft 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Pro career 1984–2003
Coaching career 2003–2014
Career history
As player:
1984–1986 Indiana Pacers
1986–1987 Seattle SuperSonics
1987–1988 EBBC Den Bosch
1988 Wyoming Wildcatters
1988–1989 Maccabi Brussels
1989–1995 Levallois
1996–1997 Bnei Herzliya
1997 Florida Sharks
1997–1998 AEK Athens
1998–1999 Le Mans
1999–2000 SIG Strasbourg
2000 Houthalen
2000–2001 Hasselt BT
2001–2003 BSW
As coach:
2003–2004 Jyväskylä BC
2004–2005 Huima Äänekoski
2005–2006 Basket Racing Luxembourg
2006–2007 Black Star Mersch
2007–2008 AS Soleuvre
2008–2009 Rotterdam Challengers
2009–2010 BSW (assistant)
2010–2011 BSW
2013 Lapua Korikobri
2013–2014 Résidence Walferdange
Career highlights and awards
  • French League Best Scorer (1993)
  • French 2nd Division Foreign Player's MVP (1992)
  • Dutch League All-Star (1988)
  • Third-team All-American – NABC (1984)
  • Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (1984)
  • First-team All-Atlantic 10 (1984)
  • Second-team All-Atlantic 10 (1983)
  • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (1983)

Terence Rudolph Stansbury (born February 27, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, he played at the shooting guard position.

College career

Stansbury, a graduate of Newark High School, played college basketball at Temple University. As a junior, he averaged 24.6 points for the Temple Owls and 18.6 points as a senior. Stansbury starred at Temple from 1980-1984, scoring a total of 1,811 points (15.7 points per game).

Professional career

Stansbury played three seasons (1984–1987) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics. He finished with 1,200 points in his career, and was a three-time participant in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, where he won three straight third-place positions in a row, from 1985 to 1987, before leaving the NBA.

He later spent six seasons at Levallois in France. Stansbury was granted French citizenship. In the 1992-93 season, he led the French ProA league in scoring (26.3 points per contest).

Honors

He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Personal life

His daughter Tiffany Stansbury played in the WNBA.

See also

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