Clyde Vaughan

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Basketball player
Clyde Vaughan
Player information
Full name Clive Holland Vaughan
Nickname Clyde
birthday January 30, 1962
place of birth London, UK
size 195 cm
position Shooting Guard / Small Forward
college Pittsburgh
NBA draft 1984 , 117. Pick Indiana Pacers
Clubs as active
1980–1984 Pittsburgh Panthers ( NCAA ) –1988 Leicester City Riders 1988 Youngstown Pride (WBL) 1988–1991 Sunderland 76ers / SaintsUnited StatesUnited States
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National team 1
1983-1990 England 27
Clubs as coaches
1992–1999 Long Beach State 49ers (NCAA; AC ) 1999–2002 South Florida Bulls (NCAA; AC) 2002–2004 UConn Huskies (NCAA; AC) United StatesUnited States
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1 As of April 2, 2004

Clive Holland "Clyde" Vaughan (born January 30, 1962 in London , England ) is a former American - English basketball player . Born in the United Kingdom as Clive Vaughan, he moved to the United States with his mother in 1972, where he also studied and was only called Clyde by everyone. He was then a professional in the British Basketball League (BBL), in which for the 1989/90 season the " Most Valuable Player " (MVP). After a back operation, he ended his active career in 1991 and became a coach. As a result, he was assistant coach with college teams in the NCAA Division I until 2004. After winning the NCAA Division I basketball championship with the UConn Huskies under head coach Jim Calhoun , Vaughan had to vacate his post in 2004 on a criminal charge.

Career

Born in England, Vaughan moved to Mount Vernon (New York) in the United States (USA) in 1972 with his mother and five siblings . In his senior -year at the High School in New Rochelle Vaughan became the second best basketball player in his age group in New York State selected. He then went to study at the University of Pittsburgh in the city of the same name in the neighboring state of Pennsylvania in 1980 , where he played with the university team Panthers in the then Eastern 8 Conference of the NCAA. The Panthers won the championship of this conference twice, with Vaughan being named as a sophomore to the MOP of the championship tournament in 1982 . In the national NCAA Division I Basketball Championship in 1981 a narrow first round win after extra time succeeded, which was followed by elimination in the next round against the later finalist Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The Tar Heels team included well-known players such as James Worthy , Sam Perkins and freshman Michael Jordan , all of whom should have successful careers in the NBA professional league . After a first round defeat in the finals in 1982, the Panthers left the Eastern 8 and moved to the more powerful Big East Conference , where they won no championships and were no longer invited to the finals. Nevertheless, Vaughan was one of the best players in the Big East, with over 20 points and almost ten rebounds per game, in which many later NBA professionals like Patrick Ewing played. By the end of his college career, Vaughan had over 2,000 total points, making him the first player in the history of the Panthers to break that "sound barrier" in his college career and scoring over 900 rebounds.

After graduating in 1984, Vaughan was only selected at the beginning of the sixth round in the NBA Draft at 117th position by the Indiana Pacers, who then did not take him into the season squad. Vaughan returned to his native country, where he played as a professional in the "National Basketball League" (NBL). There he was one of the dominant players and was several times top scorer in the top national league. In 1987, the British Basketball League (BBL) was formed from the teams from Division One of the NBL and the Scottish team MIM Livingston . The City Riders from Leicester Vaughan missed in the first season with balanced record this season in ninth place because of the poorer direct comparison a place in the play-offs of the best eight teams. Then Vaughan preferred to play in the summer of 1988 in the "World Basketball League" in the USA for players less than 1.96 m tall, instead of taking part in the qualifying tournament for the 1988 Olympic Games with the British Olympic selection . The British Olympic selection had never been able to qualify for an Olympic tournament before, unless they also hosted as in 1948 , and, as was to be expected, failed this time again without Vaughan in the qualification, even if one made the final round of the top eight teams of the qualifying tournament.

Vaughan, who completed 27 appearances for the English national team in his playing career, returned to the BBL in autumn 1988 and subsequently played for the 76ers from Sunderland in north-east England. The 76ers reached the play-offs for the first time with a positive season record, where they were eliminated in the first round. Vaughan was the first time top scorer in the BBL with over 28 points per game. In the 1989/90 season, the Kingston Kings dominated the BBL and won all titles in the closed professional league, which had shrunk from 15 teams in the premiere season by withdrawals to eight teams. In the National Cup and in the play-offs, the 76ers moved into the finals with top scorer and BBL MVP Vaughan, in which, however, they lost to the Kings. In the following season 1990/91 the 76ers traded as Saints and were able to defeat defending champion Kings in the cup semifinals and secure their first title success since the foundation of the BBL in the final against Vaughan's former team City Riders. As the second-placed team of the regular season, the Saints moved back into the final game of the play-offs, in which, however, this time defending champion Kingston Kings clearly with over 20 points. Subsequently, after a back operation, Vaughan ended his career as a player in the BBL, in which he is listed as the second best average point collector ever with over 28 points per game.

After retiring as a player, Vaughan returned to the United States, where he was appointed to the coaching staff of the 49ers basketball team at California State University, Long Beach in 1992. There he was promoted to “Associate Head Coach” of the 49ers in 1997, before leaving college in 1999 and moving to the University of South Florida . After three years as assistant coach for the Bulls college team , Vaughan moved back to the Northeast in the same position at the University of Connecticut , whose Huskies basketball team is one of the most prestigious and ambitious basketball teams in Division I of the NCAA. There he worked under head coach Jim Calhoun, who was inducted into the 2005 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . In 2004 the Huskies won the NCAA championship with Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon , who was born in London like Vaughan and grew up in Mount Vernon. In the summer of 2004, however, Vaughan was arrested for violating prostitution prevention laws . After two more on record incidents related to second-time married Vaughan who has a son, Vaughan announced his resignation from his post as assistant coach. Vaughan received no comparable post as a result.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Clyde Vaughan Named Assistant Coach. University of Connecticut , May 6, 2002, accessed July 3, 2013 (media info).
  2. ↑ a b c Report: Judge revokes plea deal. ESPN , August 26, 2004, accessed July 12, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b c Tom McMillan: Clive. In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . News.Google.com, November 24, 1983, pp. 105 to 109 , accessed July 3, 2013 (English, repro newspaper article).
  4. ↑ Pitt Basketball 2012–13 Media Guide & Fact Book: Tradition & Achievements (Section 6) - Pitt's championship teams. (PDF (1.26 MB)) University of Pittsburgh , October 2, 2012, p. 90 (consecutive counting) , accessed on July 13, 2013 (English).
  5. ↑ Pitt Basketball 2012–13 Media Guide & Fact Book: Records (Section 7). (PDF (1 MB)) University of Pittsburgh , October 2, 2012, pp. 116, 117 & 127 , accessed on July 13, 2013 (English).
  6. ↑ 1984 NBA Draft. Sports Reference LLC: basketball-reference.com, accessed July 13, 2013 (list of players selected in the draft).
  7. ^ A b Jason Reid: Fate Leads Vaughan to This Job. Los Angeles Times , March 8, 1996, accessed July 13, 2013 .
  8. ^ Phil Axelrod: Vaughan leaves England to try something different with Pride. In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . News-Google.com, June 6, 1988, accessed July 13, 2013 (English, repro of the newspaper edition ).
  9. ↑ 1988 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men. FIBA , accessed on July 13, 2013 (English, competition overview in the archive).
  10. ↑ 1989–90 BBL Championship & Playoffs. British Basketball League , accessed July 13, 2013 (season summary).
  11. ↑ Points per game. British Basketball League , accessed on July 13, 2013 (English, ranking of the best scorers per game).
  12. ↑ Ray Fittipaldo: Vaughan rebuilding basketball resume. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , November 5, 2007; accessed July 13, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Vaughan, Clyde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vaughan, Clive Holland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-English basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England, UK