Frank DiLeo (basketball player)

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Frank DiLeo is a retired American basketball player and coach.

career

DiLeo studied mathematics at Lafayette College from 1971 to 1975 and was also on the college's basketball team. Between 1972 and 1975, the 1.88 meter tall player was used in 80 games and scored an average of 10.3 points per match.

In the fall of 1975 he took part in a trial training session with the NBA team New Orleans Jazz and then played until 1977 with the Lancaster Red Roses in the US league CBA. In the fall of 1977 DiLeo tried again to jump into the NBA, but received no contract after a trial with the Washington Bullets and instead switched to the German Bundesliga for SSV Hagen , which he reinforced in the 1977/78 season. In the 1978/79 season he first played for the CBA club Baltimore Metros before he was transferred to the Allentown Jets within the league.

In 1978 DiLeo switched to coaching and until 1980 was an assistant coach on the staff of the American University in Washington . From the 1982/83 season he coached the second division TV Langen in Germany . At the end of January 1984, he separated from the Hessians.

From 1985 to 1993 DiLeo was assistant coach of the women's team at the University of Virginia and from 1993 to 1999 the men's team at the University of Iowa . He worked as a talent scout for the New Jersey Nets (NBA) in 1999 and 2000 , and from October 2000 to October 2017 he held this position with the Philadelphia 76ers (also NBA).

Private

His son David also had a career as a competitive basketball player and played at Central Michigan University .

His brother Tony  worked for a long time as a trainer in Germany and in the NBA. His nephews Max and TJ became professional basketball players and moved to Germany. His niece Marisa played basketball at Ursinus College.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdileo/de
  2. ^ Frank DiLeo College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018 .
  3. Basketball archive . In: basketball archive . ( wixsite.com [accessed March 31, 2018]).
  4. ^ The 17th season 1982/83 - Long Basketball . In: Long basketball . September 20, 2014 ( lang-basketball.de [accessed March 31, 2018]). The 17th season 1982/83 - Langen Basketball ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lang-basketball.de
  5. ^ The 18th season 1983/84 - Long Basketball . In: Long basketball . November 16, 2014 ( lang-basketball.de [accessed March 31, 2018]). The 18th season 1983/84 - Long Basketball ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lang-basketball.de
  6. ^ A b Passion For The Game: Philadelphia 76ers Scout Frank DiLeo . In: Sir Charles In Charge . November 17, 2015 ( sircharlesincharge.com [accessed March 31, 2018]).
  7. The Real DiLeo: Family connections helped bring freshman forward to CMU . ( cm-life.com [accessed March 31, 2018]).
  8. Cinnaminson's DiLeo carries family legacy . In: Courier-Post . ( courierpostonline.com [accessed March 31, 2018]).
  9. ^ Marisa DiLeo. Retrieved March 31, 2018 .