Jo Jo English

Player information
Jo Jo English
Full name	Stephen English
Nickname	Jo Jo, Jojo
birthday	February 4, 1970 (50 years and 210 days)
place of birth	Frankfurt am Main , Federal Republic of Germany
size	193 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	Shooting Guard / Small Forward
High school	Lower Richland High School, Hopkins, South Carolina
college	University of South Carolina
NBA draft	1992 , undrafted
league	NBA
Jersey number	3
Clubs as active
000001992	United States Chicago Bulls
000001993	United States Tri-City Chinook
000001993	United States La Crosse Catbirds
1993 - 1994	United States Chicago Bulls
1994-1995	United States Pittsburgh piranhas
000001995	Australia Adelaide 36ers
1995-1996	United States Yakima Sun Kings
000001996	Philippines Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys
000001997	Turkey Besiktas JK Istanbul
1997-1998	Turkey Antalyaspor Muratpasa
000001998	Philippines St. Lucia Realtors
1998-1999	United States La Crosse Bobcats
1999-2000	Israel Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
000002000	France SIG Strasbourg
2000-2001	France Besançon BCD
2001-2002	United States Rockford Lightning

Stephen "Jo Jo" English (born February 4, 1970 in Frankfurt am Main , Federal Republic of Germany ) is a former American basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He now works as a college and high school coach

Career

college

Born in Frankfurt, English grew up in Hopkins , South Carolina . He led his Lower Richland High School Diamond Hornets to two 4A high school state championships in South Carolina. After high school he played between 1988 and 1992 for the Gamecocks the University of South Carolina and scored 1439 points in 115 games. He reached the tournament of the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship in 1989 and the National Invitation Tournament in 1991, was elected to the All-Metro Second Team of the Metropolitan Conference in 1991 , to which the Gamecocks belonged between 1983 and 1991, and with a varsity every year Letter excellent.

NBA

The Chicago Bulls signed English for six games in December 1992. In the same season he played for the Tri-City Chinook of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), a basketball minor league , which existed until 2009 and also some from the D-League - franchises should emerge. The next season he moved to the La Crosse Catbirds and was re-signed by the Bulls in November 1993. He played 36 regular season games and seven postseason games . Here he became known nationwide against the New York Knickerbockers through a physical altercation with Derek Harper . The hustle and bustle involved both benches and shifted to the spectator stands under the eyes of Commissioner David Stern . Senior Vice President Rod Thorn imposed bans on one and two games against English and Harper. The Eastern Conference semifinals were lost in three to four games without Michael Jordan . English played eight games for the Bulls of the coming season in November 1994 and was again removed from the squad.

English from then on played in the CBA or abroad. In addition to 21 games for the Adelaide 36ers , he played one game for the Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys in the Philippine Basketball Association until he was injured. Two years later he played one season for the St. Lucia Realtors, but was subsequently suspended for life in the Philippines for breach of contract. He also played in Turkey, Israel and France. In Israel he was the record scorer in the 1999/2000 season.

Coaching

After his active career, English returned to the University of South Carolina and completed a degree in criminal law. At the same time he was the assistant coach of the women's team. He then worked at high school and junior varsity level as assistant and head coach for women's and men's teams at his own high school, Eau Claire and Scott's Branch High School.

Between 2013 and 2015 he was English Head Coach of Sumter High School Gamecocks and led them to the 4A State Championship in 2015. From 2015 to 2017 he was the assistant coach of the Catawba College Indians in the NCAA Division II.

English has been Head Coach of the Richland Northeast High School Cavaliers since 2018 (as of 2019).

Web links

Jo Jo English on: RealGM website; 2019. Accessed November 1, 2019.
Jo Jo English on: Basketball Reference website; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2019. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
Jo Jo English on: Sports Reference website; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2019. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
Jo Jo English at: Turkish Basketball League Stats — website; no location, 2002–2019. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
Jo Jo English on: Israel Basketball Super League website; no location, 2002–2019. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
JoJo English on: Ligue Nationale de Basket website; Paris, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (in French).
JoJo English on: EuroBasket website; Hong Kong, 1997-2019. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
Jojo English on: NBA website; New York, NY, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

Individual evidence

^ NN: The Greatest South Carolina Basketball Players of All Time. On: Ranker website; Los Angeles, CA, undated. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
↑ Michael Wilbon: Harper out 2 games, English 1 for fighting. On: Washington Post website; Washington, DC, May 15, 1994. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ NN: Ex-NBA forward fired from Philippine Basketball league for drunkenness. On: Ex-NBA website; without location, March 20, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).
^ NN: Hillcrest fans familiar with Sumter's Jo Jo English. On: USA Today website; MacLean, VA, March 4, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Dennis Brunson: English resigns as Sumter head coach. Sumter High School head basketball coach led Gamecocks to state title. On: The Item website; Sumter, SC, September 18, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
↑ NN: English joins men's basketball coaching staff. On: Catawba College Athletics website; Salisbury, NC, October 7, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ NN: Stephen 'Jo Jo' English named Richland Northeast new basketball coach. On: Millennium Magazine website; Columbia, SC, March 20, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Lou Bezjak: Former Gamecock to lead Richland Northeast basketball program. On: The State website; Columbia, SC, March 16, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	English, Jo Jo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	English, Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	4th February 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main , Germany

[1] NN: The Greatest South Carolina Basketball Players of All Time. On: Ranker website; Los Angeles, CA, undated. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).

[2] Michael Wilbon: Harper out 2 games, English 1 for fighting. On: Washington Post website; Washington, DC, May 15, 1994. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[3] NN: Ex-NBA forward fired from Philippine Basketball league for drunkenness. On: Ex-NBA website; without location, March 20, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2019 (in English).

[4] NN: Hillcrest fans familiar with Sumter's Jo Jo English. On: USA Today website; MacLean, VA, March 4, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[5] Dennis Brunson: English resigns as Sumter head coach. Sumter High School head basketball coach led Gamecocks to state title. On: The Item website; Sumter, SC, September 18, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[6] NN: English joins men's basketball coaching staff. On: Catawba College Athletics website; Salisbury, NC, October 7, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[7] NN: Stephen 'Jo Jo' English named Richland Northeast new basketball coach. On: Millennium Magazine website; Columbia, SC, March 20, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[8] Lou Bezjak: Former Gamecock to lead Richland Northeast basketball program. On: The State website; Columbia, SC, March 16, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2019.