Former NBA Star Ray Allen Reportedly Accepts New Coaching Opportunity
It has been more than eight years since Ray Allen helped the Miami Heat capture an NBA title, and the Hall of Famer is now turning his attention toward helping a different team in the area accomplish great things.
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Allen’s son, Ray Allen III, is on the team at Gulliver. Allen has expressed interest in coaching in the past but said he wants to spend time with his family, so his new job will allow him to do both at once. A recent video showed Allen working out with two of his sons on the court.
Ray Allen is the new HEAD COACH at Gulliver Prep School in Florida
His son Ray Allen III is on the squad
(per @ShamsCharania, via treyfour/IG) pic.twitter.com/DAm0LLwiKh
— Overtime (@overtime) August 20, 2021
Allen, 46, is a 10-time NBA All-Star. He still currently holds the all-time NBA record for three-pointers made with 2,973, though Stephen Curry will likely surpass him in the near future. If you’re a student at Golliver, you can’t ask for a much better coach.
Former NBA star Ray Allen is on to the next phase of his post-playing career.
Ray Allen is now the head coach of Gulliver Prep School boy’s basketball team in Miami.
Naismith Hall of Famer Ray Allen – a two-time NBA champion and 10-time All-Star – has become the new head coach of the boys basketball team at Gulliver Prep School in Florida.
Congratulations to Ray Allen on his head coaching position at Gulliver Prep. pic.twitter.com/XYIk7Ssyur
— Mia High School Bask (@miamidadebb) August 20, 2021
Gulliver announced the hiring of the Hall of Fame player, two-time NBA champion and 10-time All-Star on Friday. Allen has been involved with Gulliver in the past as an assistant coach for a middle school program and is a parent at the school.
Through 18 years in the NBA, Allen solidified himself as one of the greatest three-point shooters in the history of the sport — shooting 40% percent from behind the arc on his career. The Naismith Hall of Famer still sits atop the list of all-time three-point field goals made with 2,973.
Allen notched two NBA championships through his time in the league: one with the Boston Celtics in 2008 and one with his current hometown Miami Heat in 2013.
After retiring from the league in 2014, Allen stayed put in the Miami area with his wife, Shannon Walker Williams, and their four children. In addition to the release of his memoir, From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love, in 2017, the 10-time NBA All-Star opened a chain of organic fast-food restaurants with his wife.
Now, with his brilliant basketball mind, Allen will take on coaching at the high school level.
This news comes just one day after Jason Terry, the N0. 7 three-point shooter of all time, landed his first heading coaching job with the Denver Nuggets’ G-League affiliate.
Ray Allen
.jpg) Allen in 2016
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | July 20, 1975 Merced, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6Â ft 5Â in (1.96Â m) |
| Listed weight | 205Â lb (93Â kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Hillcrest (Dalzell, South Carolina) |
| College | UConn (1993–1996) |
| NBA draft | 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall |
| Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Playing career | 1996–2014 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 34, 20 |
| Career history | |
| 1996–2003 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2003–2007 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 2007–2012 | Boston Celtics |
| 2012–2014 | Miami Heat |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 24,505 (18.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 5,272 (4.1 rpg) |
| Assists | 4,361 (3.4 apg) |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
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Walter Ray Allen Jr. (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in September 2018.
Allen played college basketball for the Connecticut Huskies for three seasons, gaining a reputation as an efficient long-range shooter. He entered the NBA in 1996 as the fifth overall selection. In the NBA, he developed into a prolific scorer for the Milwaukee Bucks, featuring alongside Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell as the team achieved playoff success. However, the trio were unable to capture a championship, and Allen was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. In Seattle, Allen’s reputation as a scorer was solidified; he would break several league records for three-point and free throw shooting. Despite this, a title still eluded Allen, and he was traded to the Boston Celtics in 2007.
In Boston, Allen and new teammates Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce formed a “Big Three” and had immediate success, winning an NBA championship in 2008. He remained with the franchise for five seasons, before departing in free agency to join the Miami Heat for two seasons. In Miami, Allen accepted a reserve role, emphasizing spot-up and clutch shooting, which allowed him to capture another championship in 2013. His clutch three-pointer to tie Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals with 5.2 seconds remaining is regarded as one of the most memorable plays in NBA history.
Allen’s list of individual accolades are extensive; he gained ten NBA All-Star designations, he won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States men’s basketball team, he holds the NBA record in career three-point field goals made in the regular season, and has additionally scored the third most three-pointers in the postseason.[1] He is widely considered one of the greatest shooters of all-time.
During his NBA career, Allen acted during some offseasons. He is best known for his role as basketball prodigy Jesus Shuttlesworth in He Got Game (1998). Allen’s performance as Shuttlesworth was greatly praised by critics, and the name was borrowed as Allen’s basketball nickname.
Honors
- 2× NBA champion: 2008, 2013
- 3× Gold medalist as member of the USA men’s basketball team: 1995 Summer Universiade, 2000 Summer Olympics & 2003 FIBA Americas Championship
- 10× NBA All-Star: 2000–2002, 2004–2009, 2011
- All-NBA Second Team: 2005
- All-NBA Third Team: 2001
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 1997
- NBA Joe Dumars NBA Sportsmanship Award: 2003
- The Sporting News “Good Guy”: 2000, 2001, 2005
- NBA All-Star Weekend Three-point Shootout champion: 2001
- USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1995)
Records
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NBA Regular season
- 3-point field goals made, career: 2,973
- 3-point field goal attempts, career: 7,429
NBA Playoffs
- 3-point field goals made, career: 385 (this record has been surpassed by Stephen Curry and LeBron James)
- 3-point field goals attempted, game: 18, Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls, April 30, 2009 (3 OT)
- Tied with Stephen Curry (April 23, 2015), Damian Lillard (May 9, 2016), Klay Thompson (May 28, 2016), and Russell Westbrook (April 25, 2017)
NBA Finals
- 3-point field goals made, half: 7, first half, Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, June 6, 2010
- 3-point field goals made, quarter: 5, second quarter, Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, June 6, 2010
- Tied with Stephen Curry (June 3, 2018)
NBA All-Star games
- 3-point field goal attempts, half: 7, second half (2005)
Milwaukee Bucks franchise records
- Consecutive games played: 400, from 11/1/96 to 12/20/01
- 3-point field goals made, career: 1,051
- 3-point field goals made, season: 229 (2001–02)
- 3-point field goals made, game: 10, vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002
- 3-point field goals made, half: 8, second half, vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002
- Tied with Tim Thomas (second half, at Portland Trail Blazers, January 5, 2001) and Michael Redd (second half, vs. Houston Rockets, February 20, 2002)
- 3-point field goal attempts, season: 528 (2001–02)
- 3-point field goal attempts, game: 17, at Cleveland Cavaliers, December 9, 2002 (2 OT)
- 3-point field goal attempts, game (regulation): 14, four times (tied with Michael Redd)
- 14, vs. Utah Jazz, April 12, 2001
- 14, vs. New York Knicks, December 4, 2001
- 14, vs. Charlotte Hornets, February 18, 2002
- 14, vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002
Seattle SuperSonics franchise records
- 3-point field goals made, season: 269 (2005–06)
- 3-point field goal attempts, season: 653 (2005–06)
Boston Celtics franchise records
- Highest free throw percentage, season: .952 (237/249) (2008–09)
- Consecutive free throws made: 72, from December 25, 2008 to February 23, 2009
- Highest 3-point field goal percentage, 2011–12 season: .453
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