Aubrey Gene Coleman (born October 9, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball as an all-Conference USA player for the University of Houston where he became the NCAA's leading scorer for the 2010 season.

Aubrey Coleman
Coleman with the Houston Cougars in 2010
Personal information
Born (1987-10-09) October 9, 1987 (age 37)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–2019
PositionShooting guard
Number6
Career history
2010Aliağa Petkim
2011Austin Toros
2011–2012Angelico Biella
2012Nymburk
2012–2013Austin Toros
2013Reno Bighorns
2013Cholet Basket
2013Cimberio Varese
2014Nilan Bisons Loimaa
2014–2015Best Balıkesir
2015Estudiantes Concordia
2016Bisons Loimaa
2016–2017Yalova Belediyesi
2017Chongqing Sanhai Lanling
2017–2018Spartak Primorye
2019Bisons Loimaa
2019Chartres
Career highlights and awards

Career

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Early years

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Coleman attended high school at Thurgood Marshall High School, though never played on the team. After graduating, he attended Gulf Shores Academy, and then junior college at Southwest Mississippi Community College.

College

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Coleman played as a guard for Houston under the jersey number 12, and majored in sociology. At Houston, Coleman was the 2009 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year as well as a selection for the 2009 All-Conference USA first team.[1][2] He also received honors of being named to the 2008–09 NABC All-District 11 first team and the 2008–09 USBWA All-District VII Team. His junior season where he started 32 for games, he was the team leader for the Cougars with 19.4 points per game, and was second-place for rebounds per game with 8.2.[3] He also led the league with 2.3 steals per game, received the Conference USA Rookie of the Week award five times, and the Conference USA Player of the Week award two times. During the postseason, he was a part of Houston's team during the 2009 College Basketball Invitational. His season was marred by an incident in January, 2009 in a game against Arizona in which he intentionally stepped on opposing player Chase Budinger's face.[4] Coleman was suspended one game.[5]

For the 2009–10 season, Aubrey Coleman ended the season as the nation's leading scorer in the NCAA. A part of the first Cougars team to win the Conference USA men's basketball tournament in 2010, Coleman was also a part of the first Houston team to enter the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship since 1992.

Professional

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Coleman played for the New Orleans Hornets in the NBA Summer League in 2010,[6] where he averaged 11.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 5 games,[7] and later joined the Turkish Basketball League team Aliağa Petkim,[8] but left the team in December 2010 for personal reasons.[9] It was announced that Coleman had joined the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League on January 6, 2011.[10] In April 2011 he signed with Angelico Biella in Italy until the end of the season.[11]

After being reacquired by the Toros for the 2012–13 season, on February 22, 2013, he was traded to the Reno Bighorns in exchange for Dontell Jefferson.[12] However, on February 25 and after just two games, he was waived by the Bighorns. In March 2013, he signed with Cholet Basket.[13] On July 16, 2013, Coleman signed with Cimberio Varese.[14] He parted ways with them on December 10, 2013,[15] and signed with Nilan Bisons Loimaa of Korisliiga in Finland in February 2014.[16]

On August 16, 2014, he signed with Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Basketball Second League.[17]

On December 5, 2017, he signed with Russian club Spartak Primorye.[18]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
* Led NCAA Division I

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Houston 32 32 32.8 .426 .208 .763 8.2 2.4 2.3 .0 19.4
2009–10 Houston 35 35 36.9 .425 .317 .737 7.4 2.6 2.7 .2 25.6*
Career 67 67 35.0 .426 .292 .748 7.8 2.5 2.5 .1 22.6

References

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  1. ^ "Player Bio: Aubrey Coleman". Houston Cougars athletics. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  2. ^ Katz, Andy (2009-09-04). "Best of the Rest ShootAround: The teams and players you do not want to face". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  3. ^ Campbell, Steve (2009-11-17). "Pressure's on Penders for tourney appearance". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  4. ^ Houston's Coleman sorry for stepping on face of Arizona's Budinger – ESPN
  5. ^ Houston's Aubrey Coleman suspended for misconduct – ESPN
  6. ^ NBA Summer League Rosters – Vegas
  7. ^ "Archived copy". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Blogger".
  9. ^ Coleman Aliağa'dan Ayrıldı(in Turkish)
  10. ^ Schroeder, Scott (2011-01-06). "Spurs-Owned Austin Toros Acquire 2010 NCAA Leading Scorer Aubrey Coleman". NBA Fanhouse. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  11. ^ Coleman in arrivo a Biella Archived October 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  12. ^ "Austin Toros Finalize Trade with Reno Bighorns". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  13. ^ "Aubrey Coleman from D-League to Cholet, France". court-side.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Cimberio Varese announced Aubrey Coleman". Sportando.net. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  15. ^ "Cimberio Varese, Aubrey Coleman part ways". Sportando.net. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  16. ^ Vertanen, Tatu (February 7, 2014). "Aubrey Coleman Bisonsin riveihin". veikkaajat.com (in Finnish). Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  17. ^ "Aubrey Coleman signs in TB2L with Best Balikesir". Sportando.com. August 16, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  18. ^ "Спартак-Приморье" подписал контракт с американским защитником. spartakbasket.ru (in Russian). December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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