Ronnie Burrell (born July 21, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.
 Burrell, playing with Gdynia, in 2009. | |
| Portland Trail Blazers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 21, 1983 Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Montclair (Montclair, New Jersey) |
| College | UNC Greensboro (2001–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–2016 |
| Position | Power forward / small forward |
| Coaching career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2005 | Gainesville Knights |
| 2005–2006 | Levallois SCB |
| 2006–2007 | Köln 99ers |
| 2007–2008 | Telekom Bonn |
| 2008–2011 | Gdynia |
| 2011–2013 | EWE Oldenburg |
| 2013–2015 | Bayreuth |
| 2015–2016 | Orchies |
| 2016 | LMBC |
| As coach: | |
| 2019–2020 | Long Island Nets (assistant) |
| 2022–2023 | Long Island Nets |
| 2023–2024 | Brooklyn Nets (assistant) |
| 2024–present | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach: | |
Early life
editBorn in 1983, Burrell played high school basketball at Montclair High School, in Montclair, New Jersey.
College career
editBurrell played college basketball at UNC Greensboro, from 2001 to 2005, with the UNC Greensboro Spartans. He played under the team's head coach at that time, Fran McCaffery. During his college career, he was an All-Southern Conference Team selection in 2004 and 2005.
Professional career
editBurrell played with the WBA's Gainesville Knights, in 2005. Burrell then moved to Europe, and signed with the French club Levallois SCB for the 2005–06 season. The following season, he signed with RheinEnergie Koln, where he won the German Cup. He played in the NBA Summer League with the Seattle SuperSonics's summer league squad for two summers.[citation needed] After that, he played with the German club Telekom Baskets Bonn, and the Polish club Asseco Prokom Sopot/Gdynia. With Gdynia, he also won three Polish League championships.[citation needed] Burrell played in 55 EuroLeague games, and he made it to the EuroLeague's quarterfinals in the 2009–10 season.
In 2011, he signed a contract with the German club EWE Baskets Oldenburg.[1] In July 2013, he signed with the German club BBC Bayreuth.[2] In September 2015, he signed a contract with the French club Orchies. He signed with the French club Lille Métropole, in February 2016. Burrell retired from playing pro club basketball in April 2016, due to an injury.
Coaching career
editOn September 20, 2019, Burrell was hired as an assistant coach by the Long Island Nets, the NBA Development League affiliate of the NBA club the Brooklyn Nets.[3]
On November 14, 2020, he was hired as player development coach with the Chicago Bulls.[4]
In September 2022, Burrell became head coach of Long Island Nets, the G League affiliate of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. He was named Coach of the Month by the G League for both January and February 2023, making him only the fourth coach to win back-to-back Coach of the Month honors in G League history.[5]
Burrell was named Coach of the Year for the G League in spring 2023.
On July 25, 2024, he was hired as assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers.[6]
References
edit- ^ Oldenburg signs Ronnie Burrell Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BBC Bayreuth add Ronnie Burrell". Sportando.net. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Long Island Nets Announce Staff Additions". longislandnets.com. September 20, 2019.
- ^ "BULLS ADD TO 2020-21 COACHING STAFF". NBA.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "Long Island Nets coach Ronnie Burrell wins G League Coach of the Month ... again". Nets Daily. March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Trail Blazers Name Ronnie Burrell To Coaching Staff". NBA.com. July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.