Vincent Grier (born March 14, 1983) is an American former basketball player and current assistant coach for the Truman Bulldogs. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He has scored 1,118 points,[citation needed] but did not play during his junior season, due to an injury.
| Truman Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | GLVC | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 14, 1983 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Bonner Academy (Raleigh, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2006: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Sioux Falls Skyforce | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | BCM Gravelines | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Cholet Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Applied Science University | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Pi Koleji Ankara | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | BC Orchies | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Maliye Milli Piyango | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Caneros de La Romana | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | UIS (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Western Carolina (graduate assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Truman (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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He played for Minnesota after transferring from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2003. He led the Gophers in scoring for two consecutive seasons, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament that resulted in a first-round loss to Iowa State. He was signed by the 2006 NBA champions Miami Heat.[1]
Since graduating from Minnesota, Grier has played professionally in Europe. He was signed by French club Cholet Basket for the 2008–09 season.[2] Previously, he had played for BCM Gravelines.
Notes
edit- ^ Former Gophers guard Grier faces a pair of hurdles in quest to play in NBA - Minnesota Daily Archived August 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vincent Grier pour remplacer Samad Nikkhah. September 30, 2008. (in French)
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