Edward Cuthbert "Terry" Driscoll Jr. (born August 28, 1947) is a former American college athletics administrator and professional basketball player. Until 2017, he served as athletic director at the College of William & Mary.

Terry Driscoll
Terry Driscoll c. 1968
Personal information
Born (1947-08-28) August 28, 1947 (age 77)
Winthrop, Massachusetts, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolBoston College HS
(Boston, Massachusetts)
CollegeBoston College (1966–1969)
NBA draft1969: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1970–1978
PositionSmall forward
Number17, 35, 7
Career history
As player:
1969–1970Virtus Bologna
1970–1971Detroit Pistons
19711972Baltimore Bullets
19721974Milwaukee Bucks
1974–1975Spirits of St. Louis
1975–1978Virtus Bologna
As coach:
1978–1980Virtus Bologna
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points1,127 (4.1 ppg)
Rebounds1,114 (4.1 rpg)
Assists221 (0.8 apg)
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Stats at Basketball Reference

College career

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Driscoll played at Boston College from 1966 to 1969. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1969 National Invitational Tournament after leading his school to the tournament final against Temple University.

Professional career

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After graduating, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the fourth pick of the 1969 NBA draft. He played a season in the Italian Serie A with Virtus Bologna before joining the Pistons for the 1970–71 NBA season.

After one season with Detroit, he moved to the Baltimore Bullets in 1971, also staying a season. He then had two seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and one with the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, averaging 4.1 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per game over the course of his American professional career.

He spent the next five years in Italy as a player and then a coach, winning two Italian championships.

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

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1970–71 Detroit 69 - 18.2 .415 - .701 5.8 0.8 - - 5.4
1971–72 Baltimore 40 - 7.8 .385 - .692 2.7 0.6 - - 2.7
1972–73 Baltimore 1 - 5.0 .000 - .000 3.0 0.0 - - 0.0
1972–73 Milwaukee 59 - 16.3 .429 - .694 5.0 0.9 - - 5.5
1973–74 Milwaukee 64 - 10.9 .471 - .652 3.1 0.8 0.3 0.3 3.2
1974-75 Milwaukee 11 - 4.7 .231 - .500 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6
Career 244 - 13.4 .425 - .690 4.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 4.2

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1971–72 Baltimore 1 - 2.0 1.000 - 1.000 1.0 0.0 - - 3.0
1972–73 Milwaukee 6 - 2.7 .000 - .000 0.0 0.2 - - 0.0
1973–74 Milwaukee 9 - 3.2 .500 - 1.000 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.3
Career 16 - 2.9 .400 - 1.000 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.9

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974–75 St. Louis 30 - 11.7 .377 .000 .741 2.9 1.1 0.3 0.2 3.7

Post-playing career

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After leaving professional basketball, Driscoll worked in product marketing and sales for different sporting goods companies before moving to sports marketing and management. He worked as the Boston site venue executive director during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Driscoll became the athletic director at William & Mary in 1995, succeeding John Randolph who had served ten years until he died from cancer.[1] He held the position until his retirement on June 30, 2017.[2] He was succeeded by Samantha Huge.[3]

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