Andy Enfield

Early life and education

Andrew William Enfield, the son of Bill and Barbara Enfield, graduated as class valedictorian from Shippensburg High School in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Johns Hopkins University, where he was the first recruit of longtime head basketball head coach Bill Nelson. Enfield was a shooting guard and currently holds 18 school records, such as career points (2,025), single-season points (610), career scoring average (18.8), career field goals (680), career three-pointers (234), career three-point percentage (.470), career free throws (431), single-season free-throw percentage (95.3), and career minutes (3,542). He also set the NCAA record for career free throw percentage (.925) (since broken by Blake Ahearn) and was named a Division III Academic All-American in 1990 and 1991 and NABC All-American in 1991. Enfield graduated from JHU with a bachelor's degree in economics and earned the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He earned an MBA from the University of Maryland.

Career background

To supplement his income, Enfield and current Johns Hopkins lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala operated lacrosse and basketball camps, which focused on shooting. This evolved into consulting, where Enfield advertised himself as "the shot doctor". He moved to New York City and formed his first company which sells videos teaching his basketball shooting techniques.

In 2000, Enfield invested in and was hired as a vice president of finance at TractManager, a healthcare software startup. The company's founder/CEO, Thomas A. Rizk, said he "saw some genius in Andy in everything he did". Enfield remained with the company for over five years and, as of March 2013, still owns stock in it; founder Thomas Rizk stated the company is worth significantly more than the $100 million figure he claimed was erroneously reported by Sports Illustrated.

Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, and Florida State

Beginning in 1994, Enfield's work as a shooting consultant led to jobs as a shooting coach for two years each with the Milwaukee Bucks and then the Boston Celtics. After leaving TractManager, he was an assistant coach for five years to Leonard Hamilton with the Florida State Seminoles, which earned three trips to the NCAA tournament.

Florida Gulf Coast University

In 2011, Enfield was hired as the second head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University. In his first season, he led his team to the finals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, losing to regular season champion Belmont. His 2012–13 team first attracted attention by beating Miami and finishing with a second-place finish and second seed in the Atlantic Sun tournament. After defeating regular season champion Mercer in the championship game, the Eagles earned a 15 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament, where they pulled off a major upset by defeating 2 seed Georgetown in the first round and then 7 seed San Diego State in the second round, making them the first 15 seed in the tournament's history to reach the regional semifinals (popularly known as the "Sweet Sixteen"). Their run ended after being defeated 62–50 by No. 3 Florida.

USC

On April 1, 2013, the University of Southern California hired Enfield as its head basketball coach. He replaced Bob Cantu, who took over in the middle of the 2012–13 season on an interim basis from Kevin O'Neill, who was fired. At first the Trojans could not repeat the success of Enfield's previous team, finishing last in the Pac-12 in Enfield's first two seasons, but eventually made the NCAA Tournament in his third season as Trojans head coach. In his fourth season with USC, Enfield and the Trojans got out to a 14-0 start before dropping their conference opener to Oregon. Enfield would also record his 100th win as a head coach in a victory over conference opponent Stanford.

Personal life

Enfield's wife is former model Amanda Marcum. They have two daughters, Aila and Lily, and a son, Marcum. Enfield was inducted into Johns Hopkins University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.