NBA draft 2003 / Undrafted 2009–2010 NBA D-League (admin) | Coaching career 2003–present Position Coach | |
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League American Athletic Conference Born April 4, 1981 (age 35) ( 1981-04-04 ) College UMass Minutemen men's basketball (1999–2001) |
Dwayne killings with zach gelb and chase senior
Dwayne Killings (born April 4, 1981) is an American basketball player and current coach. He is currently an assistant at the University of Connecticut.
Killings was a walk-on player for the UMass men's basketball team from 1999 to 2001, before transferring to Hampton University for his final two years of college.
Killings began coaching right after graduating from college, joining the staff of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats as an assistant. In 2006, he became the assistant director of basketball operators at Temple University. Following three years at Temple, Killings started working in the NBA D-League monitoring player development and progress. He began his first job as an assistant coach for college basketball in 2010 at Boston University, where he helped lead the team to a conference championship and an NCAA tournament appearance. In 2011, Killings returned to Temple, this time as an assistant coach helping to lead the team to two regular season conference titles and three NCAA tournament bids. In 2016, The University of Connecticut announced that Killings would be joining the basketball staff as an assistant coach.