Kenny Grant (basketball)
Kenneth Grant is an American-Swedish former professional basketball player and coach.
Career[edit]
A native of New York, Grant attended Saint Peter's College. From 1965 to 1968, he saw action in a total of 75 games for the Peacocks.[1] A 6'1 forward, Grant helped Saint Peter's men's basketball team advance to the National Invitational Tournament semifinals in 1968. The 1967-68 Peacock team was inducted into the Saint Peter's University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.[2] As an individual, Grant was inducted in 2001.[3]
After college, he worked a teacher,[4] before joining a basketball tour team compiled by Jim McGregor.[5] Grant went to Sweden in 1972 to play professional basketball. He was a member of the Hageby BK team in Norrköping between 1972 and 1983. In 1980, he won the Swedish national championship with the club[6] and subsequently competed in the FIBA Champions' Cup.[7]
Grant received Swedish citizenship[8] and participated in the 1983 European Championships.[9] The same year, he accepted an offer from France, joining Le Mans Sarthe Basket. He played for the Le Mans side in 1983-84[10] and later became the team's coach. Other coaching stints in France include Stade Français and Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez.[11] He also held coach's clinics in African countries.[12]
Grant got into agent business,[8] in the early 2000s, he and his family moved to Lido Beach, New York. Grant and his wife, whom he met in Sweden, have three children.[13] Son Kenny Grant Junior attended Davidson College before embarking on a career in professional basketball.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ken Grant College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Saint Peter's Athletics 33rd Hall of Fame Class Announced". Saint Peter's University Athletics. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Ken Grant (2001) - Hall of Fame". Saint Peter's University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Where AreThey Now?". Pauw Wow. 1968-12-04. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "The Tour". Sports Illustrated Vault. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Här är utlänningarna som lyckats bäst i Norrköping". Folkbladet (in Swedish). 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Champions Cup 1980-81". Pearl Basket. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ a b "Basket (Pro B) : Petit Kenny deviendra Grant". 20 Minutes. 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Kenny Grant profile, European Championship for Men 1983". FIBA. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Histoire du MSB et du SCM". Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "La photo: Nos héros américains". BasketEurope.com (in French). 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ ""Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History from SEED Project to the Basketball Africa League (BAL)"" (PDF). SOAS University of London. 2020. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Hall of Famer". Long Beach Herald. 2001-11-29. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Kenny Grant Jr klar för Dolphins". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2024-05-18.