Shawn Swords
 Shawn Swords coaching the Laurentian Voyageurs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Associate head coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA G League | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2022 | Laurentian University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Long Island Nets (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Long Island Nets (AHC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeffrey Shawn Swords (born December 27, 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian basketball coach, and former player. He is currently associate head coach for the Long Island Nets. He previously served as head coach of the Laurentian University Voyageurs men's basketball team.
Playing career
[edit]He played for Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also played professionally overseas from 1997 to 2007 in England for the Worthing Bears, and also in France, Italy and on Team Canada.
Coaching career
[edit]Swords served as the head coach at Laurentian University from 2007 to 2022.[1]
On October 3, 2022, he was named assistant coach for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.[2] On August 10, 2023, he was promoted to associate head coach for the Long Island Nets.[3]
Personal life
[edit]His daughters, Syla and Savannah, are both basketball players. Syla is committed to play college basketball at Michigan.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "It's official: Swords not returning as LU Voyageurs coach". sudbury.com. March 24, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Long Island Nets Announce Coaching And Basketball Operations Staff". gleague.nba.com. October 3, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Long Island Nets Announce Coaching Staff". longisland.gleague.nba.com. August 10, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ Pascal, Randy (September 3, 2023). "ESPN takes note of both Syla and Savannah Swords". sudburysports.com. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in France
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Laurentian Voyageurs basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Canada
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Basketball players from Ottawa
- Besançon BCD players
- Brighton Bears players
- FC Mulhouse Basket players
- 2002 FIBA World Championship players
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Long Island Nets coaches