Joey Wright

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joey Wright
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Sep 4, 1968(1968-09-04)
Age	56
Birthplace	Alton
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Virgo

Joey Wright Biography

Joey Wright is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on September 4, 1968 in Alton, Illinois, United States. National Basketball League Coach of the Year in 2004 , and 2007, with The Brisbane Bullets who also won a championship as the team’s coach in 2007 for The Bullets during 2007.

He was a star athlete during his time at his school, the University of Texas just as He was a stellar player at the University of Texas just as Kevin Durant was before he started dominating in the NBA. was before he began dominating the NBA.

Wright was born in Alton, Illinois and enrolled at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa after high school. He played on the Drake Bulldogs basketball squad during the 1986-87 NCAA season but received little playing time on the court. Wright transferred after his freshman year to the University of Texas for a chance to play with the school’s prestigious Longhorns basketball team. After sitting out as a redshirt sophomore in 1987-88, Wright was selected as the Longhorn’s point guard from 1988 through 1991. Wright and teammates’ Lance Blanks and Travis Mays stellar offensive performance dubbed the trio as the “BMW Scoring Machine” during the 1989-90 basketball season. Wright was particularly known for his hustling and effective jump shots that greatly helped contribute to the “Scoring Machine”. The Longhorn team won the Southwest Conference tournament that season and advanced to the Elite Eight in the 1990 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament.

Wright spent the spring of 1991 at the Chicago National Basketball Association tryout camp, where he showcased a high field goal percentage and averaged nearly ten points a game. He even caught the eye of the Boston Celtics, who expressed an interest in Joey Wright during the tryouts. However the Celtics eventually passed up on Wright, whose lack in quickness and size were looked down upon. Wright was nonetheless projected to be drafted in either the late 1st or early 2nd round of the 1991 NBA Draft. Several weeks later he was selected at the tail end of the 2nd round as the 50th pick of the NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. Friends and Longhorn teammates celebrated the announcement at Joey Wright’s apartment; but despite all the excitement the former University of Texas basketball star was much concerned with his low draft pick. Joey Wright was released by the Suns prior to the 1991–92 NBA season. Although Wright played overseas for several years, he never appeared in an NBA game.

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Joey Wright Net Worth

Joey Wright is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joey Wright 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played his college ball mostly with the Texas Longhorns after transferring there from Drake. He was instrumental in taking his team to the Elite Eight in the 1990 tournament.

He was picked as the 50th pick overall of the Phoenix Suns of the NBA but he never played in any actual game.

Joey Glenn Wright (born September 4, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He has been the head coach of three teams in the Australian National Basketball League: the Brisbane Bullets, which won an NBL championship in 2007, the now-defunct Gold Coast Blaze and the Adelaide 36ers. He is a three-time NBL Coach of the Year (2003–04, 2006–07 and 2016–17), and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

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Adelaide again made it to the Semi-finals in 2014–15, but missed the playoffs in 2015–16. In the 2016–17 NBL season, the 36ers started off slowly winning just 3 of their first 9 games. However, from there they became the team to beat, winning 14 of their next 15 games and by Round 16 of the 19 round, 28 game season had been confirmed as regular season champions for the first time since 1999–2000. The 36ers finished the season with a 17-11 record, two games clear of the second placed Cairns Taipans. Wright won the Coach of the Month award in November, December and January, going undefeated in December. As a result, Wright won his 3rd Coach of the Year award on February 13, 2017, joining Brian Goorjian and Lindsay Gaze (who the CotY award is named for) as a 3-time winner of the award. At the season’s conclusion, Wright signed a five- year contract extension with the 36ers.

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Joey Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joey Wright celebrates birthday on September 4 of every year.