Kenny Gattison

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kenny Gattison
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1964(1964-05-23)
Age	60
Birthplace	Wilmington
Country	United States
Birth City	Wilmington
Horoscope	Gemini

Kenny Gattison Biography

Kenny Gattison is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on May 23, 1964 in Wilmington, Wilmington, United States. Kenneth Clay Gattison (born May 23, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player and National Basketball Association (NBA) assistant coach.

After retiring, Gattison served as an assistant coach on John Calipari’s staff with the New Jersey Nets from 1996–98. He then returned to his alma mater, Old Dominion in 2001 as an assistant coach until 2003 when he was named assistant coach with his former team, the New Orleans (former Charlotte) Hornets. He remained with New Orleans until June 2009.

Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Gattison was a four-year lettermen at Old Dominion University. He is the Sun Belt Conference’s all-time rebound leader with 963 recoveries, and ranks fourth all-time at ODU. His 1,623 career points ranks him 11th all-time in ODU history.

On July 28, 2010, Gattison was named an assistant coach to the Atlanta Hawks under head coach Larry Drew.

In his NBA career, Gattison played in 494 games and scored a total of 3,923 points. His best season as a professional came during the 1991–92 NBA season as a member of the Hornets, appearing in 82 games (71 starts) and averaging 12.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Gattison’s 0.529 career field goal percentage with the Charlotte Hornets is the best in the franchise history.

Kenny Gattison Net Worth

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

Kenny performed 34 double-doubles and had 87 double figure games. Gattison competed in the 1983 National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs for the East Squad. He also was selected to the U.S. Junior World Cup team in 1983. Gattison averaged 16.1 points per game for ODU in 1985 and 17.4 points per game in 1986. He helped lead ODU to two straight NCAA Tournament bids and in his senior year of 1986, the eighth seeded Monarchs defeated West Virginia for ODU’s first ever NCAA Division I Tournament win. That same year, Gattison shot .637 (218–342) from the field.

Gattison was named honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press in 1985 and 1986. He was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1986, and was later named to the Sun Belt Conference’s All-Decade team. The ODU Alumni Association named Gattison as the 1986 Male Athlete of the Year. Gattison graduated from Old Dominion with a degree in distributive education, specializing in personnel management. In April 1991, Gattison was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame. In 1992 his #44 jersey at ODU was retired. In 2004 New Hanover High School named the basketball court in his name and on Feb. 8, 2013 Gattison was inducted into the Greater Wilmington Area Sports Hall of Fame.

Gattison was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 3rd round (55th overall) of the 1986 NBA draft. A 6’8″ forward-center, he in nine NBA seasons for 3 different teams. He played for the Phoenix Suns (1986–87, 1988), Charlotte Hornets (1989–95) and Vancouver Grizzlies (1995–96). On February 22, 1996 he was traded by the Grizzlies to the Orlando Magic, and on August 9, 1996 the Magic traded him to Utah Jazz, but he did not appear in any games for those teams.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Kenny Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kenny Gattison celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.