24 Facts About Chuck Person

Chuck Connors Person was born on June 28,1964 and is an American former basketball player and coach.

Chuck Person played college basketball at Auburn University and was selected fourth overall in the 1986 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers, for whom he played six seasons.

Chuck Person played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Hornets and Seattle SuperSonics.

Chuck Person's 17-year coaching career ended when Person was ensnared in a college recruitment scandal and pleaded guilty to a bribery charge.

Chuck Person attended Brantley High School in Brantley, Alabama and played college basketball at Auburn University.

Chuck Person was the most prolific scorer in Auburn basketball history.

Chuck Person was a four-year letter winner at Auburn from 1982 to 1986, helping the team to Auburn's first three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 1986.

Chuck Person helped Auburn win the 1985 SEC Tournament, for which he was named Tournament MVP as Auburn was the first league school to win four tournament games in four days.

Chuck Person, who played alongside fellow Auburn greats Charles Barkley and Chris Morris, is the all-time scoring leader in Auburn history, with 2,311 points in 126 games for an 18.3 ppg mark, which is sixth all time in school history.

Chuck Person is the school record-holder for field goals made and field goals attempted and is third in total rebounds.

Chuck Person was a two-time All-American, a three-time First Team All-SEC selection and was selected to ESPN's SEC Silver Anniversary Team.

Chuck Person was selected fourth in the 1986 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers; the small forward won the Rookie of the Year award in 1987 and played six seasons with Indiana.

Chuck Person was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with Micheal Williams, in a deal that sent Sam Mitchell and Pooh Richardson to Indiana in 1993.

Chuck Person played for the San Antonio Spurs from 1994 through 1998.

Chuck Person played one season each with the Charlotte Hornets and Seattle SuperSonics before retiring from the NBA in 2000.

Chuck Person was then a player-relations assistant and scout to president Donnie Walsh in the Pacers' front office from January 2003 until July 2005, when he moved to an assistant-coaching position within the organization.

Chuck Person became an assistant coach for Sacramento in 2007, but he left the Kings after head coach Reggie Theus was fired in mid-December 2008.

Chuck Person was invited to be Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson's assistant in 2009.

Chuck Person returned to his job with the Lakers after the interview.

However, Chuck Person was fired after the season; he was the last remaining member from Jackson's Lakers staff.

Chuck Person is the older brother of former NBA player Wesley Person.

Chuck Person is the father of two daughters, Millicent and Tiffany and one son, Chuck Jr.

Chuck Person was arrested by federal law enforcement on September 25,2017 in Alabama, after being indicted by a federal grand jury on six felony counts: bribery conspiracy, solicitation of bribes and gratuities, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, honest services wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and travel act conspiracy after allegedly accepting kickbacks for steering student-athletes to financial managers.

Chuck Person was suspended without pay by Auburn University the day after his arrest and was fired by Auburn University on November 7,2017.