54 Facts About Cliff Clinkscales

Clifford Clinkscales was born on March 11,1984 and is an American professional basketball head coach and retired player.

Cliff Clinkscales is the head coach of the KW Titans of the Basketball Super League.

Cliff Clinkscales spent most of his professional career in NBL Canada, playing from 2013 to 2020 in Halifax for the Rainmen and the Hurricanes.

Cliff Clinkscales was rated as a three-star recruit, and several major college basketball programs showed interest in him.

Cliff Clinkscales played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons from 2004 to 2008.

Cliff Clinkscales averaged 8.3 points per game in his first season in college while becoming the fifth freshman in DePaul history to record 100 assists in a season.

Cliff Clinkscales was selected in the 2008 NBA Development League Draft by the Erie BayHawks, where he played most of his D-League career.

Cliff Clinkscales was raised by his mother and a family friend, Clarence Washington.

Cliff Clinkscales spent one year in Springfield Gardens High School in Queens, but poor grades prevented him from playing basketball there.

At Shores Christian Academy, Cliff Clinkscales became a top player on the basketball team, averaging 21 points and 12 assists during his senior year.

Cliff Clinkscales's team won the National Association of Christian Athletes championship behind a 36-win season, and he was named the Ocala Star-Banner boys' basketball player of the year.

The low competition level at Ocala prevented Cliff Clinkscales from drawing national attention.

Cliff Clinkscales was in the spotlight playing for the Atlanta Celtics, an Amateur Athletic Union program made up of players such as Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, and Randolph Morris.

Cliff Clinkscales joined the team because they needed a reliable point guard.

Cliff Clinkscales was rated a three-star recruit by both Rivals.

Cliff Clinkscales made multiple unofficial visits to Florida State, which was his first choice; however, the team did not offer him an athletic scholarship because of his low test scores.

Once he improved his scores, Cliff Clinkscales caught the attention of more schools, including Baylor University and St John's University in his hometown.

On May 7,2004, Cliff Clinkscales announced his decision to play for the DePaul Blue Demons, noting that it would soon be a part of the Big East Conference, which provided him the opportunity to play at Madison Square Garden.

On November 20,2004, Cliff Clinkscales made his collegiate debut with the Blue Demons by scoring one point and recording two assists in 14 minutes against Bowling Green.

Cliff Clinkscales soon became popular among DePaul basketball fans, and was nicknamed "The Colonel".

Cliff Clinkscales recorded six assists and a season-high four rebounds in the contest.

Cliff Clinkscales closed the season averaging 2.5 points, 3.4 assists, and 0.9 rebounds in 15 minutes per game.

Cliff Clinkscales finished the season with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.31, the third-best in Conference USA and the best on his team.

Cliff Clinkscales became the fifth DePaul freshman ever to break the 100-assist barrier.

Cliff Clinkscales scored three points and passed for a team-high six assists but had five turnovers.

Cliff Clinkscales made two three-pointers and five free throws in the game, both of which would be season highs.

On January 21,2006, Cliff Clinkscales had a season-best six assists in a one-point loss to Providence.

Cliff Clinkscales played four minutes in DePaul's season-opening loss to Bradley on November 11,2006, but recorded no statistics.

Cliff Clinkscales's team ended up defeating their opponents by 30 points, pushed by a 40-point performance by Sammy Mejia.

Cliff Clinkscales began his final season at DePaul with a 12-point loss to Creighton on November 9,2007.

Cliff Clinkscales led NCAA Division I with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.62.

On November 7,2008, Cliff Clinkscales was selected as the seventh pick of the ninth round in the 2008 NBA Development League Draft by the Erie BayHawks.

Cliff Clinkscales was a guy we liked from when we played them early in the season.

Towards the end of the season, on March 30,2009, Cliff Clinkscales was acquired from the player pool by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D-League.

Cliff Clinkscales capped the season with a double-double of 12 points and ten assists vs the Austin Spurs.

Cliff Clinkscales lived with five other teammates in a duplex house in Bay County, Florida.

Cliff Clinkscales finished the season averaging 11 points, 9.8 assists, and 3.3 rebounds.

Cliff Clinkscales finished with four points, two rebounds, and a game-high 15 assists, as his team defeated the Central Division.

On May 14,2014, Cliff Clinkscales was announced as one of six protected players on the Rainmen roster for the upcoming season, meaning that he could not be approached by any other NBL Canada team.

The team, which parted ways with their head coach Craig Hodges, aimed to return many of its players from the previous season, and Rainmen owner Andre Levingston labelled Cliff Clinkscales as having been one of his priorities to keep on the team.

Cliff Clinkscales ended the season averaging 6.6 points, 5.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game.

Cliff Clinkscales returned to the Halifax team, but he had to play with mostly new teammates and a new coach in Hugo Lopez.

Cliff Clinkscales eventually assumed the position of team captain during the season.

Cliff Clinkscales went on to break the double-digit scoring mark on January 23,2016, in a victory against the Island Storm, when he had ten points and a game-high seven assists.

Cliff Clinkscales notched four steals, which would be a season high.

Cliff Clinkscales's team won the game in overtime against the A's.

Cliff Clinkscales scored nine points and passed a team-high nine assists in the victory.

Cliff Clinkscales was one of several players on the team who returned to the Hurricanes with the hope of again contending for the NBL Canada championship.

Cliff Clinkscales was happy to see so many returning players, commenting, "our coaching staff and owners did a great job of bringing the guys back, and these guys are pretty good".

Cliff Clinkscales had 14 points and 14 assists in the decisive loss.

Nonetheless, Cliff Clinkscales was averaging 10.1 assists per game, the best of his NBL Canada career.

Cliff Clinkscales had double-digit assists in 13 of his 24 games.

On December 24,2021, Cliff Clinkscales was announced as an assistant coach for the KW Titans of the NBL Canada.

Cliff Clinkscales has played streetball with the Sean Bell All-Stars against local teams in New York City, acting as the starting point guard.