Damon Lamon Stoudamire was born on September 3,1973 and is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
36 Facts About Damon Stoudamire
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Damon Stoudamire played collegiately at the University of Arizona, and professionally for the Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs.
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Willie Stoudamire moved away to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to work in a brewery when Damon was seven years old.
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Damon Stoudamire was raised by his mother, Liz, and his grandmother, Wanda Damon Stoudamire-Matthews.
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Damon Stoudamire attended Holy Redeemer grade school and Harriet Tubman Middle School, then attended Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Damon Stoudamire was expected to attend and play basketball at Oregon, but chose to attend Arizona instead.
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Damon Stoudamire earned two Oregon Player of the Year awards and one Converse High School All-America Team selection during his senior year.
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Damon Stoudamire played point guard for the Arizona Wildcats and coach, Lute Olson.
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Damon Stoudamire was a first-team All-American and finalist for College Player of the Year.
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Damon Stoudamire teamed with Khalid Reeves his junior year to lead the team to the Final Four.
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Damon Stoudamire finished his college career first on the Wildcats' all-time list in three-pointers made, second in points, fourth in assists, and was the only player in Arizona history to have two 40-point games.
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Damon Stoudamire scored his career-high 45 points at Stanford University on January 14,1995.
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Damon Stoudamire was named a 1995 Wooden Award finalist after sharing the Pac-10 Player of the Year award with Ed O'Bannon.
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Damon Stoudamire made an impact with the Raptors before he ever set foot on the court for them.
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Years later, Damon Stoudamire would tell Maclean's that the boos did not bother him, being extra motivation for him, with the fans turning around on him once they saw him play for the first time.
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Damon Stoudamire would go on to a noteworthy rookie season with the Raptors, averaging 9.3 assists and 19 points per game.
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Damon Stoudamire set the record for three-point field goals made by a rookie with 133 breaking the record at the time held by Dennis Scott.
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Damon Stoudamire received the Schick Rookie of the Month award twice and unanimously made the Schick All Rookie First Team, and eventually won the Rookie of the Year award, receiving 76 of the possible 113 votes, and the MVP award of the Rookie All-Star Game.
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Damon Stoudamire did not play the last 10 games of his rookie season due to tendinitis in his left knee.
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Damon Stoudamire previously held the record for most triple doubles with the Toronto Raptors with 3 triple doubles, a record that stood until 2014, when it was broken by Kyle Lowry.
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However, Damon Stoudamire received significant playing time in the playoffs that season.
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On January 14,2005, Damon Stoudamire hit a career-high and Blazers then-franchise record 54 points, which included 8 3-pointers, against the New Orleans Hornets.
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Damon Stoudamire wanted the Blazers to work out a sign-and-trade deal whereby he would end up with the Houston Rockets, but since this would have required Portland to take one of Houston's overpaid players in return and the team, at that time, had a relatively high payroll, Portland management decided to go in another direction with players like Travis Outlaw and Sebastian Telfair.
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Damon Stoudamire was carted off the court, and had successful surgery in Birmingham, Alabama the following week.
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On February 3,2008, Damon Stoudamire signed a contract with the San Antonio Spurs.
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Damon Stoudamire briefly started for the Spurs while Tony Parker was injured, but then was relegated to spot duty throughout the rest of the season and the playoffs.
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Damon Stoudamire considered going to camp with the Houston Rockets, but he did not attend training camp.
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In December 2008, Damon Stoudamire accepted a coaching position as director of player development for the guard-heavy Rice University Owls squad under head coach Ben Braun.
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In February 2009, Damon Stoudamire joined the coaching staff of the Grizzlies, along with Henry Bibby.
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In May 2011, Damon Stoudamire joined the coaching staff of the University of Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, where his coaching and recruiting contributions were noted with enthusiasm during the '11-'12 season.
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In May 2013, Damon Stoudamire left Memphis to join the coaching staff of the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team.
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In May 2015, Damon Stoudamire left Arizona to rejoin the coaching staff of the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team.
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In March 2016, Damon Stoudamire left Memphis to take over the head coaching position for the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team.
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In July 2021, Damon Stoudamire left Pacific to accept an assistant coach position with the Boston Celtics.
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On March 13,2023, Damon Stoudamire was announced as the new head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
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Damon Stoudamire is the cousin of former NBA players Salim Damon Stoudamire and Terrence Jones, and current NBA player Grant Williams.