Scott Flemming
American basketball coach
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Scott William Flemming (born 1958) is an American professional basketball coach, who is currently coaching the India men's national basketball team. Prior to this he served as the technical director of the NBA Academy India. Prior to returning to India he was the coach of Northwest Nazarene University, Nyack College and Mount Vernon Nazarene University. His overall college record as a coach is 448–291.
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| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Louisville High School, Louisville, Ohio | ||||||||||||||
| College | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1982–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2012–2015; 2024– | India | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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Flemming made sports headlines internationally through his work as the coach of India national basketball team,[1] which he first coached from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the assistant coach (2010–2012) for Texas Legends, the NBA Development League team of Dallas Mavericks. Flemming further directed numerous basketball camps and coached internationally in Sweden, Poland, South Africa, Mexico and Jamaica. He also appeared on the Professional Perspectives Podcast for Season 5, episode 5.
Achievements
India national team
- Gold at the South Asian Championship (2014, 2015)
- Gold in the 2014 Lusofonia Games
US college
- Two time national coach of the year (1998, 2000)
- Teams won 3 conference tournaments and 2 regular season championships
- Teams were in the top 20 national rankings for 10 seasons, unanimous no. 1 in 1999
- Won the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament