Shawn Swords
Canadian basketball player and coach
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Jeffrey Shawn Swords (born December 27, 1973, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian basketball coach, and former player. He is currently[timeframe?] associate head coach for the Long Island Nets. He previously served as head coach of the Laurentian University Voyageurs men's basketball team.
Shawn Swords coaching the Laurentian Voyageurs. | |
| Long Island Nets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Associate head coach |
| League | NBA G League |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 2007–2022 | Laurentian University |
| 2022–2023 | Long Island Nets (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Long Island Nets (AHC) |
Medals | |
Playing career
He played for Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also played professionally overseas from 1997 to 2007 in England for the Worthing Bears, and also in France, Italy and on Team Canada.
Coaching career
Swords served as the head coach at Laurentian University from 2007 to 2022.[1]
On October 3, 2022, he was named assistant coach for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.[2] On August 10, 2023, he was promoted to associate head coach for the Long Island Nets.[3]