Beau Archibald

Beau Archibald (born December 19, 1976) is an American basketball coach, currently coaching internationally with El Jaish in Doha, Qatar. He previously coached the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association and the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons and Foshan Dralions. Before coaching Internationally Archibald coached under Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun[1] at his alma mater, the University of Connecticut[2] where he was a part of the Huskies' Final Four run in 2009.

Beau Archibald
CBA Playoffs
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAl Jaysh
Biographical details
Born (1976-12-19) December 19, 1976
Los Angeles, California
Playing career
1996–1997Washington State
1998–2001UConn
Position(s)Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002UConn (assistant)
2002–2003Texas Tech (assistant)
2003–2004Florida Atlantic (assistant)
2004–2005Jacksonville (assistant)
2005–2006FIU (assistant)
2007–2010UConn (asst.)
2011Foshan Dralions
2011–2012Shanxi Zhongyu (Associate HC)

Before coaching at Connecticut, Archibald worked at Florida International, Texas San Antonio, Jacksonville University,[3] Florida Atlantic University[4] and started his career as a volunteer assistant at Texas Tech with Bobby Knight. Throughout his coaching career Archibald has worked with some of basketball's best coaches, including Jim Calhoun and Bobby Knight. Archibald has also worked with Hugh Durham[5] and Wang Fei, who was the former China men's national basketball team) coach.[6]

Archibald has a daughter named Kennadi,[7] who was born on June 10, 2003.

Biography

Early life and education

Archibald was born in Los Angeles, California. He started high school in Tempe, Arizona at Corona del Sol High School, where he won a state championship in 1994.[8] Archibald's family moved his senior year to Provo, Utah where he graduated from Timpview High School in Provo, Utah in 1995.[9]

Archibald's father Lynn (1944–1997) was a Division I head coach at Idaho State (1977–1982) in Pocatello, Idaho, and Utah (1983–1989) in Salt Lake City.

References
  1. "Jim Calhoun - Kevin Ollie Basketball Camp". Archived from the original on August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  2. "www.UConnHuskies.com". www.UConnHuskies.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  3. "Baseball – Roster – Beau Archibald – Jacksonville University Official Athletic Site". Judolphins.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  4. Beau Archibald. "Beau Archibald Bio – Florida Atlantic Owls Official Athletic Site". Fausports.com. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  5. "Dolphins Name Beau Archibald Assistant Basketball Coach :: Former Florida Atlantic and Texas Tech assistant joins Dolphin staff". Cstv.com. 2004-08-19. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  6. "Wang Fei Appointed Head Coach of Chinese Men's Basketball Team". English.people.com.cn. 2001-03-16. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  7. Kennadi Archibald- Following into his moms and dads footsteps-Plays basketball
  9. Facer, Dirk (1994-12-27). "NEW ADDITIONS TRANSFORM TIMPVIEW INTO 4A POWER". Deseret News. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
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