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| ASSISTANT:
DARREN GRAVLEY |
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Rams Assistant Coach
DOB: 4/5/73
3rd NBL Season
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- Enters third season as
Rams Assistant Coach
- Basketball fanatic from
an early age
- In 2000 also coached
the Canterbury Knights to a credible mid-table
finish in the competitive Southern Conference
- After College (USA)
organised a team to tour China to conduct
coaching clinics and played matches in front of
the Red Army in Tinanamen Square, Beijing
- Began playing
basketball at age five
- Earned a scholarship to
Claremont McKenna College
- Conference Champions in
final year of study
- Career Highlight: 30
points and a perfect 8/8 3PT’s in a win to
advance to 3rd round of NCAA Div. III playoffs in
that year
- Born in Laguna Beach,
California (USA) to a New Zealander
- Parents: Gene and Sandy
- Sister: Ashlie
- Studying towards a Ph.D
in Geology at the University of Canterbury
- Spent two years
travelling the world before moving to New Zealand
in 1999
- Enjoys outdoor
adventure sports, photography, reading and
conversations
- Spends the off-season
studying and climbing volcanoes
- Childhood Sporting
Hero: John McEnroe
- Personal Motto:
“There are more things in heaven and earth
than can be dreamt of in your philosophy”
– Shakespeare
- Favourite Rams Aspects:
“Seeing the improvement of the guys. Being a
friend of the players first, and a coach
second."
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