| Intro | American basketball coach and basketball player | ||||
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Sports coach Basketball coach Athlete Basketball player |
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| From | United States of America | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 29 June 1972, Chicago, USA | ||||
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22 September 2017 (aged 45 years) |
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| Star sign | Cancer | ||||
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Glen Whisby Jr. (June 29, 1972 – September 21, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played the center position. He played college basketball at the University of Southern Mississippi.
College career
Whisby attended Brookhaven High School and played for school team. After graduation from high school, he attended University of Southern Mississippi where he played for Golden Eagles from 1991 to 1995. Whisby averaged 13.8 points per game during his career at Southern Miss, and is ninth on the all-time points list with 1,598. He was a three-time All-Metro Conference selection during his Golden Eagle career. He ranks second to Clarence Weatherspoon for career blocks (222) and ninth in scoring (1,598 points).
Professional career
Following graduation, Whisby was drafted by Fort Wayne Fury of the Continental Basketball Association in the second round (29th overall) of the 1995 CBA draft. Instead, he went overseas in 1995 to play for Gijon Baloncesto in Spain and following season, spent the summer playing for the USBL’s Florida Sharks, before going back to Spain to join Estudiantes. In 1998–99, Whisby played with Pallacanestro Cantu of Italy, before heading back to Spain in 1999–00 to play for Gijon. In 2000, Whisby joined Aurora Basket Jesi of Italy.
In 2000–01, Whisby played in Russia with UNICS, and in 2001–02 he played in Turkey with Fenerbahçe. In 2002–03, he played in Poland with Polonia Warszawa and in France with JDA Dijon Basket. For the 2003–04 season he moved to Tuborg Pilsener of Turkey, then he played one season in Italian LegaDue Basket with Basket Club Ferrara, before returning to Turkey in 2005–06 to play with Galatasaray. In 2006–07, he played in France with Hyeres-Toulon. In 2008, he played with Lappeenrannan NMKY of Finland and his last club was Basketbal Pezinok of Slovakia.
Post-playing career
He worked at Seton Hill University as assistant men’s basketball coach during the 2014–15 season.
Whisby died on September 22, 2017, at the age of 45 after suffering a heart attack.