Frank Edward Kendrick (born September 11, 1950) is a retired American professional basketball player from Indianapolis, Indiana who plays in the NBA.
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College career
As an All-American option at Indianapolis Tech, Frank Kendrick studied at Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He played basketball under head coach George King in his sophomore season. Playing under Fred Schaus in his last two seasons at Purdue, he led the Boilers to the 1974 NIT Championship, scoring a team with 25 points high against Utah. He was selected as the team's MVP and as the First Team All-Big Ten's selection during the Junior and Senior seasons, while averaging 18.5 points per game in both seasons. He was named Helms Athletic Foundation All-American after his senior season. He finished his career at Purdue with 1,269 points, # 22 All-Time at Purdue; 664 rebounds (# 9 All-Time) and 29 double-doubles. Frank helped lead the team to an overall 48-30 record in his three college seasons, which included a record of 24-24 Big Ten Conferences.
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Professional career
Golden State Warriors
Kendrick is the 47th in the 3rd round of the 1974 NBA Draft. He played a season (1974-1975) at the National Basketball Association as a member of the Golden State Warriors. Playing with Rick Barry and fellow rookie Jamaal Wilkes in 24 games, he averaged 3.3 points per game and shot 40.3 percent of the field. The Warriors went on to win the 1975 NBA Championship and Kendrick won the championship ring in the only NBA season.
Euro League
After a season in the NBA, Kendrick moved abroad where he spent a decade in several European leagues (France, Belgium, and Switzerland).
Train a career
Purdue
After his professional career, he returned to his alma mater and joined the Purdue bench with assistant coach Steve Lavin and Bruce Weber under head coach Gene Keady. He is famous for recruiting John R. Wooden Award and NBA All-Star Glenn Robinson to play at Purdue. He helped Purdue to an overall record of 222-96, which included nine NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance. After ten years on the Purdue bench, another former Boilermaker, Cuonzo Martin, became an assistant a year later.
He was involved in the NCAA investigation for allegedly recruiting violations at Purdue in 1995. Purdue eventually paid a $ 80,000 fine and Kendrick left Purdue the following season.
Steelheads Gary
After ten seasons on the Boilermakers bench, he moved to train Steelheads Gary, the first-year franchise team located in Gary, Indiana at the CBA. He composed two former Boilers at Jaraan Cornell and Chad Austin.
More
Frank currently runs a basketball camp, which consists of former Purdue, IBA, and other NBA players. In 2002, he was inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He spent two seasons (2009-10 & amp; 2010-11) as head coach of his high school alma mater, Indianapolis Arsenal Tech High School. She currently works at Pike High School as Dean of Students.
References
External links
- Frank Kendrick on Basketball-Reference.com
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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