Ray Tolbert

American basketball player-coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican basketball player-coach
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Sports coach Basketball player Basketball coach
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth10 September 1958, Anderson
Age66 years
The details

Biography

Raymond Lee "Ray" Tolbert (born September 10, 1958) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (18th overall) of the 1981 NBA draft. A 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) power forward from Indiana University, Tolbert played in five NBA seasons for six different teams. He played for the Nets, Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Hawks.
During the senior year of his collegiate career in 1981, starters Tolbert, Landon Turner, Isiah Thomas, Randy Wittman, and Ted Kitchel led Indiana to its fourth NCAA championship and Coach Bob Knight's second.
In his NBA career, he played in 261 games and scored a total of 928 points.
He later became the coach of the ABA's Anderson Champions.
He currently resides in Fishers, Indiana where he is the Varsity Assistant at Fishers High School.

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