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Billy Singleton (born June 1, 1968 in New York City) is a former professional basketball player, most notable for his career in the British Basketball League. Singleton is the 4th leading scorer in British basketball history & 5th leading rebounder in British basketball history, 3rd in field goal percentage in British basketball history. Billy is the product of a true basketball family and credits his basketball achievement to his two older sisters & his uncle. - Lorna Singleton (L.I.U. women's Basketball 1981-1985 Hall of Fame) - Carla Singleton (1983-1987 Northeastern University Hall of Fame) -Ed Pinckney (1981-1985 Villanova University, National Champions, NBA, Chicago Bulls Assistant Coach)
The forward most recently played for the Chester Jets, where he occupied the role of top assistant coach for 1 season, head coach for 2 seasons.
In 2007, Singleton accepted the offer to become Director of Basketball Operations at his former college, St. John's of the Big East Conference.
Career
- 1987-1988:
St. John's (NCAA) - 1988-1989: St. John's (NCAA)
- 1989-1990: St. John's (NCAA)
- 1990-1991: St. John's (NCAA)
- 1991-1991:
Queens Annadale - 1992-1993:
Birmingham Bullets - 1993-1994:
AEL Limassol - 1994 National De Ingenieros/ Honduras
- 1994-1995:
Maccabi Naharya - 1995 Santiago Chile
- 1995-1996: Chester Jets
- 1996-1997: Chester Jets
- 1997-1998: Leicester Riders
- 1998-1999: Leicester Riders
- 1999-2000: Thames Valley Tigers
- 2000 Dandenong Rangers Australia
- 2000-2001: Leicester Riders
- 2001-2002: Leicester Riders
- 2002-2003: Scottish Rocks
(in May, 2003, signed 1-game contract with Vichy Auvergne)
- 2003-2004: Chester Jets
- 2004-2005: Chester Jets
- 2005-2006: Chester Jets (Player/Coach)
- 2006-2007: Chester Jets {Player/Coach}
Awards and achievements
- New York City Player of the year 1987 Iron Horse Award Winner
- All-City, All-State,All-American 1987
- 1991 Captain of St.John's University Basketball Team (Elight 8)
- AAU Junior Olympic National Championship Team,(Gauchos) 1987
- Big East All-Star Team, 1990
- English All-Star Game, 1993, 1997 and 1999
- English League All-Star Team, 1997
- Player Of The Year Honduras 1994
- Israeli League Newcomer of the Year, 1995
- BBL Champion, 2001 and 2003
- National Cup Winner, 2000–2001
- National Cup Runner-up, 1997–1998
- BBL Trophy Winner, 2003–2004
- BBL Trophy Runner-up, 1996–1997
- BBL Championship Winner, 2004–2005
- Play-off Runner-up, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005
- Play-off Winner, 2000–2001 and 2002–2003