Amir Abdur-Rahim (born March 18, 1981) is a former American basketball player and current coach. He is the head coach of the Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team.[1][2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kennesaw State |
| Conference | Atlantic Sun |
| Record | 19–65 (.226) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1981-03-18) March 18, 1981 (age 41) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2001 | Garden City CC |
| 2001–2004 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006–2011 | Murray State (assistant) |
| 2012–2014 | College of Charleston (assistant) |
| 2014–2018 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 2018–2019 | Georgia (assistant) |
| 2019–present | Kennesaw State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2011–2012 | Georgia Tech (dir. player development) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–65 (.226) |
Amir Abdur-Rahim played at Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia.[3]
After one season at Garden City Community College, Abdur-Rahim transferred to Southeastern Louisiana where he was a three-time All-Southland Conference selection playing for Billy Kennedy.[4] He graduated seventh all-time in career points and second all-time in three-pointers made and steals.[1]
Abdur-Rahim began coaching in 2006 serving as a graduate assistant at Murray State for two seasons under Kennedy before being promoted to a full-time assistant coach.[5] He stayed with the Racers until 2011, when he joined the staff at Georgia Tech as the director of player development for one season before becoming an assistant coach at the College of Charleston in 2012.[6] Abdur-Rahim reunited with Kennedy as an assistant coach at Texas A&M from 2014 to 2018 where he was on staff for two of the Aggies' Sweet 16 appearances.[7] In 2018, he returned to his home state to join Tom Crean's staff at Georgia.[8]
On April 18, 2019 Abdur-Rahim was named the head coach at Kennesaw State, replacing Al Skinner.[2][9]
Abdur-Rahim is one of 13 siblings. His brother Shareef played 13 years in the NBA, and is the current president of the NBA G League.[1] He's also the uncle of Shareef's son Jabri Abdur-Rahim
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Kennesaw State Owls (ASUN Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Kennesaw State | 1–28 | 0–16 | 9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Kennesaw State | 5–19 | 2–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Kennesaw State | 13–18 | 7–9 | T–4th (East) | |||||
| Kennesaw State: | 19–65 (.226) | 9–38 (.191) | |||||||
| Total: | 19–65 (.226) | ||||||||
Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball head coaches | |
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Men's basketball head coaches of the ASUN Conference | |
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