Kirk Haston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kirk Haston

American basketball player

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1979

Place of Birth: Lobelville, Tennessee, United States

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Kirk Haston

  • Kirk Haston (born March 10, 1979 in Lobelville, Tennessee) is an American former professional basketball player.
  • He attended Perry County High School in Linden, Tennessee, where, as a senior, he was a part of the 37-0 Class A state championship team, being named Class A "Mr.
  • Basketball".
  • His college career took place under head coach Bob Knight and Mike Davis at Indiana University where, in the 2000-01 season he led the Big Ten in scoring and was a 3rd Team All-American selection.
  • Haston's most memorable moment came during the 2000-01 season when his buzzer-beating three-pointer beat defending champion and top-ranked Michigan State 59-58 at the Assembly Hall.
  • During his sophomore year, he lost his mother, Patti Kirk Haston, 48, in a tornado that hit the county seat, Linden, Tennessee on May 5, 1999. Haston was selected 16th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2001 NBA Draft; many analysts, who had pegged Haston in the late first round-early second round area, thought that the Hornets took Haston to be a 'zone breaker', working against the change in rules that allowed some forms of the zone defense in games.
  • Haston was known for his sky hook shot and shooting range for a forward/center. Haston averaged 1.2 points per game, playing in 27 games.
  • He also averaged one rebound per game while recording no steals. He played the 2004-2005 season with the Florida Flame for head coach Dennis Johnson in the NBA D-League.
  • There he averaged 16 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.2 blocks per game and was selected to the All NBDL First-Team.
  • His season came to an end when he suffered a right knee injury that required season-ending knee surgery with three games remaining. In 2005, he signed with Upea Capo D'Orlando of the Serie A.
  • He and his wife Kasey soon returned from Sicily to Middle Tennessee when he was waived due to a right knee injury prior to the start of the season. In 2010, he came back to Perry County High School to coach the boys basketball team.
  • He then led his alma mater to two state appearances in his first seasons.
  • In 2012, the Perry County Vikings finished their season and state runner-up. In 2016 he published Days of Knight: How the General Changed My Life in which he details his mostly positive experiences playing for then Indiana Coach Bob Knight.
  • Knight provided some assistance and an endorsement during Haston's 2018 campaign to the Tennessee House of Representatives.In 2018 Haston was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing District 72.
  • He won with 81% of the vote.

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