Chad McKnight, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetChad McKnight
American basketball player
Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1984
Place of Birth: Lancaster, Ohio, United States
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Chad McKnight
- Chad McKnight (born June 19, 1983 in Lancaster, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, who has signed as the Player-Coach for the 2009-10 British Basketball League season with the Guildford Heat. The 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Forward was educated at Morehead State University, where he starred for the Eagles basketball team from 2003 to 2005.
- During his first season, McKnight averages 26.7 mins per game, while posting up 10.6 points per game and 5.1 rebounds.
- His second and final season with the Eagles was a progressive improvement, where he played an average of 31.4 mins per game, knotching up 16.4 points per game and shooting 63% from the floor. McKnight left Morehead in 2005, before signing his first professional contract with Guildford Heat in 2005.
- His first season, the franchise's inaugural campaign, saw McKnight average just 11.15 points per game in all 40 games.
- However it was his second season where he would make his mark on the British hoops scene.
- In 19 games, McKnight averaged 12 points per game, including a 39-point haul against Plymouth Raiders on November 11, 2006 in the BBL Cup quarter-final. After a respectable start to the season, McKnight suffered a huge blow when a knee injury in the game against Sheffield Sharks on February 3, 2007 effectively ruled the American out for the remainder of the campaign.
- McKnight was subsequently released, for the long-term injury. Following a full recovery from injury, McKnight agreed a deal with the Leicester Riders, with whom he played for in the 2007-08 season, before returning to the Guildford Heat in the 2008-09 season. On Wednesday 8 July 2009, it was announced that he will assume the role of Player/Coach following the departure of Paul James.After one season in charge of the Heat, McKnight left the club in both the playing and coaching roles.
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