Terry Driscoll

Edward Cuthbert "Terry" Driscoll, Jr. (born August 28, 1947) is a former American college athletics administrator and professional basketball player. Until 2017, he served as athletic director at the College of William & Mary.

Terry Driscoll
Terry Driscoll c. 1968
Personal information
Born (1947-08-28) August 28, 1947
Winthrop, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolBoston College HS
(Boston, Massachusetts)
CollegeBoston College (1966–1969)
NBA draft1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1970–1978
PositionSmall forward
Number17, 35, 7
Career history
As player:
1969–1970Virtus Bologna
1970–1971Detroit Pistons
1971–1972Baltimore Bullets
1972–1974Milwaukee Bucks
1974–1975Spirits of St. Louis
1975–1978Virtus Bologna Sinudyne
As coach:
1978–1980Virtus Bologna Sinudyne
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points1,127 (4.1 ppg)
Rebounds1,114 (4.1 rpg)
Assists221 (0.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

College career

Driscoll played at Boston College from 1966 to 1969. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1969 National Invitational Tournament after leading his school to the tournament final.

Professional career

After graduating, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the fourth pick of the 1969 NBA draft. He played a season in the Italian Serie A with Virtus Bologna before joining the Pistons for the 1970–71 NBA season.

After one season with Detroit, he moved to the Baltimore Bullets in 1971, also staying a season. He then had two seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and one with the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, averaging 4.1 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per game over the course of his American professional career.

He spent the next five years in Italy as a player and then a coach, winning two Italian championships.

Post playing career

After leaving professional basketball, Driscoll worked in product marketing and sales for different sporting goods companies before moving to sports marketing and management. He worked as the Boston site venue executive director during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Driscoll became the Athletic Director at William & Mary in 1995, succeeding John Randolph who had served ten years until he died from cancer.[1] He held the position until his retirement on June 30, 2017.[2] He was succeeded by Samantha Huge.[3]

gollark: I got a chicken for one. Do you *want* a paper much?
gollark: Well, according to relativity, ordering of events is subjective.
gollark: I'm combining my ND experiments with getting coast stuff.
gollark: Madness.
gollark: Very rare indeed.

References
  1. Fairbank, Dave. "Driscoll's Tribe," Daily Press (Newport News, VA), Sunday, February 23, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2020
  2. La Fountain, Aimée. "From NBA to W&M: Terry Driscoll prepares final assist," WYDaily (Williamsburg, VA), Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2020
  3. "Samantha K. Huge selected as William & Mary athletics director," College of William & Mary, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2020
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