- Damon Bailey
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Damon Bailey Medal recordMen's Basketball Competitor for the United States
Pan American Games Silver 1999 Winnipeg National team Damon Bailey (born October 21, 1971 in Heltonville, Indiana) is a retired American basketball player, who then-Indiana University head coach Bob Knight called a "hot prospect" while recruiting him when Bailey was in eighth grade, as mentioned in author John Feinstein's bestselling book A Season on the Brink.
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High school career
Bailey was selected for four consecutive first-team all-state selections in high school. In 1990, at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, the Bedford North Lawrence High School Stars won the state championship in a comeback victory in front of a crowd of more than 41,000 people, the most people to ever attend a high school basketball game, with Bailey scoring his team's final 11 points.
Bailey finished high school as the state's all-time leading scorer, with 3,134 points during his basketball career and captured the title of Indiana's "Mr. Basketball" during his senior year.
College career
After his high school years, Bailey played under Knight at Indiana University, along with Calbert Cheaney, Alan Henderson, and Greg Graham. A four-year starter there, Bailey finished sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,741 points. He also garnered a third-team All-American award, first-team All-Big Ten award, and he led IU to a Final Four appearance in 1992.
Post-collegiate career
Bailey was selected with the 44th overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by his hometown Indiana Pacers. Bailey was cut after one season on the team's injured list and a series of pre-season games the following year.[1]
Bailey played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for a number of years before returning to Indiana to start a series of basketball camps for children. He was later employed as the boys' basketball coach for his alma mater, Bedford North Lawrence High School. The team finished 11–10 in Bailey's first coaching year. The Times-Mail in Bedford, Indiana reported on March 1, 2007 that Bailey had resigned as coach of BNL after two seasons.[2]
He currently owns Hawkins Bailey Warehouse in Bedford, Indiana.
References
3. http://www.hawkinsbailey.com/Company.html
Further reading
- Krider, Dave (2007), "Damon Bailey: Fairy-Tale Career", Indiana High School Basketball's 20 Most Dominant Players, Bloomington, IN: Rooftop, pp. 15–32, ISBN 9781600080289.
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