Kenny Natt

Kenneth (Ken, or Kenny) Wayne Natt (born October 5 1958, in Monroe, Louisiana) is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=2929052 Kings hire Kenny Natt as assistant coach] , updated July 7, 2007] He was a 6'3" 185 lb guard and played collegiately at the University of Louisiana-Monroe and had a 3-year NBA playing career. An assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2004 to 2007, [http://www.nba.com/coachfile/kenny_natt/index.html NBA.com Kenny Natt coach profile] ] Natt was named to the coaching staff of newly-appointed Kings head coach and former Kansas City Kings teammate, Reggie Theus in 2007.

Kenny Natt was selected with the 7th pick of the second round (30th overall) in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. [PDFlink| [http://www.nba.com/media/pacers/Pacers%20Media%20Guide_NBA%20Years%201976-Present.pdf Pacers Media Guide: NBA Years 1976-Present] |653 KiB ; retrieved April 13, 2007] He played for three different teams until the 1984-85 season.

After his brief NBA career concluded, he played for seven [http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/06/05/sports/sports3.txt An exciting time for Natt] By MARQ MITCHAM June 5, 2007] total teams in the CBA and the WBL.

Natt was an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz under Jerry Sloan for nine years until joining the Cleveland Cavaliers' coaching staff in 2004. [PDFlink| [http://www.nba.com/media/cavaliers/FrontOffice.pdf 2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers Media Guide] |674 KiB ; retrieved June 14, 2007] He has also coached in the CBA and the Canadian NBL with the Cape Breton Breakers, and worked as an assistant coach at Youngstown State University and as a player scout for the Jazz and for the WBL.

In 2003, Kenny Natt was inducted into the Northeast Louisiana State University Hall of Fame. He is the younger brother of former NBA All-Star Calvin Natt.

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* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NATTKE01 NBA stats] , "basketballreference.com"