Amadou Gallo Fall
Amadou Gallo Fall | |
|---|---|
| 1st President of Basketball Africa League (BAL) | |
| Assumed office May 28, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Senegal |
| Alma mater | University of the District of Columbia |
Amadou Gallo Fall is a Senegalese professional basketball executive and President of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Africa's premier men's basketball league.[1][2][3] From 2010 to 2019, he was Vice President of NBA and Managing Director of NBA Africa.[4][5]
Early life and education
Fall was born in Senegal.[6] He completed his university degree in the United States and graduated from the University of the District of Columbia, in Washington, D.C..[7][8]
Career
He played college basketball for the University's team, the Firebirds.[9] Fall joined the Dallas Mavericks and served as the Director of Player Personnel and Vice President of International Affairs for 12 years while founding and overseeing SEED Project, (Sports for Education and Economic Development), for the development of sports in African youth.[10][11] The organization aims to provide opportunities for student-athletes to further their education through basketball. He also launched in 2002 SEED Academy, the first basketball student-athlete academy in Africa.[12] He became a member of the NBA and FIBA's Basketball Without Borders and worked on its launch in the African continent in 2003.[4] He also worked for the Senegalese Ministry of Youth and Sports as well as the Senegalese Basketball Federation.[13] The national team he assembled won the 1997 African Championship and participated in the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece.[14][15]
Fall joined National Basketball Association in 2010 as the Vice-president and opened the NBA Africa office in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was appointed as the Managing Director. In May 2019, he was the first person ever to be selected as the President of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) by the NBA. The BAL is the first league operating outside of North America by the NBA.[16]
References
- ↑ "NBA names Amadou Gallo Fall President of Basketball Africa League". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "As Basketball Africa League's President, Amadou Gallo Fall Will Continue His Life's Work". CloseUp360. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall on how sport is driving economics on the continent - CNBC Africa". Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Amadou Gallo Fall". NBA Careers. Archived from the original on 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ Lee, Michael. "'Sports take a back seat': Why Basketball Africa League was first to cancel games". The Athletic. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/sports/nba/la-sp-nba-notes-basketball-africa-league-president-20190528-story.html
- ↑ "UDC: "We Are Black History" – Amadou Gallo Fall | University of the District of Columbia". 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "Amadou Gallo Fall: The NBA's man in Johannesburg". ESPN.com. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "Former UDC Men's Basketball Player, Amadou Gallo Fall, to Head NBA Africa Expansion Effort". UDC Firebirds Athletics Website. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "Amadou Gallo Fall". ID4D. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "FOUNDER". SEED PROJECT. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ Peyton, Nellie (2017-05-04). "NBA opens Africa academy in push for international recruits". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ http://www.sportstrader.co.za/Pages/Issue%20articles/AugSept2010/NBAInSA.php
- ↑ "Amadou Gallo Fall". INVEST AFRICA US. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ Herald, The. "Zim b/ball set for good times". The Herald. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "New signings dominate Basketball Africa League teams' latest moves". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
External links
- NBA.com Profile Archived 2020-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
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