Ryan Ayers
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 16, 1986 Columbus, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Germantown Academy (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Notre Dame (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–2014 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 42 |
| Coaching career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2009–2010 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2010–2011 | Namika Lahti |
| 2011–2012 | Boulazac Dordogne |
| 2012 | Orléans |
| 2013 | Austin Toros |
| 2013–2014 | KTP |
| As coach: | |
| 2014–2016 | Bucknell (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Notre Dame (assistant) |
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Ryan Vincent Ayers (born July 16, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player, currently an assistant coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team.[1] He played professionally in the United States,[2] France[3][4][5] and in Finland.[6] His career at Notre Dame included various honors such as team defensive player of the year and he is fourth all-time at the school for career three-point shooting percentage (.424) and 11th in three-point field goals made.[1] He averaged 6.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in his Irish career and played 117 games.[7]
In 2009–10, Ayers averaged 9.7 points per game for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League.[7] He was an assistant coach at Bucknell University from 2014 to 2016. Both years Ayers was at Bucknell, the Bison won the Patriot League regular-season title and participated in the National Invitational Tournament. On June 13, 2016, Ayers rejoined the Fighting Irish as an assistant.[8] His father, Randy Ayers, is an assistant coach on the New Orleans Pelicans.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ryan Ayers bio". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Toros Sign Ryan Ayers". oursportscentral.com. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Ryan Ayers à Orléans !". orleansloiretbasket.fr (in French). September 17, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2018.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Orleans inks Ryan Ayers to a two-month deal". Sportando.com. September 17, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Orleans inks Ayers to sub for injured Broyles". Eurocupbasketball.com. September 18, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Ryan Ayers vahvistamaan KTP-Basketia". basket.fi (in Finnish). October 25, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2018.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Skrbina, Paul (June 14, 2016). "Notre Dame hires Ryan Ayers as assistant men's basketball coach". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Notre Dame hires former guard Ryan Ayers as an assistant". espn.com. June 14, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ Brooks, Stephen (June 14, 2016). "Former G Ryan Ayers returns to Notre Dame as assistant". Goshen News. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
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- 1986 births
- American expatriate basketball people in Finland
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- Austin Toros players
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Fort Wayne Mad Ants players
- KTP-Basket players
- Namika Lahti players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players
- Orléans Loiret Basket players
- Sportspeople from Columbus, Ohio
