Scott William Flemming (born 1958) is an

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, who is currently coaching the India men's national basketball team. Prior to this he served as the technical director of the

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. Prior to returning to India he was the coach of

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, Nyack College and Mount Vernon Nazarene University. His overall

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record as a coach is 448–291. Flemming made sports headlines internationally through his work as the coach of India national basketball team,Scott Flemming Accepts India National Team Position
NBA.com, accessed 18 Feb 2016. which he first coached from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the assistant coach (2010–2012) for

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, the

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. Flemming further directed numerous basketball camps and coached internationally in

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and

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Achievements

India national team

*Gold at the South Asian Championship (2014, 2015) *Gold in the 2014 Lusofonia Games

US college

*Two time national coach of the year (1998, 2000) *Teams won 3 conference tournaments and 2 regular season championships *Teams were in the top 20 national rankings for 10 seasons, unanimous no. 1 in 1999 *Won the

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References

External links

Ekalavyas interviewProfile at eurobasket.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flemming, Scott 1958 births Living people Basketball coaches from Massachusetts Sports coaches from Boston American expatriate basketball people in India