Alexander Nwora is a Nigerian
basketball
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coach of
Erie Community College. He formerly coached the
Cape Verde men's national basketball team and
Nigeria men's national basketball team.
Early life
Nwora was born in
Onitsha, Nigeria.
He played at
Daemen College under
Richard Jacob and Don Silveri.
Nwora later played for the
International All-Stars, the touring opponents of the
Harlem Globetrotters.
He was inducted into the
Daemen Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.
Coaching career
Nwora served as assistant coach under
Richard Jacob at
Medaille College, and replaced
Reggie Witherspoon as
Erie Community College head coach in 1999.
He has captured eight
NJCAA Region III championships while head coach of Erie Community College, and was named NJCAA Coach of the Year six times.
He was head coach of the
Cape Verde men's national basketball team from 2009 to 2013, and led the team to
AfroBasket 2013.
Nwora was head coach of the
Nigeria men's national basketball team from 2017 to 2019, and led them to a silver medal at
FIBA AfroBasket 2017.
Personal life
He is married to Amy, a professor of
occupational therapy. They have four children, with
Jordan
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competing in the
National Basketball Association
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.
During the
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers that took place in Lagos, Alexander and
Jordan
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became the first Nigerian father and son to represent their national team at the same time.
References
External links
Erie Community College profile
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1958 births
Living people
Nigerian basketball coaches
Nigerian men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Onitsha
Washington Generals players
Medaille University
20th-century Nigerian sportsmen