Aubrey Gene Coleman (born October 9, 1987) is an American former professional

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player. He played

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as an all-

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player for the

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where he became the

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's leading scorer for the 2010 season.

Career

Early years

Coleman attended high school at Thurgood Marshall High School, though never played on the team. After graduating, he attended

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, and then junior college at

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College

Coleman played as a guard for Houston under the jersey number 12, and majored in sociology. At Houston, Coleman was the 2009 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year as well as a selection for the 2009 All-Conference USA first team. He also received honors of being named to the 2008–09 NABC All-District 11 first team and the 2008–09

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All-District VII Team. His

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season where he started 32 for games, he was the team leader for the Cougars with 19.4 points per game, and was second-place for

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per game with 8.2. He also led the league with 2.3 steals per game, received the Conference USA Rookie of the Week award five times, and the Conference USA Player of the Week award two times. During the postseason, he was a part of Houston's team during the

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. His season was marred by an incident in January, 2009 in a game against

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in which he intentionally stepped on opposing player

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's face. Coleman was suspended one game. For the 2009–10 season, Aubrey Coleman ended the season as the nation's leading scorer in the NCAA. A part of the first Cougars team to win the

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, Coleman was also a part of the first Houston team to enter the

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since 1992.

Professional

Coleman played for the

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in the

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in 2010, where he averaged 11.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 5 games, and later joined the

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team

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, but left the team in December 2010 for personal reasons. It was announced that Coleman had joined the Austin Toros of the

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on January 6, 2011. In April 2011 he signed with Angelico Biella in Italy until the end of the season. After being reacquired by the Toros for the 2012–13 season, on February 22, 2013, he was traded to the

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in exchange for Dontell Jefferson. However, on February 25 and after just two games, he was waived by the Bighorns. In March 2013, he signed with

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. On July 16, 2013, Coleman signed with Cimberio Varese. He parted ways with them on December 10, 2013, and signed with Nilan Bisons Loimaa of

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in Finland in February 2014. On August 16, 2014, he signed with Best Balıkesir of the

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. On December 5, 2017, he signed with Russian club

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Career statistics

College

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