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and the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons and Foshan Dralions. Before coaching Internationally Archibald coached under Hall of Fame coach

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at his alma mater, the University of Connecticut where he was a part of the Huskies' Final Four run in 2009. Before coaching at Connecticut, Archibald worked at Florida International, Texas San Antonio, Jacksonville University, Florida Atlantic University and started his career as a volunteer assistant at Texas Tech with

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. Throughout his coaching career Archibald has worked with some of basketball's best coaches, including Jim Calhoun and Bobby Knight. Archibald has also worked with

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and Wang Fei, who was the former

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) coach. Archibald has a daughter named Kennadi, who was born on June 10, 2003.

Biography

Early life and education

Archibald was born in

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. He started high school in Tempe, Arizona at

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, where he won a state championship in 1994. Archibald's family moved his senior year to Provo, Utah where he graduated from

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in 1995. Archibald's father Lynn (1944–1997) was a Division I head coach at Idaho State in

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, and

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References

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