Michael Alan Iuzzolino (born January 22, 1968) is an assistant men's basketball coach at

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and a retired professional

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player. He was selected by the

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in the second round (35th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA draft. Iuzzolino, a 5-foot 10 inch point guard, played two years in the

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(NBA), both with the Mavericks. He averaged 9.0 points per game in his career. In 1993, he signed as a free agent with the

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, but was waived. After his NBA career, Iuzzolino played professionally in

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and

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. Iuzzolino played

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and at

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. He played high school basketball at Altoona High School in

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. He was a high school teammate of

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, who went on to have a successful NBA career with the

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and

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. Iuzzolino held assistant coaching positions at

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, and

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before becoming the director of basketball operations at

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. In 2013, he assumed the same role at the University New Mexico. Iuzzolino was featured in the 1993 arcade edition of the popular video game ''

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''. He is an

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, and holds an Italian passport.Peristeri awaits Iuzzolino
/ref> Iuzzolino was inducted into the Blair County Sports Hall of Fame alongside Coach John Swogger. In April 2017, Iuzzolino's number 8 jersey was retired by Scaligera Verona in a ceremony prior to Verona-Treviso game in Italian second division.

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@ ''basketballreference.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Iuzzolino, Mike 1968 births Living people American emigrants to Italy American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players American women's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania Basketball players from Pennsylvania Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball coaches Cantabria Baloncesto players CB Valladolid players Citizens of Italy through descent Dallas Mavericks draft picks Dallas Mavericks players Duquesne Dukes women's basketball coaches Fort Wayne Fury players Italian basketball coaches Italian men's basketball players Italian expatriate basketball people in Spain Italian expatriate basketball people in Greece Liga ACB players Olimpia Milano players Pallacanestro Pavia players Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players Penn State Nittany Lions basketball players Peristeri B.C. players Point guards Rapid City Thrillers players Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball coaches Rochester Renegade players Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball players Saint Vincent College Scaligera Basket Verona players Shreveport Crawdads players Sportspeople from Altoona, Pennsylvania