Nigel A Lloyd is a Barbadian-British basketball coach and former player.

Career

Born in

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, Lloyd came to the

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at age 6. He first picked up a basketball in

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. In the 1980s, he attended the

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, averaging 23.1 points a game his senior season (1982–83). Lloyd embarked on a professional career, which first took him to the Hemel Hempstead Lakers in 1984. In 1985, he played for the

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’s

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in the Southern California Pro Summer League and subsequently received an invitation to attend the Clippers’ fall training camp. Lloyd was cut from their roster on October 8, 1985. The following year, he took part in the Clippers’ rookie/free agent camp and then joined the team in its regular season training camp. On October 3, 1986, he was signed by the Clippers, but did not make the final roster. Lloyd continued his career in

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, playing for Manchester United BC in 1986–87, before joining CBA’s

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in the US in the course of the season. His career highlights in the

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(BBL) include winning the 1995–96 and the 1997-98 championship, the 1993-94 League title and winning the BBL Trophy in 1992-93 and 1993–94. In January 1993, he won the World Invitation Club Basketball with the

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, scoring a game-high 35 points in the final against

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. Lloyd garnered Player of the Year honours in Great Britain for the 1993–94 season and set a record for the most BBL All-Star Game selections. He also became the all-time BBL leader in free throws made and placed himself second on the league's all-time scoring list. While playing for the

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, Lloyd was nicknamed ''The Lord''. Among his biggest strengths as a basketball player were the ability to control the tempo of the game and to hit three-pointers at key moments. In 2000, Lloyd became player-coach of the

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, before continuing as head coach alone after two years. He left the Lions in 2006 and was appointed as head coach of the Birmingham Panthers in 2007. The team ceased operations following the 2007-08 campaign. Lloyd, who became a basketball teacher at St Paul's Catholic School, stepped into the assistant role, serving under

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at the

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during the 2012–13 season. The Lions hired Lloyd as head coach in 2015, he resigned from the position in 2017. In 2024, Lloyd returned to the bench to take the reins at the Thames Valley Cavaliers.

National team

As a member of the Barbados national team, Lloyd was instrumental in helping the squad win the 1994 and 2000 CARICOM championships. He later became the head coach of the team which he coached at tournaments including the

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References

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