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Rasheed Abdulrahman Hazzard (born August 5, 1976) is an American basketball coach. He was the current head coach of the Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2023. Hazzard is the son of Walt Hazzard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers. He played collegiately for George Washington Colonials men's basketball, George Washington University.


Career

Hazzard started his coaching career as head coach of Venice High School (Los Angeles), Venice High School in Los Angeles, staying there for five years. He then joined the college team Portland Pilots men's basketball, Portland Pilots as assistant coach. In 2006, he entered the Los Angeles Lakers organisation where he had different roles over the next five seasons. He was a part-time scout for the Lakers, while also being an assistant for the NBA G League, NBA D-League's Los Angeles D-Fenders part-time. In 2014, Hazzard joined the New York Knicks as an assistant coach, where he would stay for three seasons. On January 19, 2020, Hazzard was announced as the associate head coach for Veltex Shizuoka of the Japanese B.League. Following his return to the United States, Razzard joined the NBA G League Ignite team as assistant. In January 2023, the South African club Cape Town Tigers announced Hazzard as their new head coach. He guided the Tigers to a fourth place and a 2–3 record in the 2023 BAL Nile Conference, Nile Conference, successfully qualifying for the playoffs.


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New York Knicks bio
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