Scott Anthony Padgett (born April 19, 1976) is a retired American professional

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player and current assistant coach for

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. He was formerly the head coach at

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. He played for the

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, and

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High school

Padgett was born and raised in

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. He played basketball at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, was recruited by head coach

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and committed to play college basketball for the

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College

Padgett saw limited playing time during his freshman season (1994–95) on a roster that included future

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players Wayne Turner,

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, Walter McCarty, Jeff Sheppard,

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and Antoine Walker. Padgett averaged 2.0 points per game and 1.2 rebounds per game while appearing in 14 games. He also had academic problems and was not eligible to play during the following year. Padgett returned to Kentucky for the second half of the 1996–97 season. He became an integral part of that team, playing alongside future NBA players Ron Mercer, Derek Anderson, Nazr Mohammed and Jamaal Magloire. Padgett scored 15 points against his hometown

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, 24 points against the

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and 17 points in the NCAA national championship game against the

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. The 1996–97 Kentucky team finished as the NCAA runner-up. For the season Padgett averaged 9.6 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-NCAA Final Four Team. Padgett was the starting power forward on the 1997–98 team, and was one of its leading players as it won the 1998 NCAA Tournament. During that season, he distinguished himself nationally with good inside play, strong rebounding, and surprising outside shooting skills for a big inside player. On the season Padgett averaged 11.4 points per game, 6.6 rebounds per game and 2.1 assists per game while shooting 48.0% from the floor, 39.4% from 3 point range and 83.7% from the free throw line. In the NCAA tournament, he scored 19 points in a regional semifinal matchup against

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, 12 points - including a go-ahead three pointer to cap a 17-point comeback - in a regional final against Duke University, and 17 points in the NCAA national championship game against the

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. Honors Padgett won that season included being named First Team All-American (Wooden), All-NCAA Final Four Team, All-NCAA Regional Team, Second Team All-SEC (Coaches), Third Team All-SEC (AP), All-SEC Tournament and Academic All-SEC. During Padgett's senior season he tallied his 1,000th career point at Kentucky. That 1998–99 team lost the NCAA regional final. In his senior season, he averaged 12.6 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game and 2.6 assists per game. Highlights of the season included scoring 29 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against the

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in a second round NCAA tournament game. Padgett was also named to the All-NCAA Regional Team, was First Team All-SEC (Coaches) and Second Team All-SEC (AP) and Academic All-SEC. He was also named the Most Valuable Player of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

NBA

Padgett was selected with the 28th overall pick by the

in the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft. During his rookie season, he started nine games and averaged 2.6 points per game. By his third season Padgett was already established in the team's rotation, averaging 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, and appeared in every game during his fourth and final season with the team. In 2003, Padgett joined the

and was mainly utilized as a backup for two seasons which included the highlight of his NBA career where on January 21, 2005, he made a one-handed, off balance last second shot to win against the

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. After which he signed with the

. On June 30, 2006, Padgett was waived by the Nets, and returned to the Rockets on September 30. On February 13, 2007, he was traded to the

for center

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. He was waived on April 4. At the end of his seventh NBA season, Padgett scored 1,874 points in 448 games. On April 7, 2007, Padgett signed for the remaining of the year with

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of the ACB.

Media career

In 2007, Padgett left the NBA and returned to Louisville, co-hosting ''The Dave and Scott Show'' with former

football player

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. This program was a sports talk morning radio show that was syndicated throughout the state of Kentucky from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on 93.9 FM The Ticket (

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). In late 2008, 93.9 The Ticket was taken off the air and moved to their AM 1600 sister station. ''The Dave and Scott Show'' was moved to television on Louisville's CW affiliate in the same time slot.

Coaching career

On April 16, 2009 it was announced that Padgett would be returning to his alma mater along with his former college teammate

to serve on coach

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's staff at the University of Kentucky. Padgett left Kentucky to take a job coaching at

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for the 2010–2011 season where he served as an assistant under former teammate

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. On April 25, 2012, Padgett was hired by new head coach

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to the coaching staff at Samford in

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. When Seltzer was dismissed in June 2014, Padgett was promoted to head coach of the Bulldogs. Padgett was let go on March 16, 2020, after six seasons. On July 31, 2020 Padgett was hired as an assistant coach to Paul Weir’s staff at New Mexico

Head coaching record

Personal

Scott was born to Linda and Will Padgett. He is married to Cynthia and has three children: Logan, Lucas, and Layla.NBA.com bio
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Notes

External links

Samford profile

ACB profile

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