Tyrone Kennedy Corbin (born December 31, 1962) is an American former professional

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player who last worked as an assistant coach for the

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. He was first appointed the assistant coach of the

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, then was named the

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’s head coach, on February 10, 2011, following the resignation of longtime coach

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. He was also the brief interim head coach of the

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in the 2014–15 season before being replaced by

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. Prior to that, Corbin played 16 seasons in the NBA.

College career

Corbin played collegiately at

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from 1981 to 1985. He played in 120 games for the Blue Demons, increasing his scoring average and field goal and free throw percentage in each of his four seasons.NBA.com Tyrone Corbin
/ref> Corbin posted averages of 11.5 points (on .504 FG and .764 FT), 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steal and 2.3 turnovers in 31.1 minutes per game. He finished seventh on DePaul's career scoring list and was a two-time honorable mention AP All-America selection, as well as an All-NIT choice in 1983, and he was invited to the 1984 Olympic trials. He graduated with a degree in computer science, before becoming a second-round pick of the San Antonio Spurs in the

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. He was a team

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in his junior and

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years; the former was Ray Meyer's last as

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, the latter was Joey Meyer's first. He was inducted into the

Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.

NBA career

Corbin played in the

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from 1985 to 2000. His first two seasons were with the

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, as he was their selection in the second round (35th pick overall) of the 1985 NBA Draft. After signing with the

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in January 1987, he was part of the trade by the Cavs which sent Kevin Johnson, Mark West, 1988 first-round and second-round draft picks and a 1989 second-round draft pick to the

for

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, Mike Sanders and a 1988 first-round draft choice in February 1988. After being selected by the

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in the expansion draft in 1989, he led the team and established career-highs in 1989–90 in rebounds (7.4) and steals (2.13). Corbin also recorded the first triple-double in Timberwolves history, with 10 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists, against the

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on January 2, 1991. His stint with the Jazz came by a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves for Thurl Bailey early in the 1991–92 season, enabling him to help the team reach the NBA Western Conference Finals twice.Utah Local News – Salt Lake City News, Sports, Archive – The Salt Lake Tribune
/ref> He averaged 9.6 points and 6.2 rebounds in 233 games for the Jazz from 1991 to 1994. He was then traded by the Jazz with a 1995 second-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for Adam Keefe in September 1994. It was in Atlanta where his streak of 415 consecutive games played would be broken. Corbin then was traded to the

for

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in June 1995. Along with Walt Williams, he went to the Miami Heat for

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and Kevin Gamble in February 1996. He then spent three seasons with the Hawks via free-agent signing in 1996. After returning to the Kings as a free agent in 1999, he spent the next season with the

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. He was traded by Toronto on February 22, 2001, with Corliss Williamson, Kornel David and a first-round draft pick to the

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for Jerome Williams and Eric Montross in February 2001. Corbin was waived the next day, never again to be on an NBA team as a player. Wearing No. 23 and No. 33 throughout his playing career, he averaged 9.3 points (on .457 percent from the field), 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals in nearly 26 minutes per game while playing 1,065 games in his career. A versatile small forward, Corbin also played in 81 NBA playoff games in his career, including 37 with the Jazz, averaging 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Corbin spent one season with the Charleston Lowgators of the NBDL as a player mentor. Corbin was hired by Scott Layden, then general manager of the

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, as manager of Knicks player development for the 2003–04 season. In 2004, he went to the Utah Jazz, spending seven years as an assistant coach under

before eventually succeeding Sloan as head coach in 2011. On April 21, 2014, the Jazz announced that they had elected not to offer Corbin a new contract. Afterwards he became an assistant coach of the

and on December 15, 2014, he was promoted to interim head coach after Michael Malone was fired. On February 12, 2015, he was relieved of his head coaching duties by the Kings, choosing to continue working with the organization as an advisor to the front office. On June 25, 2016, two days after the 2016 NBA draft ended, the

announced that Corbin would return to the

as an assistant coach under

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's newest coaching staff. Watson was a previous player under Corbin's tenure during his last season coaching the Jazz, and was also a mentor for Watson as he began his transition into coaching in the NBA. He'd also be reunited later on with

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, another former player he coached that would join the Suns' coaching staff as a player development coach. After a 2 season stint in Phoenix, Corbin and the Suns parted ways. On June 26, 2018, Corbin was hired by the

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as assistant coach. On August 2, 2022, Corbin was hired by the

as an assistant coach.

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Personal life

Corbin has two children, Tyjha, and Tyrell with his wife, high school sweetheart, Dante. Tyrell was one of the top basketball prospects from Utah, playing point guard for West High. He was named Utah's Mr. Basketball in the year 2011. He went on to play for the UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team, a Division I school competing in the

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and coached by

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, his father's

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teammate from the

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. Tyrell Corbin most recently played for Mega Tbilisi in the Georgian Superliga in 2022.

References

External links

College & NBA stats
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