Randy Wiel
Wiel in 2011
Personal information
Born (1951-04-21) 21 April 1951
Curaçao
NationalityDutch
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
CollegeNorth Carolina (1975–1979)
NBA draft1979: undrafted
Playing career1979–1985
PositionGuard
Coaching career1988–present
Career history
As player:
1979–1982BV Amstelveen
1982–1985Elmex Leiden
As coach:
1988–1993North Carolina (assistant)
1991–1993Netherlands
1993–1996 North Carolina-Asheville
1996–2002Middle Tennessee
2002–2004Los Angeles Lakers (scout)
2004–2005EiffelTowers Nijmegen
2005–2009EiffelTowers Den Bosch
2011–2013Rotterdam Basketbal College
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Randy Wiel (born 21 April 1951) is a Dutch former basketball player and coach. Standing at 1.95 m, he played as guard.[1]

Born and raised on Curaçao, he worked as a police officer before moving to the United States to play college basketball with North Carolina.[2] After four years, he started his professional career with BV Amstelveen in the Dutch Eredivisie.[3] On 19 December 1979, Wiel scored a career-high 39 points against BV Groningen.[1] From 1982 to 1985, Wiel played for Elmex Leiden.

He started his coaching career in 1988 as an assistant coach for North Carolina. He secured his first head coach position at North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs in 1993. From 2002 to 2004, Wiel was a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[4]

From 2004 to 2013 he coached in the Eredivisie. He led EiffelTowers Den Bosch to two national championships, in 2007 and 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 "Randy Wiel Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Introductie Randy Wiel Rotterdam Basketbal College". Retrieved 5 February 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  3. ↑ Randy Wiel coach van Rotterdam
  4. ↑ Troost, Fred (17 December 2004). "'Coachen is een nomadisch bestaan'". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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