Derek Kellogg

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Derek Kellogg
Title	Head coach
College	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sport	Basketball
Born	June 20, 1973 (1973-06-20) (age 34)
Place of birth	Springfield, Massachusetts
Career highlights
Playing career
1991–1995	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Position	Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2008 2008-present	George Mason (asst.) Youngstown State (asst.) University of Memphis (asst.) University of Massachusetts Amherst

Derek Kellogg (born on June 20, 1973 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is the 21st head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst^[1]. He was named to this position on April 23, 2008, replacing Travis Ford, who left to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma State University.

Contents 1 Early years 2 Playing achievements 3 Coaching career 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Early years

Kellogg attended Cathedral High School in Springfield and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for college^[2]. He was a point guard for the UMass Minutemen from 1991 to 1995. As a player, Kellogg played on four Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament championship teams. During that span, the Minutemen were just the second team in NCAA history to win four straight outright season and tournament championships. Coached by John Calipari, UMass was 111-24 during Kellogg's career there. He was named captain in both his junior and senior years.

[edit] Playing achievements

• Holds the sophomore class record for best free throw percentage (.806) and assists (5.2 per game)
• Fourth on all-time assist list with 453
• Fifth on 3-point field goal percentage list (.381)
• 1994-95 Atlantic-10 Honors: All A-10 Third Team and A-10 Tournament Team
• 3-Time All Atlantic-10 Academic Selection (1992-93 - 1994-95)

[edit] Coaching career

Kellogg began his coaching career at George Mason University where he was an assistant for two seasons (1997-98, 1998-99). He then moved to Youngstown State for the 1999-2000 season. From 2000 to 2008, Kellogg was assistant coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Memphis, under Calipari.

[edit] External links

• Derek Kellogg to be named UMass men's basketball coach from The Republican
• UMass to name Kellogg men's basketball coach from The Boston Globe

[edit] References

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