Bimbo Coles

Vernell Eufaye "Bimbo" Coles (born April 22, 1968) is a retired American basketball player. Coles was a standout at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He played his college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies for four seasons (1986–87 to 1989–90). He was a member of the United States 1988 Olympic basketball team. His NBA career started when he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1990 NBA Draft, and immediately traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for veteran guard Rory Sparrow. After Coles' first of two stints with the Miami Heat, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors, and also played with the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics. He was utilized primarily as a backup point guard.^[1] He received his nickname from a cousin in reference to a line in a country music song.^[2]

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v t e United States squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

4 Richmond 5 C. Smith IV 6 Coles 7 Hawkins 8 Grayer 9 C.D. Smith 10 Anderson 11 Augmon 12 Majerle 13 Manning 14 Reid 15 Robinson Coach: Thompson

v t e 1990 NBA Draft

First round	Derrick Coleman Gary Payton Chris Jackson Dennis Scott Kendall Gill Felton Spencer Lionel Simmons Bo Kimble Willie Burton Rumeal Robinson Tyrone Hill Alec Kessler Loy Vaught Travis Mays Dave Jamerson Terry Mills Jerrod Mustaf Duane Causwell Dee Brown Gerald Glass Jayson Williams Tate George Anthony Bonner Dwayne Schintzius Alaa Abdelnaby Lance Blanks Elden Campbell

Second round	Les Jepsen Toni Kukoč Carl Herrera Negele Knight Brian Oliver Walter Palmer Kevin Pritchard Greg Foster Trevor Wilson A. J. English Jud Buechler Steve Scheffler Bimbo Coles Steve Bardo Marcus Liberty Tony Massenburg Steve Henson Antonio Davis Kenny Williams Derek Strong Cedric Ceballos Phil Henderson Miloš Babić Tony Smith Stefano Rusconi Abdul Shamsid-Deen Sean Higgins

v t e Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1977: Yoder 1978: Davis & Wilson 1979: Cummings 1980: Griffith 1981: Burns & Smith 1982: Lee 1983: McCray 1984: Williams 1985: Lee 1986: Curry 1987: Crook 1988: Coles & Ellison 1989: McCloud 1990: Weatherspoon 1991: Weatherspoon 1992: Weatherspoon 1993: Rozier 1994: Rozier 1995: Lang

v t e Miami Heat 2005–06 NBA Champions

1 Dorell Wright 3 Dwyane Wade (Finals MVP) 5 Derek Anderson 8 Antoine Walker 20 Gary Payton 24 Jason Kapono 25 Wayne Simien 30 Earl Barron 32 Shaquille O'Neal 33 Alonzo Mourning 40 Udonis Haslem 42 James Posey 49 Shandon Anderson 51 Michael Doleac 55 Jason Williams Head coach Pat Riley Assistant coaches Erik Spoelstra Bob McAdoo Ron Rothstein Keith Askins Bimbo Coles

Regular season • Playoffs

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