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{{short description|American multi-sport athlete (born 1973)}} |
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{{Infobox basketball biography |
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| name = Rusty LaRue |
| name = Rusty LaRue |
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| image = Rusty LaRue 2013.jpg |
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| caption = LaRue in 2013 |
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| nationality = American |
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| college = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] (1992–1996) |
| college = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] (1992–1996) |
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| draft_year = 1996 |
| draft_year = 1996 |
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| career_number = 5 |
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| career_position = [[Point guard]] |
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| career_start = 1996 |
| career_start = 1996 |
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| career_end = 2004 |
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| team1 = [[Carolina Cardinals]] |
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| years4 = 1997 |
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| team4 = [[Idaho Stampede]] |
| team4 = [[Idaho Stampede]] |
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| years5 = {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|1999|start}} |
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| team5 = [[Chicago Bulls]] |
| team5 = [[Chicago Bulls]] |
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| years6 = 1999–2000 |
| years6 = 1999–2000 |
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| years8 = 2001–2002 |
| years8 = 2001–2002 |
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| team8 = [[Asheville Altitude]] |
| team8 = [[Asheville Altitude]] |
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| years9 = {{nbay|2001|end}} |
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| team9 = [[Utah Jazz]] |
| team9 = [[Utah Jazz]] |
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| years10 = 2002–2003 |
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| years11 = 2003–2004 |
| years11 = 2003–2004 |
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| team11 = Asheville Altitude |
| team11 = Asheville Altitude |
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| team12 = [[Golden State Warriors]] |
| team12 = [[Golden State Warriors]] |
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| cyears1 = 2004–2005 |
| cyears1 = 2004–2005 |
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| cteam1 = [[Greensboro College]] |
| cteam1 = [[Greensboro College]] |
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| cyears2 = 2005–2009 |
| cyears2 = 2005–2009 |
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| cteam2 = [[Forsyth Country Day School]] |
| cteam2 = [[Forsyth Country Day School]] |
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| cyears3 = 2009–2014 |
| cyears3 = 2009–2014 |
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| cteam3 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] ( |
| cteam3 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] (assistant) |
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| cyears4 = 2015–2019 |
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| cteam4 = [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth |
| cteam4 = [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth HS]] |
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* [[List of NBA champions|NBA champion]] ([[1998 NBA Finals|1998]]) |
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* All-[[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] Second Team (2000) |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Championship]]}} |
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{{MedalGold| [[FIBA Americas Championship 1997|1997 Montevideo]] | [[FIBA Americas Championship 1997|Team competition]]}} |
{{MedalGold| [[FIBA Americas Championship 1997|1997 Montevideo]] | [[FIBA Americas Championship 1997|Team competition]]}} |
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'''Rusty LaRue''' (born December 10, 1973) is an American former multi-sport athlete who played |
'''Rusty LaRue''' (born December 10, 1973) is an American [[basketball]] coach and former professional player. He was a multi-sport athlete who played basketball, [[baseball]], and [[American football|football]] at [[Wake Forest University]]. LaRue played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for the [[Chicago Bulls]], [[Utah Jazz]] and [[Golden State Warriors]]. He won an [[NBA championship]] with the Bulls in [[1998 NBA Finals|1998]]. |
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LaRue began his coaching career after his playing retirement in 2004. He was an assistant coach for the [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball team]] under head coaches [[Dino Gaudio]] and [[Jeff Bzdelik]] from 2009 to 2014. He served as the head coach of the [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth High School]] basketball team since 2015. LaRue retired from coaching in 2019 and is now the Chief Operations Officer of Dairi-O Restaurants. |
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== High school and college == |
== High school and college == |
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LaRue attended [[Northwest Guilford High School]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], where, in addition to being an honors student, he earned All-State honors in baseball, basketball, and football. As a senior in 1991, he was named North Carolina Athlete of the Year, and he attracted the attention of many colleges before choosing to attend Wake Forest, where he planned to play both basketball and football in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]. LaRue also played collegiate baseball for one season, becoming just the second player in ACC history to play three sports in the same year. He was 1 of only 4 players to beat Duke at [[Cameron Indoor Stadium]] all four years, the others being [[Tim Duncan]], [[Tyler Hansbrough]], and [[Danny Green (basketball)|Danny Green]].{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} |
LaRue attended [[Northwest Guilford High School]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], where, in addition to being an honors student, he earned All-State honors in baseball, basketball, and football. As a senior in 1991, he was named North Carolina Athlete of the Year, and he attracted the attention of many colleges before choosing to attend Wake Forest, where he planned to play both basketball and football in the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]. LaRue also played collegiate baseball for one season, becoming just the second player in ACC history to play three sports in the same year. He was 1 of only 4 players to beat Duke at [[Cameron Indoor Stadium]] all four years, the others being [[Tim Duncan]], [[Tyler Hansbrough]], and [[Danny Green (basketball)|Danny Green]].{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} |
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LaRue arguably had his most collegiate success on the football field. As a freshman [[quarterback]] in 1992, he |
LaRue arguably had his most collegiate success on the football field. As a freshman [[quarterback]] in 1992, he was a member of Wake Forest's football team that took home an [[Independence Bowl]] victory, and during his senior year he broke eight [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] records for passing, including the record for most completions in one game (55). However, LaRue was a solid basketball player, as well, as he helped his teammates reach the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] for four consecutive seasons. He also finished second in school history in [[three-point field goal]]s made, and he finished first all-time in three-point field goal percentage. |
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==Professional playing career== |
==Professional playing career== |
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After college, LaRue decided to focus exclusively on basketball because there were more opportunities to play professionally.<ref name=interview>{{cite news |url=http://www.basketinside.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10373:basketinsidecom-talking-with-wake-forest-legend-rusty-larue&catid=39:esclusive&Itemid=63 |title=Talking with Wake Forest legend Rusty LaRue |publisher=Basketinside.com}}</ref> Though he was not drafted by an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team, he earned a spot on the Chicago Bulls' roster in 1997 after honing his craft in the minor leagues for one season. During the [[1997–98 NBA season]], LaRue averaged 3.5 points per game in limited playing time and earned an NBA Championship ring in the process. He would receive more minutes during the next season after [[Michael Jordan]], [[Scottie Pippen]], [[Dennis Rodman]], and [[Steve Kerr]] left the team, and he averaged 4.7 points and 1.5 assists per game while making 33.7% of his three-point field goal attempts. However, the Bulls cut ties with LaRue during the [[1999–2000 NBA season]] as they continued their post-dynasty rebuilding process |
After college, LaRue decided to focus exclusively on basketball because there were more opportunities to play professionally.<ref name=interview>{{cite news |url=http://www.basketinside.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10373:basketinsidecom-talking-with-wake-forest-legend-rusty-larue&catid=39:esclusive&Itemid=63 |title=Talking with Wake Forest legend Rusty LaRue |publisher=Basketinside.com}}</ref> Though he was not drafted by an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team, he earned a spot on the Chicago Bulls' roster in 1997 after honing his craft in the minor leagues for one season. During the [[1997–98 NBA season]], LaRue averaged 3.5 points per game in limited playing time and earned an NBA Championship ring in the process. He would receive more minutes during the next season after [[Michael Jordan]], [[Scottie Pippen]], [[Dennis Rodman]], and [[Steve Kerr]] left the team, and he averaged 4.7 points and 1.5 assists per game while making 33.7% of his three-point field goal attempts. However, the Bulls cut ties with LaRue during the [[1999–2000 NBA season]] as they continued their post-dynasty rebuilding process. He returned to the minor leagues and was selected to the All-[[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA) Second Team while playing for the [[Idaho Stampede]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rusty LaRue minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-laruerus001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> He signed with the [[Russia]]n team [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in 2000. |
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After a year in Russia, LaRue returned to America and briefly played for the NBA's [[Utah Jazz]] during the [[2001–02 NBA season]] (signed January 28, 2002<ref>[ |
After a year in Russia, LaRue returned to America and briefly played for the NBA's [[Utah Jazz]] during the [[2001–02 NBA season]] (signed January 28, 2002<ref>[https://assets.espn.go.com/nba/s/2002/0326/1358316.html Handing out postseason awards]</ref>) before going back to the European leagues, where he joined the [[Italy|Italian]] team [[Pallacanestro Varese]]. In 2003, he returned to the NBA, this time as a member of the [[Boston Celtics]], but he was waived before appearing in a regular season game; he would appear in four games for the [[Golden State Warriors]] towards the end of the season. |
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== Coaching career == |
== Coaching career == |
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LaRue served as head men's basketball coach at [[Greensboro College]] in |
LaRue served as head men's basketball coach at [[Greensboro College]] in 2004–05 and later was athletics director and basketball coach at [[Forsyth Country Day School]] in Winston-Salem. |
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In 2009, he re-joined the Wake Forest men's basketball program as an assistant coach under [[Dino Gaudio]].<ref>[http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/larue-joins-wake-forest-basketball-staff LaRue joins Wake Forest basketball staff]</ref> He was retained as an assistant by new head coach [[Jeff Bzdelik]] in 2010. |
In 2009, he re-joined the Wake Forest men's basketball program as an assistant coach under [[Dino Gaudio]].<ref>[http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/larue-joins-wake-forest-basketball-staff LaRue joins Wake Forest basketball staff] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515034521/http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/larue-joins-wake-forest-basketball-staff |date=2009-05-15 }}</ref> He was retained as an assistant by new head coach [[Jeff Bzdelik]] in 2010. He was released by Wake Forest's new coach, [[Danny Manning]] in 2014. |
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On June 30, 2015 LaRue was named the new men's basketball at [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth High School]]. West Forsyth was attended by [[Chris Paul]], another former Wake Forest player and |
On June 30, 2015, LaRue was named the new men's basketball coach at [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth High School]]. West Forsyth was attended by [[Chris Paul]], another former Wake Forest player. LaRue retired from coaching in 2019 and is now the Chief Operations Officer of Dairi-O Restaurants. |
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== NBA career statistics == |
== NBA career statistics == |
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=== Regular season === |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98]] |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Chicago Bulls|Chicago]] |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Chicago Bulls|Chicago]] |
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| 14 || 0 || 10.0 || '''.408''' || .250 || .625 || .6 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 3.5 |
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| 4 || 1 || '''32.3''' || .349 || .143 || .714 || '''2.5''' || '''2.8''' || '''1.8''' || .0 || '''9.3''' |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 NBA season| |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02]] |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] |
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| 33 || 0 || 16.4 || .395 || .340 || .857 || 1.5 || 2.2 || .5 || '''.2''' || 5.8 |
| 33 || 0 || 16.4 || .395 || .340 || .857 || 1.5 || 2.2 || .5 || '''.2''' || 5.8 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 NBA season| |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04]] |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Golden State Warriors|Golden State]] |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Golden State Warriors|Golden State]] |
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| 4 || 0 || 5.5 || .333 || '''1.000''' || .500 || .8 || .5 || .5 || .0 || 1.0 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 NBA season| |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02]] |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Utah Jazz|Utah]] |
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| 4 || 0 || 13.3 || .375 || .400 || .600 || 1.5 || 1.5 || .2 || .0 || 5.0 |
| 4 || 0 || 13.3 || .375 || .400 || .600 || 1.5 || 1.5 || .2 || .0 || 5.0 |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.rustylarue.com/ Official site] |
* [http://www.rustylarue.com/ Official site] |
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* [http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/larue_rusty00.html Wake Forest profile] |
* [http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/larue_rusty00.html Wake Forest profile] |
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* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/larueru01.html Career stats] at Basketball-Reference |
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* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbdl/players/l/larueru01d.html NBDL stats] at Basketball-Reference |
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{{United States squad 1997 FIBA Americas Championship}} |
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{{Chicago Bulls 1997–98 NBA champions}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Larue, Rusty |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION =American basketball player-coach |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = December 10, 1973 |
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Born | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | December 10, 1973||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Northwest Guilford (Greensboro, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
College | Wake Forest (1992–1996) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1996: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1996–2004 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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1996 | Carolina Cardinals | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Paris Basket Racing | ||||||||||||||
1997 | Connecticut Pride | ||||||||||||||
1997 | Idaho Stampede | ||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Idaho Stampede | ||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Asheville Altitude | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Pallacanestro Varese | ||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Asheville Altitude | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
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2004–2005 | Greensboro College | ||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | Forsyth Country Day School | ||||||||||||||
2009–2014 | Wake Forest (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | West Forsyth HS | ||||||||||||||
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Rusty LaRue (born December 10, 1973) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He was a multi-sport athlete who played basketball, baseball, and football at Wake Forest University. LaRue played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz and Golden State Warriors. He won an NBA championship with the Bulls in 1998.
LaRue began his coaching career after his playing retirement in 2004. He was an assistant coach for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball team under head coaches Dino Gaudio and Jeff Bzdelik from 2009 to 2014. He served as the head coach of the West Forsyth High School basketball team since 2015. LaRue retired from coaching in 2019 and is now the Chief Operations Officer of Dairi-O Restaurants.
High school and college
[edit]LaRue attended Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, where, in addition to being an honors student, he earned All-State honors in baseball, basketball, and football. As a senior in 1991, he was named North Carolina Athlete of the Year, and he attracted the attention of many colleges before choosing to attend Wake Forest, where he planned to play both basketball and football in the ACC. LaRue also played collegiate baseball for one season, becoming just the second player in ACC history to play three sports in the same year. He was 1 of only 4 players to beat Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium all four years, the others being Tim Duncan, Tyler Hansbrough, and Danny Green.[citation needed]
LaRue arguably had his most collegiate success on the football field. As a freshman quarterback in 1992, he was a member of Wake Forest's football team that took home an Independence Bowl victory, and during his senior year he broke eight NCAA records for passing, including the record for most completions in one game (55). However, LaRue was a solid basketball player, as well, as he helped his teammates reach the NCAA Tournament for four consecutive seasons. He also finished second in school history in three-point field goals made, and he finished first all-time in three-point field goal percentage.
Professional playing career
[edit]After college, LaRue decided to focus exclusively on basketball because there were more opportunities to play professionally.[1] Though he was not drafted by an NBA team, he earned a spot on the Chicago Bulls' roster in 1997 after honing his craft in the minor leagues for one season. During the 1997–98 NBA season, LaRue averaged 3.5 points per game in limited playing time and earned an NBA Championship ring in the process. He would receive more minutes during the next season after Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Steve Kerr left the team, and he averaged 4.7 points and 1.5 assists per game while making 33.7% of his three-point field goal attempts. However, the Bulls cut ties with LaRue during the 1999–2000 NBA season as they continued their post-dynasty rebuilding process. He returned to the minor leagues and was selected to the All-Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Second Team while playing for the Idaho Stampede in 2000.[2] He signed with the Russian team CSKA Moscow in 2000.
After a year in Russia, LaRue returned to America and briefly played for the NBA's Utah Jazz during the 2001–02 NBA season (signed January 28, 2002[3]) before going back to the European leagues, where he joined the Italian team Pallacanestro Varese. In 2003, he returned to the NBA, this time as a member of the Boston Celtics, but he was waived before appearing in a regular season game; he would appear in four games for the Golden State Warriors towards the end of the season.
Coaching career
[edit]LaRue served as head men's basketball coach at Greensboro College in 2004–05 and later was athletics director and basketball coach at Forsyth Country Day School in Winston-Salem.
In 2009, he re-joined the Wake Forest men's basketball program as an assistant coach under Dino Gaudio.[4] He was retained as an assistant by new head coach Jeff Bzdelik in 2010. He was released by Wake Forest's new coach, Danny Manning in 2014.
On June 30, 2015, LaRue was named the new men's basketball coach at West Forsyth High School. West Forsyth was attended by Chris Paul, another former Wake Forest player. LaRue retired from coaching in 2019 and is now the Chief Operations Officer of Dairi-O Restaurants.
NBA career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Won an NBA championship |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997–98† | Chicago | 14 | 0 | 10.0 | .408 | .250 | .625 | .6 | .4 | .2 | .1 | 3.5 |
1998–99 | Chicago | 43 | 6 | 17.0 | .359 | .337 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .8 | .1 | 4.7 |
1999–00 | Chicago | 4 | 1 | 32.3 | .349 | .143 | .714 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | .0 | 9.3 |
2001–02 | Utah | 33 | 0 | 16.4 | .395 | .340 | .857 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .5 | .2 | 5.8 |
2003–04 | Golden State | 4 | 0 | 5.5 | .333 | 1.000 | .500 | .8 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 1.0 |
Career | 98 | 7 | 16.0 | .376 | .318 | .841 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .6 | .1 | 5.0 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001–02 | Utah | 4 | 0 | 13.3 | .375 | .400 | .600 | 1.5 | 1.5 | .2 | .0 | 5.0 |
Career | 4 | 0 | 13.3 | .375 | .400 | .600 | 1.5 | 1.5 | .2 | .0 | 5.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Talking with Wake Forest legend Rusty LaRue". Basketinside.com.
- ^ "Rusty LaRue minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Handing out postseason awards
- ^ LaRue joins Wake Forest basketball staff Archived 2009-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Official site
- Wake Forest profile
- Career stats at Basketball-Reference
- NBDL stats at Basketball-Reference
- 1973 births
- Living people
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- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
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