Justin Ingram

Justin Durel Ingram (born January 21, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the Director of Basketball Operations of the Toledo Rockets men's basketball team. He most recently served as the Assistant Head Coach for the Olivet Comets men's basketball team. He most recently played for Lions de Geneve of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball. He played college basketball for the University of Toledo where he earned Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year honors, as well as being named to the All-Freshman team and All-Conference first and second teams. From 2007 to 2016, he played for numerous LNB Pro B teams, before playing in top leagues in Hungary, Estonia, Greece and Switzerland.

High school career

Ingram attended Waverly Senior High School in Waverly, Michigan where he was a member of the 2000 Class A State Championship team as a freshman. As a sophomore, Ingram started on the varsity team averaging 9.9 points per game. He was named All-Conference Honorable Mention and All-Area Special Mention. As a junior, Ingram almost doubled his scoring average averaging 18.5 points per game, 8.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. He was a unanimous selection to the First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Area and All-State Honorable Mention. Ingram was selected one out of 200 players to participate in the Adidas ABCD Basketball Camp in Teaneck, New Jersey.

In October 2002, Ingram committed to the University of Toledo.^[1]

As a senior, Ingram's numbers improved again. He averaged 22.6 points per game, 5.2 assists per game and 5.0 rebounds per game. He was named conference Most Valuable Player, unanimous First Team All-Conference, named to the Lansing State Journal Dream Team as well as the Player of the Year. He was also named First Team All-State by the Detroit Free Press, the Associated Press and the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan.

College career

As a freshman at Toledo, Ingram was named the MAC Freshman of the Year after averaging 10.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game.^[2] As a sophomore, he averaged 9.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game. He moved from point guard to shooting guard as a junior, earning All-MAC second team honors while averaging 14.6 points and guiding the Rockets to the Championship Game of the MAC Tournament. As co-captain his senior year, he led the 2006–07 men’s basketball team that won the MAC regular-season championship. He averaged 14.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game on his way to All-MAC first team honors as the Rockets went 14-2 in MAC play.^[3]

For his career, Ingram ranks eleventh all-time in scoring (1,494 points), fourth in three-pointers (213), fourth in free throw percentage (81.6%), third in steals (217) and fifth in minutes played (3,856). He is tied for third in games played with 123, and was a starter in every game in which he appeared. The Rockets’ record in his four seasons was 75-48, 47-23 in MAC play.^[3]

Professional career

Coaching career

Personal

Ingram is the son of Phebeit and Michael Ingram, the latter a NJCAA hall of fame basketball coach at Lansing Community College. Ingram has three siblings, all of whom have played college basketball. Older brother, Mike, played at Lansing Community College; older sister, Alayne, starred at the University of Michigan and was drafted in the WNBA by the Sacramento Monarchs;^[11] and younger sister, Jocelyn, played at Grand Valley State University.^[12] Ingram is married to Tiewjuan Ingram. Together they have two sons, Justin Jr and Jaxson.

References

External links

• Eurobasket.com Profile
• LNB.fr Profile
• ESPN.com Profile
• Sports-Reference.com Profile