Dru Joyce III

Dru Joyce III
Duquesne Dukes
Position	Head coach
League	Atlantic 10 Conference
Personal information
Born	January 29, 1985 (age 39); Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Vincent–St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)
College	Akron (2003–2007)
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Playing career	2007–2019
Position	Point guard
Number	25
Career history
As player:
2007–2009	Ratiopharm Ulm
2009	Energa Czarni Slupsk
2009–2010	Anwil Wloclawek
2010–2012	Trier
2012–2014	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2014–2015	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
2015–2016	S.Oliver Würzburg
2016–2017	Tsmoki-Minsk
2017	Bayern Munich
2017–2018	AS Monaco
2018	CSP Limoges
2018–2019	Science City Jena
As coach:
2019–2022	Cleveland State (assistant)
2022–2024	Duquesne (Associate HC)
2024–present	Duquesne
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-MAC (2007);

Dru Joyce III (born January 29, 1985) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the current head coach for the Duquesne Dukes men’s team. His coaching career began in 2019–20 with the Cleveland State Vikings men's team after a 12-year professional playing career in Europe. He retired as the all-time assists leader in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga (since eclipsed).^[1] Joyce is a close friend of LeBron James and was his teammate at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School.

Joyce's father and brother are both basketball coaches in Ohio. As of 2021^[update], Dru Joyce II was the head coach at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School and the brother, Cameron, was the head coach at Saint Ignatius High School.^[2]

References

^ Vardon, Joe (March 4, 2016). "LeBron James' best friend now Germany's all-time leader in assists". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
^ Goul, Matt (19 March 2021). "A first for father and son: Cameron Joyce leads St. Ignatius, while dad Dru Joyce II has St. Vincent-St. Mary in state semifinals at the same time". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

External links

Duquesne Dukes bio

[1] Vardon, Joe (March 4, 2016). "LeBron James' best friend now Germany's all-time leader in assists". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[2] Goul, Matt (19 March 2021). "A first for father and son: Cameron Joyce leads St. Ignatius, while dad Dru Joyce II has St. Vincent-St. Mary in state semifinals at the same time". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

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