Jerome Mincy
Puerto Rican national team player from 1983 to 2002.
Jerome Alfred Mincy Clark (born November 10, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player. He played for the Puerto Rican national team from 1983 to 2002 and participated in three Olympic Games. Mincy was born at Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to Shelly and Willie Mincy. He played college basketball with the UAB Blazers and spent his BSN career with the Vaqueros de Bayamón.
Quick Facts
- Position
- Forward
- Born
- 10 November 1964
- Birthplace
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Nationality
- Puerto Rican
- College
- UAB (1982–1986)
- Draft round
- 5
- Draft pick
- 94
- Drafted by
- New York Knicks
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Biography
Mincy joined the Vaqueros de Bayamón of the BSN at age 18 in 1982 while attending college at UAB. After his senior season, he failed to make the roster of the NBA's New York Knicks, who had selected him in the fifth round of the 1986 NBA draft. He played professionally abroad in France, Spain, and Argentina with Boca Juniors. During summers in Puerto Rico, he led the Vaqueros to three championships ('88, '95 & '96) and many final appearances. He retired from the BSN after the 2002 Finals and from the national team after the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis. The Vaqueros retired his jersey number 17 in 2002, though he was traded to the Leones de Ponce before that season began. After retiring, he became a basketball coach and PE teacher at Bridge Prep Academy of Osceola Florida. In 2012–2013, he was named an assistant coach for the Mets de Guaynabo in the Puerto Rican league. He also announced he would stay on the national team in an executive position as General Manager and is the current top assistant with the Vaqueros de Bayamón.
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