Chris Carr (basketball)

Carr attended Arcadia Valley High School, in Ironton, Missouri, where he played high school basketball. ==College career==

Carr played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis, from 1992 to 1995. He won the MVC Tournament championship in 1994 and 1995. He was also a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team selection in both 1994 and 1995. Carr was also the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament's MVP in 1995. In 1995, Carr was also the Missouri Valley Conference's scoring leader, with a scoring average of 22.0 points per game. He was also named the 1995 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Carr was inducted into the Southern Illinois Salukis Hall of Fame in 2006. ==Professional career==

Carr was selected by the Phoenix Suns, in the second round of the 1995 NBA draft, with the 56th overall draft pick. He played six seasons in the NBA, with the Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. In 1997 he competed in and subsequently lost in the 1st round of the NBA Slam Dunk competition. After that, he played professionally in the Greek Basket League with AEK Athens, and with the Serbian and Montenegrin League club Lavovi 063. ==Coaching career==

After he retired from playing professional club basketball, Carr began working as a basketball coach. In 2003, he created a basketball training academy called 43 Hoops, located in Hopkins, Minnesota. From 2010 to 2015, he worked as the head coach of Eden Prairie High School's girls varsity. He had a win/loss record of 106–34. He then worked as an assistant coach with the Kansas State Women's Wildcats, from 2015 to 2021. After that, he began working as an assistant coach with the Drury Men's Panthers, in 2021. ==References==