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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach (interim) |
| Team | Louisiana |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 0−0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1981-12-02) December 2, 1981 (age 43) Monroe, Louisiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Mississippi State |
| 2003–2005 | Columbus Riverdragons |
| 2005–2006 | Austin Toros |
| 2006 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2006–2007 | Brose Baskets |
| 2007 | Air Avellino |
| 2007–2008 | HKK Široki |
| 2008–2010 | Budivelnyk |
| 2010–2011 | Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 2011–2012 | BC Kyiv |
| 2012–2013 | Dnipro-Azot |
| 2013 | Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| 2014 | Energa Czarni Słupsk |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2018–2020 | Mississippi State (GA) |
| 2021–2024 | Louisiana (asst.) |
| 2024–present | Louisiana (interim HC) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2020–2021 | Mississippi State (Director of Scouting and Analytics) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0−0 |
| Tournaments | 0−0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
As player
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Derrick Dewayne Zimmerman (born December 2, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player currently serving as the interim head basketball coach at Louisiana. He played collegiately at Mississippi State University.
College career
For the Mississippi State Bulldogs, he averaged 8.9 points, 5.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks. He shot 15 of 52 three-pointers as a senior and 64.9% on free throws.
Professional career
He was selected 40th overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, and played two games with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the 2005–06 season.
Those two games ended up being Zimmerman's only playing time in the NBA. His 2nd game ever (also his final NBA game ever) was played on April 19, 2006, in a 83–90 loss to the New York Knicks where he recorded 4 points, 5 assists and 1 rebound.
He played in the NBA D-League for the Columbus Riverdragons (2004–05) and Austin Toros (2005–06). Derrick was named the NBDL's Defensive Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons (Austin 2005–06, Columbus 2004–05). In December 2006, he signed a one-month contract with Brose Baskets of the German Basketball Bundesliga. After his contract expired, he signed with Italian team Air Avellino until the end of the season.
In the summer of 2008, he signed with the Ukrainian club Budivelnyk Kyiv. He stayed in Ukraine till 2013, and later played with Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv and Dnipro-Azot.
In February 2013, Zimmerman moved to Germany and signed with Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg for the rest of the season. In January 2014, after a couple months without a club, he signed with Energa Czarni Słupsk of Poland for the rest of the season.
Coaching
After his playing career, Zimmerman returned to his alma mater, Mississippi State, in 2018, serving two seasons as a graduate assistant and one as director of scouting and analytics.
In 2021, Louisiana head coach Bob Marlin hired Zimmerman as an assistant coach. On December 19, 2024, amid a 3–9 start to the season, Louisiana fired Marlin and named Zimmerman the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
Head coaching record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Louisiana | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Louisiana: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 0–0 (–) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- NBA stats at Basketballreference.com Archived June 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- Derrick Zimmerman Signs With BC Kyiv.
- Brose Baskets signs Zimmerman at point.
- Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg announced Derrick Zimmerman.
- Energa Czarni sign Derrick Zimmerman.
- "Derrick Zimmerman - Men's Basketball Coach". Mississippi State. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- "Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball adds Derrick Zimmerman as an assistant coach". The Advocate. June 15, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- "Derrick Zimmerman - Men's Basketball Coach". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- Foote, Kevin (December 19, 2024). "Bob Marlin fired in 15th season as UL men's basketball coach a day after winning a game". The Advocate. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
External links
- Legabasket.it profile Archived February 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Eurobasket.com profile
- FIBA.com profile
| Men's basketball head coaches of the Sun Belt Conference | |
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| NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year Award | |
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| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball head coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- American men's basketball players
- Austin Toros players
- Basketball players from Louisiana
- BC Budivelnyk players
- BC Dnipro-Azot players
- BC Hoverla players
- BC Kyiv players
- Bamberg Baskets players
- Columbus Riverdragons players
- Czarni Słupsk players
- Golden State Warriors draft picks
- HKK Široki players
- Riesen Ludwigsburg players
- Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball players
- New Jersey Nets players
- Point guards
- S.S. Felice Scandone players
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Monroe, Louisiana