 Nored as a player atButler. | |
| Atlanta Hawks | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1990-03-01)March 1, 1990 (age 35) Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Homewood (Homewood, Alabama) |
| College | Butler (2008–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012:undrafted |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2012–2013 | Brownsburg HS |
| 2013–2014 | Maine Red Claws (assistant) |
| 2014–2015 | Boston Celtics (assistant/player development) |
| 2015–2016 | Northern Kentucky (assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Long Island Nets |
| 2018–2021 | Charlotte Hornets (assistant) |
| 2021–2023 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Atlanta Hawks (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ronald Nored (born March 1, 1990) is an Americanbasketball coach, currently an assistant coach for theAtlanta Hawks of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). Previously he served as the head coach of theLong Island Nets of theNBA G League, and an assistant coach for theMaine Red Claws[1] of theBoston Celtics organization. He is a former point guard forButler University'sbasketball team.
Nored starred as an all-statepoint guard forHomewood High School inHomewood, Alabama, averaging 15.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game as a senior,[2] when he led the team to a 31–5 record and a state finals appearance in 2008. His career-high game came as a junior when he scored 38 points againstBriarwood Christian High School. During his senior year, Nored made a verbal commitment toWestern Kentucky University, but backed out after coachDarrin Horn left for theUniversity of South Carolina.[3] He turned down an academic scholarship toHarvard University and basketball offers fromSamford University and theUniversity of South Alabama to instead play forBrad Stevens at Butler, just a few miles away from his grandparents' house in Indianapolis.
Quickly establishing himself as a tenacious defender and a vocal court leader, Nored started all 32 games in his freshman season. His season-high game came when he went 4-for-4 from the court, including the game-winning shot, in an 11-point night against Cleveland State.[4] In his sophomore season he was named the Horizon League's co-defensive player of the year and the league's all-tournament team.[5] He recorded a career-high 8 assists in a home win over Wright State.[6] His high-scoring night came against Illinois–Chicago with 16 points.[7] He scored 15 points and had 6 assists in Butler's 2nd-round NCAA tournament victory over Murray State[8] and grabbed five steals against Syracuse in the West Region semifinal.[9] He scored 7 points with 6 rebounds in the loss to Duke in the championship game.[9]As a junior, Nored averaged 5.0 points per game with a high of 16 against Utah.[10] He helped Butler return to the title game of the NCAA tournament, but failed to score from the field, earning all 6 of his tournament points at the free-throw line. He did get two steals and four rebounds in 26 minutes against Connecticut in the title game.[10]
After graduating, Nored coached atBrownsburg High School in Indiana and college basketball at theUniversity of South Alabama, briefly beforeBrad Stevens, his former college coach atButler University, offered him a coaching position with theBoston Celtics.[11] He served as a coach for theMaine Red Claws of theNBA D-League from 2013 to 2015. On April 28, 2015, Nored was named as an assistant coach forNorthern Kentucky University.[12][13] On April 15, 2016, theBrooklyn Nets hired him to be the first head coach for theLong Island Nets.[14] Nored served as an assistant coach in theNBA with theCharlotte Hornets from 2018 to 2021, with theIndiana Pacers from 2021 to 2023, and currently with theAtlanta Hawks.
Nored grew up inBirmingham, Alabama, where his father, Ron Nored Sr., was pastor of Bethel AME Church inEnsley and a co-founder and executive director of Bethel-Ensley Action Task (BEAT). Nored Sr., died from pancreatic cancer in 2003. Ron is happily married to Danielle Eng, a former accountant for RSM. With two children, Avery and Kai.[15]