 Edney in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine Waves | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | West Coast Conference | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1973-02-14)February 14, 1973 (age 52) Gardena, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Long Beach Polytechnic(Long Beach, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (1991–1995) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1995: 2nd round, 47th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Sacramento Kings | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 5, 20, 2, 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2017–2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Sacramento Kings | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Lottomatica Roma | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Climamio Bologna | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | BC Azovmash | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Caja San Fernando | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Turów Zgorzelec | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | UCLA (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | San Diego (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024-Present | Pepperdine (assistant | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 1,728 (7.6 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 910 (4.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Steals | 217 (1.0 spg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com  | |||||||||||||||
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Tyus Dwayne Edney Sr. (born February 14, 1973) is an Americanbasketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for thePepperdine Waves men's team of theWest Coast Conference (WCC). Listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m), he playedpoint guard. He playedcollege basketball for theUCLA Bruins from 1991 to 1995, leading them to the1995 NCAA national championship. His game-winning shot for UCLA in the second round of the1995 NCAA Tournament is considered one of the most famous plays inNCAA Tournament history.[1] A two-timeAll-EuroLeague First Team selection, he ledŽalgiris Kaunas to the1999 EuroLeague title and was named theEuroLeague Final Four MVP. He became an assistant coach for UCLA.
In his freshman season at UCLA in 1992, Edney was named the most valuable freshman player on his team.[2] In his sophomore season, Edney was voted the team's most valuable player (MVP),[3] and he was named to the first-teamAll-Pacific-10 (Pac-10) Conference team.[4] He was again named to the first-team All-Pac-10 conference team in 1994.[4] As a senior in1994–95, Edney set personal bests in total points (456), steals (74), and assists (216).[5] He was named the team's co-MVP along withEd O'Bannon,[3] the team's most outstanding defensive player,[2] first-team All-Pac-10 for the third consecutive year,[4] and won theFrances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's best player under 6 feet (1.8 m) tall.[6]
Edney was inducted into theUCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009,[7] as well as thePac-12 Conference Hall of Honor in 2014.[8] He ranks second in the school's history in career assists (652) and third in steals (224).[9]
Edney's late-game heroics in the1995 Men's Division I Basketball Tournament earned him a spot in NCAA Tournament lore. His UCLA squad had played well in the 1994–1995 season, earning a No. 1 seed in the tournament's West Region. Favored in their second-round match against eighth seedMissouri, UCLA fell behind 74–73 with 4.8 seconds remaining. Bruins coachJim Harrick called a timeout, then called a play for point guard Edney, rather than star playerEd O'Bannon.
Cameron Dollar inbounded the ball to Edney, who caught it in stride and ran up the left sideline. A Missouri defender picked him up near the top of the key, but loosely, to avoid fouling. At midcourt, another defender attempted to trap, but Edney used a behind-the-back dribble to evade the pressure. After Edney reached the Missouri key, 6'9" Missouri forwardDerek Grimm slid over to stop him. Edney adjusted his shot around Grimm, and banked the shot in as the game-ending red light blazed. UCLA won the game, 75–74.[10][11]
Two games later against theConnecticut Huskies, Edney had another chance at a full-court run before the half, and drained a 30-foot 3-pointer en route to a 102–96 victory. UCLA went on to win its 11th NCAA basketball championship, defeating the defending championArkansas Razorbacks 89–78 in a game that Edney, who injured a wrist in the semi-final win vs. Oklahoma State, mostly watched from the bench.
Edney was named to the Tournament Western Regional All-Tournament team.
Edney was selected by theSacramento Kings in the second round of the1995 NBA draft with the 47th overall pick. He was named to theNBA All-Rookie Second Team and played with the Kings for two seasons (1995–1997). He spent the 1997–1998 season with theBoston Celtics. After playing in Europe for two years (Lithuania, 1998–1999; and Italy, 1999–2000), he returned to the NBA and played with theIndiana Pacers, in the 2000–2001 season.
In total, he played in fourNBA seasons, scoring a total of 491. His best season, as measured by his average of 10.8 points per game, was his rookie year with the Kings.
In the1998–1999 season, Edney won theEuroLeague championship with the Lithuanian clubŽalgiris Kaunas,[11] earning theEuroLeague Final Four MVP award in the process. He and teammateGeorge Zidek, who also won a title with Edney at UCLA, became the first players to win both an NCAA and EuroLeague championship.[12]
Edney played in Italy, during the 1999–2000 season, withBenetton Treviso (losing in theItalian League finals, and winning theItalian Cup title). After that season, he spent the next season (2000–2001) playing in theNBA.
After his departure from the NBA in 2001, Edney bounced around several European teams. During a 2001–2004 stint withBenetton Treviso, he won theItalian league in 2002 and 2003, theItalian Cup in 2003 and 2004, and theItalian Supercup in 2001 and 2002; he also played in the2003EuroLeague Final. He played withLottomatica Roma in the 2004–2005 season.
George Garbolas brought Edney toOlympiacos to help rebuild the team, but he only played there for one season, in 2005–2006. In the 2006–2007 season, he returned to Italy, to play withClimamio Bologna. He started the 2008–2009 season in the Spanish clubCajasol Sevilla, and then (January 2009) moved to the Polish clubTurów Zgorzelec.[13]
In a 2005 profile in theLos Angeles Times, formerUCLA Bruin teammateEd O'Bannon, said that Edney was hugely popular in Europe, saying, "his style, his size, the fact that his teams always win; he's somewhat of a novelty, a celebrity. When my teammates overseas found out that I played with him, it would be like someone in the States finding out that you played withMichael Jordan."[14]
On August 2, 2010, UCLA head coachBen Howland announced that Edney had joined the Bruins as director of men's basketball operations.[15] He held the job for seven years, during which UCLA made it to the NCAA Tournament five times.[16]
On April 21, 2017, UCLA announced that Edney had been promoted to a full assistant on head coachSteve Alford's staff, replacing Ed Schilling, who left to joinArchie Miller's staff atIndiana.[17] Alford was fired midseason in2018–19. After the season, Edney was not retained by new head coachMick Cronin.[9] In August 2019, Edney was named the director of engagement for the UCLA athletic department.[18][19]
Edney joined theSan Diego Toreros men's team in 2022 to serve as an assistant under head coachSteve Lavin, who was an assistant coach at UCLA during Edney's college playing career.[20] Edney joined thePepperdine Waves men's team in April 2024 to serve as an assistant coach.[21]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance index rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Sacramento | 80 | 60 | 31.0 | .412 | .368 | .782 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 1.1 | .0 | 10.8 |
| 1996–97 | Sacramento | 70 | 20 | 19.7 | .384 | .190 | .823 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | .0 | 6.9 |
| 1997–98 | Boston | 52 | 7 | 12.0 | .431 | .300 | .793 | 1.1 | '2.7 | 1.0 | .0 | 5.3 |
| 2000–01 | Indiana | 24 | 0 | 11.0 | .385 | .167 | .897 | 1.0 | 2.3 | .7 | .0 | 4.4 |
| Career | 226 | 87 | 21.0 | .405 | .322 | .806 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 7.6 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sacramento | 4 | 4 | 30.3 | .429 | .250 | .833 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | .0 | 12.0 |
| 2001 | Indiana | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | .286 | .000 | .000 | .0 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 6 | 4 | 21.8 | .408 | .222 | .769 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | .0 | 8.7 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99[22] (FIBA) | Žalgiris | 22 | — | 27.4 | .505 | .360 | .757 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 12.5 | — |
| 1999–00[23] (FIBA) | Benetton | 14 | — | 33.6 | .497 | .412 | .800 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 16.9 | — |
| 2001–02 | Benetton | 19 | 16 | 30.3 | .513 | .418 | .786 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.1 | .1 | 17.9 | 20.3 |
| 2002–03 | Benetton | 18 | 17 | 28.7 | .509 | .524 | .843 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 1.6 | .1 | 16.5 | 18.2 |
| 2003–04 | Benetton | 18 | 17 | 30.1 | .458 | .333 | .840 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 1.3 | .1 | 15.2 | 16.9 |
| 2005–06 | Olympiacos | 23 | 23 | 30.6 | .474 | .343 | .776 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.1 | .0 | 13.3 | 15.2 |
| 2006–07 | Climamio Bologna | 12 | 10 | 30.1 | .471 | .263 | .814 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 1.0 | .0 | 12.7 | 13.9 |
| Career | 126 | 83 | 30.0 | .490 | .392 | .796 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 1.6 | .1 | 14.9 | 17.0 | |
Edney married his first wife, Buffy, shortly after graduating from UCLA. They have two daughters, Kennedi and Kolbi-Rae.[24][25][26] Edney met his Italian-Brazilian second wife, Aiñoa Da Silva, inTreviso, and they have a son Tyus Jr.[25][27] Edney's daughter Kennedi is a college gymnast for theLSU Tigers, a winner of the vault title at the2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship.[24]
The timing was awkward, what with his wife Buffy just weeks away from delivering the couple's first child.
