Fort Wayne Fury


The Fort Wayne Fury was a professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association from 1991 through the cessation of the CBA on February 8, 2001.

History

The team played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fury finished as the league's runner-up in the 1996 season. Former members of the team include former Indiana University standouts Damon Bailey, Jay Edwards, Michael Lewis, Eric Anderson and Greg Graham, NBA guard/forward Stephen Jackson, former multiple-time World Heavyweight Championship wrestler Kevin Nash, Mikki Moore, Lloyd Daniels and Percy Miller, better known as the rapper, "Master P". The original Fury coach was Gerald Oliver. NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry also served as head coach of the team at one point. Another former coach was Keith Smart, who went on to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. Smart then went on to spend one season as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA and was the head coach of the Sacramento Kings until June 2013, when he was replaced by Mike Malone as the new head coach.

Head coaches

  • Gerald Oliver
  • Mo McHone
  • Rick Barry
  • Clifford Ray
  • Bruce Stewart
  • Sam Worthen
  • Keith Smart

    Notable players

  • Ashraf Amaya, American former professional basketball player
  • Eric Anderson, American NBA basketball player
  • Roderick Anderson
  • Damon Bailey
  • Roosevelt Barnes
  • Drew Barry
  • Scooter Barry
  • Emmanuel Bibb
  • Alex Blackwell
  • Etdrick Bohannon
  • Bruce Bowen
  • Marc Brown, American basketball player and coach
  • Myron Brown
  • Torgeir Bryn
  • Dante Calabria
  • Michael Campbell, American basketball player
  • Jimmy Carruth
  • Duane Cooper
  • John Cooper, head men's basketball coach at Miami University
  • Pat Cummings
  • William Cunningham, American professional basketball player
  • Lloyd Daniels
  • Yinka Dare
  • Danny Earl
  • Jay Edwards
  • Ron Ellis
  • Jim Farmer
  • Tony Farmer, American basketball player
  • Matt Fish
  • Jelani Gardner
  • Chris Garner, American basketball player
  • Marlon Garnett
  • Tate George
  • Derrick Gervin
  • Omm'A Givens
  • Greg Graham
  • Evric Gray
  • Thomas Hamilton, American basketball player
  • Darrin Hancock
  • Jerome Harmon, American basketball player
  • Juaquin Hawkins
  • Thomas Hill, American basketball player
  • Steve Hood
  • Alfredrick Hughes
  • Anderson Hunt
  • Byron Irvin
  • Mike Iuzzolino
  • Jaren Jackson
  • Randell Jackson
  • Stephen Jackson
  • Courtney James
  • Mark Jones, American NBA basketball player for the Orlando Magic
  • Lari Ketner
  • Greg Kite
  • Frank Kornet
  • Antonio Lang
  • Priest Lauderdale
  • Sam Mack
  • Brian Martin, American basketball player
  • Wes Matthews
  • Amal McCaskill
  • Michael McDonald
  • Conrad McRae
  • Master P, American rapper, actor and businessman
  • Mikki Moore
  • Isaiah Morris
  • Craig Neal
  • Melvin Newbern
  • Jeff Nordgaard
  • Moochie Norris
  • Anthony Pelle
  • Mark Randall, American basketball player
  • Ken Redfield
  • Jeff Sanders
  • Brian Shorter
  • Keith Smart
  • Chris Smith, American basketball player in the 1990s
  • Clinton Smith
  • Elmore Spencer
  • Brook Steppe
  • Mark Strickland
  • Greg Sutton
  • Larry Sykes
  • Jay Taylor
  • Álvaro Teherán
  • Carl Thomas
  • Charles Thomas, American professional basketball player
  • Irving Thomas
  • Ray Tolbert
  • Keith Tower
  • Kelvin Upshaw
  • Logan Vander Velden
  • Fred Vinson
  • Jameel Watkins
  • Mitchell Wiggins
  • Mike Williams, American retired basketball player
  • Travis Williams, American basketball player
  • Nikita Wilson