Terence Stansbury


Terence Rudolph Stansbury is an American former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, he played at the shooting guard position.

College career

Stansbury, a graduate of Newark High School, played college basketball for the Temple Owls. As a junior, he averaged 24.6 points for the Owls and 18.6 points as a senior. Stansbury starred at Temple from 1980 to 1984, scoring a total of 1,811 points.

Professional career

Stansbury played three seasons in the National Basketball Association, as a member of the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics. He finished with 1,200 points in his career, and was a three-time participant in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, where he won three straight third-place positions in a row, from 1985 to 1987, before leaving the NBA.
He later spent six seasons at Levallois in France. Stansbury was granted French citizenship. In the 1992–93 season, he led the French ProA league in scoring.

Honors

He was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Personal life

His daughter Tiffany Stansbury played in the WNBA.