Justin Love is an American professional basketball player and coach. He has made significant contributions to the sport and has a celebrated coaching career.
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- Full name: Justin Love
- Date of Birth: November 6, 1978
- Date of death: June 23, 2020
- Country: United States
Early life and education
Justin Love was born in San Francisco on November 6, 1978. He attended Washington High School and later Sacred Heart Cathedral High School, where he showed his talent and was named MVP in 1995 when the school won the West Catholic Athletic Conference Championship.
Love attended Cañada College, where he was named Junior College All-American in 1998.
He then transferred to Saint Louis University, where he led the team to NCAA Division I status, and in 2000 was named to the All-American First Team and won the tournament MVP award.
Love graduated from Saint Louis University with a bachelor’s degree in communication disorders and later earned a master’s degree in education.
Personal life
In 2006, Justin Love married Katie Walter, and the couple has three children.
Profession
Love became an unrestricted free agent after being undrafted in the 2000 NBA Draft. He attended training camp with the Phoenix Suns and signed a multi-year contract on August 1, 2000. However, the Suns decided to waive him on October 25.
Love then played for the Kansas City Cavaliers in his first season in the American Basketball Association. He later accepted an invitation from BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque to play in the LNB Pro A League, but was fired after a month due to difficulty adjusting to European basketball.
Love played for various teams, including the St. Louis Skyhawks of Major League Baseball, the Beijing Olympic Team of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and BK Ventspils of Latvia. He spent the last six years of his career playing for MBC Nikolaev and BC Odessa in Ukraine.
Love has shown amazing stability throughout his career, maintaining a high scoring average, a stable shooting percentage and strong rebounding ability.
After retiring, Love turned to coaching. He served as an assistant coach at the West Campus of Belleville High School in Illinois before becoming the head coach of the boys basketball team at Mascoutah High School in 2017.
During his time at Mascoutah, Love led the team to a 55-42 record and won the IHSA Class 3A regional championship in 2019. His coaching abilities were recognized when he was named Illinois Basketball Association Boys Coach of the Year.
net worth
Before Justin Love’s death, his net worth was estimated to be $45 million.
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