Nate Reinking

Nate Reinking

Reinking in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1973-12-12) 12 December 1973 Upper Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality	British / American
Listed height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
High school	Galion (Galion, Ohio)
College	Kent State (1992–1996)
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2012
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	2013–present
Career history
1996–1998	Leicester Riders
1998–1999	Derby Storm
1999–2005	Sheffield Sharks
2005–2007	Bree
2007–2010	Belfius Mons-Hainaut
2010–2011	Mersey Tigers
2011–2012	Sheffield Sharks
As coach:
2013–2015	Canton Charge (assistant)
2016–2021	Canton Charge
2021–2024	Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)

Nate James Reinking (born 12 December 1973) is a British-American professional basketball coach and former player.

Professional career

Having graduated from Kent State University, Reinking came to England and signed with the British Basketball League club Leicester Riders in 1996. He averaged 18.3 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game in his first season for the Midlands team. In 1998, Nate joined Riders' rivals the Derby Storm, where he posted 17.9 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per game. The following season, he moved further north again to sign with the Sheffield Sharks, where he spent six seasons before moving to the Belgian League and Euphony Bree in 2005, and then onto Dexia Mons-Hainaut in 2007.

Coaching career

In October 2013, Reinking was hired by the Canton Charge as an assistant coach for the 2013–14 season. After Jordi Fernandez accepted an assistant coach job with the Nuggets, Reinking was promoted to head coach of the Canton Charge. In July 2019, Reinking was named head coach of the Great Britain national team, to go alongside his position with Canton. In 2021, he became an assistant coach with the Charge's parent team, the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association.

National team career

Reinking made his debut for the Great Britain men's national team in a FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualifying match against Slovakia, on 2 September 2006. He was a member of every Great Britain squad as a player until his retirement following the 2012 Summer Olympics, and then as an assistant coach from 2013 to 2017. On 26 July 2019, Reinking was named head coach of Great Britain, where he led GB to a 4–0 record during round three of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 pre-qualifiers. On 3 May 2023, Reinking stepped down as head coach of Great Britain.

External links

• EuroCup Profile
• EuroBasket Profile