Josh Pittman

Josh Pittman
Personal information
Born	July 14, 1976 (age 48); Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	East Forsyth; (Kernersville, North Carolina)
College	UNC Asheville (1994–1998)
NBA draft	1998: undrafted
Playing career	1998–2014
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1998–2002	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2002	Bignami Castlmaggiore
2003	Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2003–2004	Asociación Deportiva Atenas
2005	Gatos de Monagas
2005	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2005–2006	Delfines de Miranda
2006–2007	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2007	Libertad de Sunchales
2008–2009	Halcones UV Córdoba
2010–2011	Obras Sanitarias
2011–2012	Libertad de Sunchales
2012–2014	Juventud Sionista
Career highlights and awards
	Argentine League Top Scorer (2003); 2× Big South Player of the Year (1997, 1998);

Abdul Joshua "Josh" Pittman (born July 14, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in numerous countries throughout his career. Pittman played college basketball at University of North Carolina at Asheville, and was named the Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year twice, in 1997 and 1998. At 6'6" tall, 200-pounds, he played at the shooting guard position. On May 2, 2018 he was named the new head coach for the Lexington Yellow Jackets in the Central Carolina Conference.

College career

Pittman, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, stayed in his home state to play college basketball. He attended UNC Asheville between 1994–95 and 1997–98 after graduating from high school in 1994. Through his first two seasons he only accumulated approximately 400 points and had an otherwise typical college career. Then, in his junior season with the Bulldogs, Pittman averaged 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game. The Bulldogs won the regular season Big South Conference championship behind Pittman's league-leading scoring average, which was also the sixth-highest average in school history. In his senior season, he averaged 18.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game. For the first time in UNC Asheville history, the men's basketball team repeated as the regular season conference champions. Consequently, Pittman became just the second Big South player (at the time) to be named the conference player of the year twice. He finished his college career with 1,547 points—the most in the program's history—and his 175 steals were a then-school record as well.

Professional career

Pittman never made it to the National Basketball Association, so he decided to play professionally overseas. From 1998 until December 2001 he played in Argentina for Peñarol de Mar del Plata. He then signed with Italy's Bignami Castelmaggiore in January 2002, for whom he played 18 games. Pittman headed back to Argentina after signing with Quilmes de Mar del Plata. Over the course of the next 10 years, he played for various squads in Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico. In the 2012–13 basketball season, Pittman played for Juventud Sionista in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, Argentina's First Division.

Achievements

Big South Conference Player of the Year (1997, 1998)
Big South 1st Team (1998)
Latinbasket.com Argentine Liga A All-Imports Team (2003, 2004, 2007)
Argentine League All-Stars Game -04 (MVP) (2005) Argentine MVP (2004) Best Foreign Player (2004)
Liga Sudamericana Champion (2004)
Latinbasket.com All-Argentine Liga A 2nd Team (2004)
Latinbasket.com All-Argentine Liga A 1st Team (2007)
Argentine Liga A All-Stars Game (2007)
Argentine Cup Winner (2006)
Argentine Liga A Regular Season Champion (2007, 2011)
Argentine Liga A Finalist (2007)
Latinbasket.com All-Mexican LNBP Honorable Mention (2009)
Argentine Liga A All-Star Game (2011-2013)
Big South HOF (2010)
UNCA HOF (2010
East Forsyth High School HOF

References

"Joshua Pittman basketball profile". Eurobasket, Inc. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
Jarrett, Keith (June 20, 2011). "Josh Pittman Helps With Basketball Camp". UNCABulldogs.com. Asheville Citizen-Times. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
"Josh Pittman Selected to Big South Hall of Fame". University of North Carolina at Asheville. April 28, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2011.