Billy Singleton

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Billy Singleton (born June 1, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player, most notable for his career in the British Basketball League.^[1][2] Singleton is the 4th leading scorer in British basketball history & 5th leading rebounder in British basketball history, 3rd in field goal percentage in British basketball history. Billy is the product of a true basketball family and credits his basketball achievement to his two older sisters & his uncle. - Lorna Singleton (L.I.U. women's Basketball 1981-1985 Hall of Fame) - Carla Singleton (1983-1987 Northeastern University Hall of Fame) -Ed Pinckney (1981-1985 Villanova University, National Champions, NBA, Chicago Bulls Assistant Coach)

The forward last played for the Chester Jets, where he occupied the role of top assistant coach for 1 season, head coach for 2 seasons.

In 2007, Singleton accepted the offer to become Director of Basketball Operations at his former college, St. John's of the Big East Conference.^[1][2]

In 2014 he became the Lead Assistant for Men's Basketball at Nyack College^[3] and has entered his third season as an associate coach in 2017.^[4]

• 1987-1988: St. John's (NCAA)
• 1988-1989: St. John's (NCAA)
• 1989-1990: St. John's (NCAA)
• 1990-1991: St. John's (NCAA)
• 1991-1991: Queens Annadale
• 1992-1993: Birmingham Bullets
• 1993-1994: AEL Limassol
• 1994 National De Ingenieros/ Honduras
• 1994-1995: Maccabi Naharya
• 1995 Santiago Chile
• 1995-1996: Chester Jets
• 1996-1997: Chester Jets
• 1997-1998: Leicester Riders
• 1998-1999: Leicester Riders
• 1999-2000: Thames Valley Tigers
• 2000 Dandenong Rangers Australia
• 2000-2001: Leicester Riders
• 2001-2002: Leicester Riders
• 2002-2003: Scottish Rocks

(in May, 2003, signed 1-game contract with Vichy Auvergne)

• 2003-2004: Chester Jets
• 2004-2005: Chester Jets
• 2005-2006: Chester Jets (Player/Coach)
• 2006-2007: Chester Jets {Player/Coach}

• New York City Player of the year 1987 Iron Horse Award Winner
• All-City, All-State, All-American 1987
• 1991 Captain of St. John's University Basketball Team (Elight 8)
• AAU Junior Olympic National Championship Team,(Gauchos) 1987
• Big East All-Star Team, 1990
• English All-Star Game, 1993, 1997 1998 and 1999
• English League All-Star Team, 1997
• Player Of The Year Honduras 1994
• Israeli League Newcomer of the Year, 1995
• BBL Champion, 2001 and 2003
• National Cup Winner, 2000–2001
• National Cup Runner-up, 1997–1998
• BBL Trophy Winner, 2003–2004
• BBL Trophy Runner-up, 1996–1997
• BBL Championship Winner, 2004–2005
• Play-off Runner-up, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005
• Play-off Winner, 2000–2001 and 2002–2003

• Billy Singleton at Proballers
• Billy Singleton – Sports-Reference.com college basketball player profile