Anthony Winchester

Anthony David Winchester (born May 15, 1983) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Winchester is currently an assistant coach at Kansas State. He played college basketball at Western Kentucky.

High school career Winchester attended Austin High School. He averaged 34.7 points per game as a senior and led Austin to the 2002 2A Final Four and Mid-Southern Conference Championship. Winchester was the runner-up for Indiana Mr. Basketball. He finished his career with 2,256 points.

College career Winchester played college basketball at Western Kentucky. In February 2004, he scored 40 points in a loss to Louisiana-Lafayette. He averaged 18.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a junior, despite playing out of position at power forward due to injuries. As a senior, Winchester averaged 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal per game.

Professional career Winchester was selected by the Dodge City Legend with the fourth pick of the 2006 USBL draft. In August 2006, he signed with Club Melilla Baloncesto of the Spanish LEB Oro. Winchester led the team with 12.8 points per game and was twice named Player of the Month. He averaged 15.3 points per game and was named Guard of the Year. Winchester joined Gipuzkoa Basket for the 2013–14 season and averaged 10.2 points per game.

Winchester served as a graduate assistant at Loyola Marymount during the 2018–19 season. In May 2019, he joined Southern Miss as a video coordinator. Winchester was inducted into Western Kentucky's Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2019. He joined Pacific as the director of operations for the 2020–21 season. In August 2021, Winchester was hired as an assistant coach at Southern Miss.