Fred Vinson

Frederick O'Neal Vinson (born January 28, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At and he played guard.

Born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, he attended Northampton County High School – East in Conway, North Carolina. Vinson played collegiate basketball at Chowan Junior College (North Carolina) and Georgia Tech. As a guard at Georgia Tech he was named MVP for the 1993–94 team. During that season he was also the team's third leading scorer. Specializing in long range shooting, Vinson led the Yellow Jackets in three-point field goals (70) and three point percentage (.402).

In the 1994–95 NBA season, he played five games with the Atlanta Hawks, scoring four total points. During the 1999–2000 NBA season, he played eight games with the Seattle SuperSonics, averaging 1.6 points per game. Vinson also played with the Atlanta Trojans of the United States Basketball League (USBL) in 1994, and with the Mexico Aztecas of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in 1994–95.

On August 25, 2008, Vinson was named assistant coach/director of player programs for the Los Angeles Clippers.

On August 4, 2010, Vinson was named an assistant coach of the New Orleans Hornets, along with Randy Ayers. Vinson and the Pelicans made the playoffs in 2011 and they reached the Western Conference Playoffs during the 2014–15 season. On November 16, 2020, Vinson was retained as assistant coach.