Omar Strong

Omar Strong Sr. (born May 16, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. In 2012–13, he was a senior at Texas Southern University and was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

Early life Strong was born on May 16, 1990, and brought up in Baltimore, Maryland.

High school career Strong attended Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Playing the point guard position, he averaged 22 points, four assists and three steals per game as a senior in 2007–08. He played for Cecil in 2008–09, took one season off to focus solely on school, then re-joined the team in 2010–11. and led the SWAC in free throw percentage (84.8%). The Tigers went 16–2 in conference games en route to being the regular season conference champion, and Strong was named the SWAC Player of the Year in addition to a First Team all-conference bid. He scored a season-high 24 points in a game against Spartak Pleven. He appeared in 9 games throughout the season, averaging 14.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. On January 11, 2015, Strong scored a career-high 44 points against the Island Storm, also setting the franchise record in scoring. In the same match Strong set a league-high for NBL Canada in three point shots making 11. According to him, Mississauga Power head coach Kyle Julius "really saw something in him". By the end of the 2014–15 season, he became the Power's all-time leader in three-pointers, with 148, passing Nick Okorie, who had 141.

On February 6, 2018, Strong signed with the Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Strong has competed in The Basketball Tournament, an annual winner-take-all team competition. In 2015, he competed for Team City of Gods, who made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Overseas Elite. In 2021, he competed for B1 Ballers, who lost in the first round to Golden Eagles; he later won the tournament's "33-Point Contest", and a $33,333.33 prize, by besting seven other players in an individual competition to make 11 three-point field goals the fastest.

Personal Strong is the father of Omar Strong Jr., for whom he planned to return to Baltimore while in college. He said, "It's just like I know what I came up from. I want him to have everything I didn't and much more. If I'm [struggling to get] through something, I just think about my son and get through it." Strong often uses his son for motivation and inspiration.