Ronnie McCollum

Ronnie Allen McCollum II (born December 28, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. McCollum has had a successful international career, but it was his collegiate career playing for the Centenary Gentlemen basketball team between 1997–98 and 2000–01 for which he is best known.

Early life McCollum was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but grew up in Fayette. He attended Fayette County High School from 1993–94 to 1996–97 where he was a star basketball player. He averaged 17 points per game (ppg) as a freshman, 20 ppg as a sophomore, 22 ppg as a junior and then finished second in the state in scoring as a senior with 30 ppg. McCollum was an Honorable Mention All-America selection and named to the All-Independent Conference First Team.

Professional career After graduating college with a bachelor's degree in Health and Science Exercise, McCollum played for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Summer League. On November 17, 2017, McCollum was fired by Limburg after a 2–6 start.

Honors and awards

High school Sectional champion (1994) 2× conference MVP 4× all-conference selection 4× all-area performer Second in state scoring average (1997) 2× top five team in state (1996, 1997)

College 4× Centenary leading scorer 4× All-Conference (inc. Independent) School record for points in a season (787) Fifth most three-pointers in a season by a freshman in NCAA history (101) School record 345 three-pointers Nation's leading scorer as a senior (29.1 ppg) Also led in free throws made (214) Fifth in free throw shooting percentage (90.7%) Honorable Mention All-America (2001) 2001 Louisiana Player Of The Year Shreveport, Louisiana named March 13, 2001 as "Ronnie McCollum Day"

Professional League all-star (2003, 2004) First team All-Import and Second Team All-Portugal (2004) Free throw percentage leader (2004) Belgian league season record of 88 three-pointers (2005) Led Belgian league in three-pointers made and second in three-point percentage (2007) Team's best overall league record (2009) League champion (2009) MVP, guard of the year and import player of the year (2009)

Personal McCollum has one daughter and son by his wife, Miek, whom he met while playing in Belgium. He is an only child of parents Ronnie and Beverly McCollum. His uncle is Cedric Wright, who was a standout defensive football player at Memphis State and is still ranked in the top 10 for many defensive statistical categories, while his cousin is Mike Davis, the current head men's basketball coach for the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.