Clive Allen (basketball)

Clive Allen (born 23 August 1961) is a British basketball coach and former player, best known for playing for the Birmingham Bullets. After retirement, he worked on the coaching staff of BBL teams the Milton Keynes Lions and the Birmingham Panthers. He was also an England international, and is the father of women's basketball player Dominique Allen.

Clive Allen
Biographical details
Born (1961-08-23) 23 August 1961
Dudley, West Midlands
Alma materStaffordshire University
Northwest Nazarene University
Playing career
1984–85Sandwell
1985–87, 1988–2001Birmingham Bullets[1][2]
2001–02Dudley Bears
Position(s)Forward/Centre
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–07Milton Keynes Lions (assistant coach)
2007–08Birmingham Panthers (general manager)

Career

During his playing career, he played for teams including the Birmingham Bullets of the British Basketball League (BBL) and the Dudley Bears.[3][4] He was best known for his work with the Bullets, being described after his career as a "legend" from that club,[5] and twice made it to the play-offs with the team.[6] Allen was also an international, playing for the England men's national basketball team on five occasions.[7][8]

Along with Tony Simms, he coached the Aston Athletics basketball team in 2005 and shortly afterwards was assistant coach at the Milton Keynes Lions under Nigel Lloyd.[6] He was general manager for the Birmingham Panthers, again under Lloyd, during their only season during 2007–08. Following the club's closure, he was in discussion with association football club West Bromwich Albion to form a new club for the BBL,[3] and to bring back the Birmingham Bullets.[9] In 2009 he became Sporting Club Albion's (part of West Bromwich Albion F.C.) basketball co-ordinator,[10] and later became Head Basketball Development Coach for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.[11]

Personal

Allen is the father of Dominique Allen, who plays for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's basketball team.[12] She has been chosen for the British team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[13]

References
  1. Birmingham Bullets: Ex players, eurobasket.com
  2. Basketball: Clive: It's so great to be back 'home' DREAMLAND: Former Bullets star's delight as Panthers pounce to sign him up., thefreelibrary.com
  3. "Clive Allen refuses to give up on basketball in Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. "Join the club now!!". CommuniGate. Archived from the original on 15 January 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. Tattum, Colin (4 May 2007). "Nigel's on the prowl again in Brum". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. "Bullets legends boost for A's". Birmingham Evening Mail. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  7. "Olympic and Paralympic Hopefuls". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  8. "Clive Allen No. 12 Forward / Centre". Britball.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  9. Tattum, Colin (11 September 2008). "Basketball: Venue hitch a pain for Allen". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  10. "Allen and SCA shooting for success". West Bromwich Albion. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  11. "Big Sky Basketball Club". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  12. "Dominique Allen". Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  13. "ORU's Dominique Allen Chosen For British Olympic Team". News on 6. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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