Rusty LaRue has been named head men’s basketball coach at Greensboro College announced Kim Strable, Pride athletics director.

A former National Basketball Association player, LaRue has strong ties to the Greensboro area. The Kernersville resident prepped at Northwest Guilford High School before becoming a three-sport star at Wake Forest University. LaRue also founded the Rusty LaRue basketball Academy that serves offers 600 area kids and established the Triad Titans AAU youth team.

“One of Rusty’s success secrets is that he is a true student of the game,” Strable said. “As a pupil of some of the best coaches in the World, I think he’s well prepared to launch his coaching career at Greensboro College.”
 

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LaRue replaces Lynn Ramage, who compiled a 23-27 record at GC the past two seasons. 

LaRue played in 43 games with the 1998 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls. He averaged 4.7 points and 1.5 assists in 17.0 minutes of play. Following the Bulls, LaRue played a stint with CSKA Russia and NBA Utah Jazz. 

Prior to signing with the Jazz last year, LaRue was a member of the National Basketball Developmental League’s Asheville Altitude. In Asheville, LaRue averaged 12.1 points and ranked second in the NBDL in free-throw percentage (.902) and rated fourth in three-point percentage (.431) when he signed with the Jazz. He was the fourth player ever called-up to the NBA from the NBDL. 

A graduate of Wake Forest University, LaRue was the first athlete in school history--and second in the ACC--to play three sports (football, basketball and baseball) in the same year (1994-95). As a quarterback, he broke eight NCAA passing and total offense records. As a senior on the basketball court, LaRue averaged 10.1 points in 30.6 minutes of play. He led the Demon Deacons to back-to-back ACC Championships and was named to the Academic All-American Third Team in basketball. In baseball, he earned a save in three innings of relief pitching.

A native of Greensboro, N.C., LaRue graduated from Northwest Guilford High School, returning home every summer to host basketball camps for boys and girls. He also founded the Rusty LaRue Charity Golf Classic, a fundraiser for the physically disabled in Winston-Salem. He has three sons--Riley, Cooper and Maverick--with his wife, Tammy.