Adrian Autry

Adrian "Red" Christopher Autry (born February 28, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Autry was born in Monroe, North Carolina on February 29, 1972, to Angeter Redfearn and Marvin Chambers.

[3] Autry was teammates with Malik Sealy and current Monmouth College assistant men's basketball coach and UNC Tar Heels graduate Brian Reese.

[4] Autry, a 6-foot-4 four-year starting point guard, played under Jim Boeheim and graduated in 1994 with a degree in speech communications from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

In that game, Autry set an NCAA-school record 31 second-half points in the overtime loss to Missouri.

Autry was one of twelve men selected to the 1993 FIBA 22 & Under World Championship games held in Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Spain between July 22–31, 1993.

The team had a perfect 8–0 record and captured the gold medal in the Young Men World Championship.

Autry played alongside Eddie Jones, Theo Ratliff, Corliss Williamson, Bill Curley and other talented Division I players.

Autry still holds the 1998–1999 records for points (504), assists (116), and steals (65) and was named to the All-German Imports First Team in 1999.

In 2006, Autry and his family moved to Northern Virginia, where held jobs at UPS and in real estate.

In the spring of 2010, Autry was on his way to the University of Dayton[19][20] to become the associate head coach under Archie Miller.

[22][23] In 2012, he was named the fifth best assistant coach by ESPN, and was noted for his strong recruiting ties to the D.C. and DMV area.

[24] After departure of Mike Hopkins in March 2017, Autry was promoted to associate head coach job.

[25] He coached the forwards and recruited all positions and worked closely with eventual NBA draft picks Jerami Grant,[4] Rakeem Christmas, Oshae Brissett, Tyler Lydon, and Chris McCullough.

In 2019, Autry was named the head coach of USA East Coast Basketball, a team of college players that competed in a summer tour of Greece.