Alfred Aboya

Alfred Aboya Baliaba (born 2 January 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional basketball player and current coach.

He attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned his undergraduate degree in three years while playing four seasons for the Bruins.

Though he had already graduated from high school, Aboya was willing to sacrifice two years at Tilton as a path toward an American university education.

On a visit to the West Coast, Aboya became friends with Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who grew up near him in Yaoundé.

[3] In his first year, he was originally set to be a starter until he had arthroscopic surgery on both knees, delaying his debut until the seventh game of the season.

[1] In his senior year in 2008–09, UCLA relied on him as a rebounder after Mbah a Moute and Kevin Love had left for the National Basketball Association (NBA).

[6] Aboya and fellow senior teammates Darren Collison and Josh Shipp finished their careers as the winningest class in UCLA history with 123 wins.

He worked with his academic adviser to earn his undergraduate degree in three years, graduating with a grade point average over 3.0 in international relations.

[11] In October 2009, he signed with Olympique Antibes of the LNB Pro B, before joining Link Tochigi Brex of the Japan Basketball League (JBL) in January 2010.

[25] On 30 October 2019, Aboya was hired as an assistant and player development coach by the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League.

[30] However, he resumed his role as Head Coach in August 2023 during the FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Nigeria.

During this tournament, Cameroon's team, under Aboya's leadership, went undefeated, securing qualification for the qualifiers for the second time in their history.

Aboya on defense against Oregon State 's Daniel Deane in 2009.