Audie Norris

Audie James Norris (born December 18, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach.

After retiring from playing professional basketball in 1994, Norris has spent his time coaching and developing the skills of young student athletes.

Norris played college basketball at Jackson State University, with the Tigers, from 1978 to 1982, while he studied Therapeutic Recreation and Special Education.

After he left the NBA, Norris spent the two seasons playing in the Italian League, with Benetton Treviso.

In 2014, Norris signed with the Spanish ACB League team CDB Sevilla, as an assistant coach.

[3] He was hired to coach the team's post players, two of whom later went on to play in the NBA: Kristaps Porziņģis and Willy Hernangómez.

In September 2016, Norris worked for a month coaching the post players of the Chinese Basketball Association team Guangzhou Long-Lions.