Larry Wright (basketball)

Larry Glenn Wright (born November 23, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.

Wright played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Bullets and the Detroit Pistons.

The team finished the regular season in first place and reached the finals series against Olimpia Milano after defeating European champions Ford Cantù in the semi-final series, with homecourt advantage in hand in the final.

Afterwards he was a scout for the Seattle SuperSonics and the Washington Wizards, and an assistance coach at Ouachita High School in his hometown of Monroe, Louisiana.

He also has a daughter named Imani, a standout basketball player in her own right, who graduated high school in 2013, and went on to play college ball at Baylor for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–2015) before transferring to Florida State where she had to sit out a year.

Larry Jr. signed at Notre Dame out of high school in 1994 and graduated from Louisiana Tech University (1995–1998), where he was a three-year letterman.

Ashana played basketball at Grambling State University (1995–1999), where she was a four-year letter winner on the Lady Tigers basketball team while winning four straight conference championships and never losing a home game in four years.

Lance was a three-year starter at offensive center on the Grambling football team (2000–2004).