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Amile Jefferson
Amile Oliver Jefferson (born May 7, 1993) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He is an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics team of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, where he served as a captain for three seasons, including for the 2014–15 NCAA championship team.
Jefferson was born and raised in Philadelphia and attended Friends' Central School where he was coached by Jason Polykoff.
He was ranked as the No. 21 overall recruit in the 2012 high school class by Scout, as well as No. 25 by ESPN and No. 36 by Rivals. With his solid play, Jefferson was selected for the 2012 McDonald's All-American Game, where he scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds. He was also named Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and Philadelphia Inquirer Player of the Year as both a junior and senior.
He led Friends Central to a 98–14 record and four Pennsylvania Independent Schools Tournament titles. He finished his high school career with 1,569 points, 839 rebounds and 189 blocks. He was a USA Today second-team All-USA as a senior in 2012 after averaging 19.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game.
Jefferson led the 2011 NBPA Top 100 Camp in scoring with an average of 20.8 points per game. And averaged 19.4 points and 7.0 rebounds at the 2011 Adidas Nations. He averaged 17.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game as a junior at Friends Central.
He played in a program-record 150 games, including 103 starts, and averaged 7.2 points and 6.3 rebounds; finished his career tied for seventh in NCAA history with 150 games played. He helped lead Duke to a 124–26 record in games in which he played, the third-most victories in program history. Duke went 67–2 (.971) at Cameron Indoor Stadium over the course of his career, the most home wins and second-best home winning percentage in Duke history.
He played in 12 NCAA tournament games, helping Duke win its fifth NCAA championship in 2015; owned career NCAA tournament averages of 3.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks. He finished his career ranked third in Duke history in offensive rebounds (361), seventh in blocks (138), 11th in total rebounds (944) and 59th in scoring (1,079). He capped his career with the second-best field goal percentage in Duke history at .620 (min. 300 FGM). Being just the 11th player in Duke history to amass 1,000 points and 900 rebounds in his career, he also scored in double figures 49 times, had double-figure rebounds 29 times and compiled 17 double-doubles. He was a three-time team captain and the only player in Duke history to be named to the All-ACC Academic Team four times.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Arts in Christian Studies from the Duke Divinity School.
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Amile Jefferson
Amile Oliver Jefferson (born May 7, 1993) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He is an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics team of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, where he served as a captain for three seasons, including for the 2014–15 NCAA championship team.
Jefferson was born and raised in Philadelphia and attended Friends' Central School where he was coached by Jason Polykoff.
He was ranked as the No. 21 overall recruit in the 2012 high school class by Scout, as well as No. 25 by ESPN and No. 36 by Rivals. With his solid play, Jefferson was selected for the 2012 McDonald's All-American Game, where he scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds. He was also named Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and Philadelphia Inquirer Player of the Year as both a junior and senior.
He led Friends Central to a 98–14 record and four Pennsylvania Independent Schools Tournament titles. He finished his high school career with 1,569 points, 839 rebounds and 189 blocks. He was a USA Today second-team All-USA as a senior in 2012 after averaging 19.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game.
Jefferson led the 2011 NBPA Top 100 Camp in scoring with an average of 20.8 points per game. And averaged 19.4 points and 7.0 rebounds at the 2011 Adidas Nations. He averaged 17.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game as a junior at Friends Central.
He played in a program-record 150 games, including 103 starts, and averaged 7.2 points and 6.3 rebounds; finished his career tied for seventh in NCAA history with 150 games played. He helped lead Duke to a 124–26 record in games in which he played, the third-most victories in program history. Duke went 67–2 (.971) at Cameron Indoor Stadium over the course of his career, the most home wins and second-best home winning percentage in Duke history.
He played in 12 NCAA tournament games, helping Duke win its fifth NCAA championship in 2015; owned career NCAA tournament averages of 3.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks. He finished his career ranked third in Duke history in offensive rebounds (361), seventh in blocks (138), 11th in total rebounds (944) and 59th in scoring (1,079). He capped his career with the second-best field goal percentage in Duke history at .620 (min. 300 FGM). Being just the 11th player in Duke history to amass 1,000 points and 900 rebounds in his career, he also scored in double figures 49 times, had double-figure rebounds 29 times and compiled 17 double-doubles. He was a three-time team captain and the only player in Duke history to be named to the All-ACC Academic Team four times.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Arts in Christian Studies from the Duke Divinity School.
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