Peter Scantlebury

Peter Scantlebury MBE ( born November 21, 1963 in Camberwell, London ) is an English former basketball coach and players. Scantlebury is in the time list of British Basketball League (BBL ) the record holder in operations and achieved points. After his playing career, the long-time national player of England moved to the dugout and won in his first season as coach in charge of the 2004 BBL Cup and the BBL play-offs. He was also coach of the England team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. His younger brother Richard was also a player in the BBL and the English national team.

Career

Scantlebury began his career as a basketball player for the Pirates from Guildford who already moved a year later to Bracknell. To study Scantlebury went to Winthrop University in Rock Hill to the north of South Carolina. Their basketball team Eagles took some time until the mid- 1980s in the competitions of the NAIA, before they changed to the NCAA. As early as 1985 Scantlebury returned to his home back to the Pirates, who played as Tigers in the BBL newly founded in 1987. Here she was able to qualify twice for the play-offs the best eight teams in which they were eliminated in each case against the Scottish side Livingston MIM. For 1989, they won the cup competition " National Cup " which was played without the dominating this season Scottish teams and the League Cup BBL Trophy, where they were able to defeat in the final Livingston. 1990 you missed the third place in the regular season only just because of the poorer direct comparison against the 76ers and Sunderland difference in the play-off semi-final against the dominating that season from Kingston Kings.

In the 1990/91 season Scantlebury himself played together among other things, Russ Saunders and the " Most Valuable Player " ( MVP ) of the previous BBL season Clyde Vaughan for the 76ers from Sunderland, the first time the finals of the National Cup, the Kingston Kings in a were able to defeat knockout game in two years. In a rematch of the play-off final match of the preseason between Hauptrundenerstem Kings and second 76ers but they lost the otherwise dominant Kings. As of 1991, Scantlebury played for the London Towers, who had two years earlier found as Docklands inclusion in the BBL, where they each had reached the bottom of the table with three wins in two seasons. As Towers it was now much more successful and reached the play-off semi-final, which went against local rivals and again dominating Kingston Kings lost. In the play-off semi-finals the following season they lost Scantleburys former team Tigers in the play-off semi-finals.

Scantleburg returned in 1993 to the Tigers back who played under the name Thames Valley Tigers since 1990, and could, together with, among others, the MVP of the 1993/94 season defend Nigel Lloyd winning the title of Tigers in the BBL Trophy. In the finals of the National Cup in 1994 they lost last year's champion Worthing Bears. The main round of the BBL First one failed surprising in the first play-off round against Derby Bucks. In the 1994/95 season it was enough again to defend their title in the BBL Trophy, as the Sheffield Sharks to beat in the final, but lost the final against the one in the National Cup. In the play-offs but lost to second place again in the first round against defending champions Worthing Bears. In the 1995/96 season it was not enough for front seats and runners-up and as a table of eight would retire for the third time in a row in the first round of the play - offs. After even completely missed the following season the play-offs, left Scantlebury 1997 the club and went to the Eagles to Newcastle -upon- Tyne, which had arisen from his former club from Sunderland. However, the Eagles remained since moving from Sunderland first without lasting success and also secreted in the BBL Trophy semi-final against eventual winners London Towers from. After a third place in the main round of the season ended with the Scantlebury for become almost too common first- Off against the same opponent, who also won the play-off title later.

For the 1998/99 season, the now not quite 35 -year-old Scantlebury joined the Sharks from Sheffield. After winning the National Cup was signed with season MVP Terrell Myers and the regular season of BBL in the first place from, but in the semi-finals of the play-offs kept the London Towers the upper hand. Success in National Cup could be repeated in 2000, but in the play- offs would retire from the same in the first round. The defense of the title in the Cup was no longer possible in 2001, but first the " Conference North " BBL, which was temporarily divided into Regional Director visions, managed to the entry into the play-off final, which was lost, however, in 2001 against Leicester Riders. Scantlebury, although even still active in the field, has now also simultaneously an assistant to head coach Chris Finch. When you re- play-off finals but they lost against the dominating this season Chester Jets. After each one early exit in the cup competitions was achieved in the 2002/03 season as the main round first the play-offs. But here they showed weaknesses in knockout games. After an arduous opening win in the first round after extra time would retire semi-final against eventual winners Scottish Rocks. Coach Finch then left the Sharks and became a coach on the mainland, where he first took over the 46ers casting in the German Basketball Bundesliga. Scantlebury ended after 540 missions and 8,324 points in the BBL with the respective record values ​​in these categories his active career and was the successor of Finch as a responsible coach. In his first season as head coach of the Sharks could win the BBL Cup, had the National Cup replaced as the cup competition. Also in the play-offs was not more to beat now in knockout games and won as the main round the second final against the Chester Jets.

As an England international Scantleburg had to qualify with the England team never for the final tournament of the European Basketball Championships. Also taking part in the Olympic Games had never been for the British Olympic team in range. After he was in 2002 already become an assistant coach in the national team, he was also appointed as head coach of the English selection in 2004. He could the team does not qualify for finals in FIBA competitions, but for the first time to host a basketball competition at the Commonwealth Games lost the selection only against New Zealand and hosts Australia in the semifinals. Against Nigeria managed a convincing 80:57 victory in the match for the bronze medal. After the award of the 2012 Olympic Games in the British capital London a permanent British national was now, however, instead of a temporary British Olympic team set up for taking Scantlebury his former teacher Chris Finch was appointed as coach. With the Sheffield Sharks Scantlebury could indeed after the initial successes in 2004 still achieve top rankings, but do not celebrate more titles profits. After this was only sixth in the main round of the 2007/ 08 season, we had a year later, in sixth already a negative balance with more defeats than victories on. Scantlebury resigned from his post as manager and worked from 2011 as a teacher at the Aston Academy in Rotherham.