Paul Long

Paul Long
Personal information
Born (1944-02-08) February 8, 1944 (age 82)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight
180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolWaggener (Louisville, Kentucky)
College
1967: 5th round, 45th overall pick
Drafted byDetroit Pistons
Playing career
1967–1971
PositionShooting guard
Number10, 34, 36, 26, 5
Career history
1967-1968Detroit Pistons
1968–1969Kentucky Colonels
1969-1970Detroit Pistons
1970-1971Buffalo Braves
1980-1981CVJM Birsfelden
Career highlights
  • First-team All-ACC (1967)
  • Second-team All-ACC (1966)
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Paul Richard Long (born February 8, 1944) is a former NBA and ABA basketball player. He played professionally for the Detroit Pistons, Kentucky Colonels and the Buffalo Braves.

Biography

Long was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Waggener High School in Louisville. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

He was drafted with the second pick in the fifth round of the 1967 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. In his first NBA season, Long averaged 3.6 points and 0.8 assists per game. Long then played for the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA in his second season, averaging 3.9 points and 1.3 assists per game. He played for the Pistons again in his third season, averaging 3.3 points and 0.7 assists per game. In his final NBA season, Long played for the Buffalo Braves, averaging 4.5 points and 0.8 assists per game.

Following two knee surgeries, he began his coaching journey as a graduate assistant coach at Arizona State University in 1978. The following year he became an assistant coach at Central Arizona Community College. The desire to play professionally again, led him to Basel, Switzerland where he coached the youth team, the junior team and played on and coached the men's team. Long would eventually coach and play for CVJM Birsfelden in the Swiss LNB during the 1980-81 season.

After returning back home, Long was hired as the head coach at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona where he coached for five years. He has also served as the boy's basketball coach for Trevor G. Browne High School (1994-2007), Horizon High School (2007-11), and Tempe High School (2011-12).

Paul Long currently offers private, in-person basketball training sessions focusing ononcentrated repetition, fundamental skills, attacking the rim, pick-and-roll execution, and defense in both Brandenburg and Ekron, Kentucky.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA/ABA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG PPG
1967–68 Detroit 165.8.451.733.9.83.6
1968–69 Kentucky (ABA) 99.1.225–.8101.01.33.9
1969–70 Detroit 255.2.452.711.4.73.3
1970–71 Buffalo 307.1.475.8331.0.84.5
Career (NBA) 716.1.464.753.8.83.9
Career (overall) 806.5.429–.765.8.83.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1968 Detroit 14.01.000–.01.06.0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Paul Long NBA & ABA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Paul Richard Long". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Paul Long talks about his coaching experience". www.coachup.com. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Paul Long's high school coaching career". www.eastvalleytribune.com. Retrieved November 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Paul Long offers in-person basketball training". www.coachup.com. Retrieved November 6, 2026.