Pat Carroll (born September 10, 1982 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an
American professional
basketball player. He is a
shooting guard who is a
three-point specialist.
Carroll is 6'5" is tall and weighs 190 lbs. He played high school basketball at
Hatboro-Horsham High School in
Horsham,
Pennsylvania under coach Walt Ostrowski. He played college basketball at the
Saint Joseph's University for
Phil Martelli and played with future
National Basketball Association players
Jameer Nelson,
Delonte West and
Dwayne Jones, being an integral part of Saint Joe's NCAA Championship run in the 2003-2004 season, his junior year.
He, with his brother,
Matt, who starred at
the University of Notre Dame and now plays for the NBA's
Charlotte Bobcats, and his grandfather, legendary Pennsylvania high school coach Don Graham began Carroll Camps, a basketball camp run by the brothers to teach the fundamentals of basketball, specifically shooting.
Like his brother, Carroll went undrafted out of college. He has been playing in Europe after going unsigned by an NBA team, having unsuccessful tries so far. After injuring his shoulder in a game in Italy in 2005, Carroll returned to the U.S. to undergo surgery and rehabilitate, missing the entire season.
On July 2, 2006, it was reported in
The Philadelphia Inquirer that the
Houston Rockets had invited Carroll to play on its summer league team in Las Vegas from July 6–14. On August 17, 2006, Carroll signed a contract with the
Dallas Mavericks...
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