{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1948)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NBA biography | name = Coby Dietrick | image = Coby Dietrick.jpeg | width = | caption = Dietrick with the Dallas Chaparrals, {{circa}} 1972 | number = 52, 25, 26 | position = Power forward / center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 230 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|07|23}} | birth_place = Riverside, California, U.S. | high_school = Riverside Polytechnic<br/>(Riverside, California) | college = San Jose State (1967–1970) | draft_year = 1970 | draft_round = 10 | draft_pick = 155 | draft_team = San Francisco Warriors | career_start = 1970 | career_end = 1983 | years1 = 1970–1972 | team1 = Memphis Pros | years2 = 1972–{{nbay|1978|end}} | team2 = Dallas Chaparrals / San Antonio Spurs | years3 = {{nbay|1979|start}}–{{nbay|1981|end}} | team3 = Chicago Bulls | years4 = {{nbay|1982|end}} | team4 = San Antonio Spurs | years5 = 1985 | team5 = Tampa Bay Thrillers | highlights = * CBA champion (1985) * Second-team All-PCAA (1970) | stats_league = ABA and NBA | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 5,140 (6.1 ppg) | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 3,772 (4.5 rpg) | stat3label = Assists | stat3value = 1,740 (2.1 apg) }} '''Coby Joseph Dietrick''' (born July 23, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player.
Dietrick played college basketball for the San Jose State Spartans, where he was a second-team All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association selection in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Basketball All-Big West Team |url=https://bigwest.org/sports/2022/10/6/mbb-all-big-west-team.aspx |website=Big West Conference |access-date=September 20, 2023}}</ref> He played thirteen seasons (1970–1983) of professional basketball in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association. Dietrick spent the majority of his career with the San Antonio Spurs, a team that began in the ABA but joined the NBA after the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. He also played with the NBA's Chicago Bulls. In 1983, he retired with ABA/NBA career averages of 6.1 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game.
Dietrick won a CBA championship with the Tampa Bay Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |title=1984-85 Tampa Bay Thrillers Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBATBT/y-1984 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref>
He later worked as a color commentator for the Spurs. He also opened the first Relax The Back franchise store in San Antonio in 1989.<ref>Meena Thiruvengadam, "[https://archive.today/20130125024831/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-130014962.html Former Texas basketball star sells furniture business after franchise dispute.]" ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 10, 2005. via HighBeam</ref>
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==External links== *{{basketballstats|bbr=d/dietrco01}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103239/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA111206.11C.BKNtop30spurs.dietrick27.5a1a256c.html Coby Dietrick] at MySA.com
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