{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Kevin Whitted | image = | width = | caption = | team = | league = | position = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = | birth_date = | birth_place = Wilmington, North Carolina | nationality = American | high_school = Emsley A. Laney<br>(Wilmington, North Carolina) | college = Tennessee (1992–1995) | draft_year = 1995 | career_start = 1995 | career_end = 1999 | career_number = | career_position = Forward | years1 = | team1 = | years2 = | team2 = | cyears1 = 2005–2007 | cteam1 = Atlanta Vision | cyears2 = 2007–2008 | cteam2 = Wilmington Sea Dawgs | cyears3 = 2008–2009 | cteam3 = Fort Wayne Mad Ants (asst.) | cyears4 = 2009–2011 | cteam4 = Springfield Armor (asst.) | cyears5 = 2011–2012 | cteam5 = | cyears7 = 2012–2014 | cteam7 = Southwest Tennessee Community College | cyears8 = | cteam8 = | cyears9 = | cteam9 = | cyears10 = 2014–2015 | cteam10 = Westchester Knicks | highlights = }} '''Kevin Whitted''' is a retired American basketball player and coach. He played in Europe after a successful career at University of Tennessee. He attended the same High School as Michael Jordan at Wilmington Laney High School. The school retired his Jersey and can be found right beside Michael's jersey in the schools Gymnasium.
== Coaching career == During the 2007–08 Premier Basketball League season Whitted coached the Wilmington Sea Dawgs.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3466953 | title = Sea Dawgs Make Move to the Premier Basketball League | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = May 9, 2007 | accessdate = April 18, 2008 }}</ref> They played in the East Division. They finished the regular season at 11–9 and tied for second in the division with the Reading Railers behind the Rochester Razorsharks. They made the playoffs and faced the Maryland Nighthawks in the first round but lost. On April 22, 2008, Kevin Whitted resigned as head coach of the Sea Dawgs <ref>{{citation | url= http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3628142 | title = Kevin Whitted Steps Down as Head Coach of the Wilmington Sea Dawgs | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = April 22, 2008 | accessdate = April 24, 2008 }}</ref> On October 17, Dale Kuhl was named head coach.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.goseadawgs.com/news/index.html?article_id=14 | title = Sea Dawgs Select Kuhl as Coach | publisher = GoSeaDawgs.com | date = October 17, 2008 | accessdate = October 17, 2008 | archive-date = January 17, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190117070000/http://www.goseadawgs.com/news/index.html?article_id=14 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==NBA D League==
On July 29, 2009, Whitted was named an assistant coach for the Springfield Armor.<ref>[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/armor-announce-coach-dee-brown-and-assistant-coach-kevin-whitted/n-3874616 Armor Announce Coach Dee Brown and Assistant Coach Kevin Whitted]</ref>
On October 22, 2012, Whitted was named interim coach for Southwest Tennessee Community College.<ref>[http://www.southwest.tn.edu/events/press-releases/2012/October/press-10-25-12.htmWhitted Named Southwest Tennessee Community College Interim Men's Basketball Coach]{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On October 13, 2014, Kevin Whitted was named as the first coach of the Westchester Knicks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/westchester/kevin_whitted_named_westcheste_2014_10_08.html |title=KEVIN WHITTED NAMED WESTCHESTER KNICKS HEAD COACH |access-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113222654/http://www.nba.com/dleague/westchester/kevin_whitted_named_westcheste_2014_10_08.html |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On March 30, 2015, the Knicks announced via Twitter that head coach Kevin Whitted was relieved of his duties and that assistant coach Craig Hodges would serve as the interim head coach for the final week of the 2014–15 season.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=582573335613202432|user=wcknicks|title=OFFICIAL: Kevin Whitted has been relieved from duties as head coach. Craig Hodges will serve as interim head coach for remainder of season.<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=March 30, 2015}}</ref>
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