Joe 'Jellybean' Bryant, the father of Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, has died. He was 69.
An official cause of Bryant's death was not announced as of Tuesday morning. La Salle University, where Bryant played and coached, said in a statement that Bryant "was a beloved member of the Explorer family and will be dearly missed."that Joe was "a great basketball mind" and credited his father with teaching him "from an early age how to view the game, how to prepare for the game and how to execute.
Joe Bryant played and coached professionally both in the United States and internationally after starring at La Salle, where he averaged 20.8 points per game in two seasons with the Explorers. He was a first-round draft selection of the, averaging 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds in 606 career games. He was a member of the 1976-77 Sixers team that lost to the
After playing nearly a decade overseas in France and Italy, Bryant started coaching in 1992. He was the head coach for the WNBA'sfor parts of three seasons and also coached in various roles at both the professional and college levels in the U.S., Japan and Thailand.
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