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He averaged a combined 11.2 points in his college playing career, shot 53.7% from the field, and was known to have great jumping ability. Being a favorite of
Georgia Bulldog fans in the mid-1980s, Ward was honored as part of the Chick-Fil-A SEC Basketball Legends program at the 2006 SEC Tournament.
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After a nine year playing career in 1994, Ward arrived in the
Knoxville area and started coaching with the Rule Christian Academy (RCA) recreation program. In nine years there, he won championships as he guided RCA’s 15 to 17-year-olds and would sometimes coach three different teams in a season.
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men's basketball coaching staff of Rey Madrid. He was brought in primarily to train two bigs from UP’s Team B. Due to the Madrid's departure from the team in 2015, Ward began to coach the
Maroons on an interim basis. A few months later, while also being the UP-affiliated Diliman Fighting Maroons
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and sat out the 1983 season. He became a starter five games into his sophomore season and made 90% of his free throws as a sophomore as well. He remained a starter for the next three years. As a senior under coach Hugh Durham in 1985–86, Ward was named to the
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27:Personal information
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