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Orlando Antigua a.k.a. "Hurricane" is an American basketball player and current South Florida coach. He is widely known as becoming the first Hispanic and the first non-black to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 52 years when he signed in 1995. He was named the head coach of South Florida on March 31, 2014. Raised in the Bronx, Antigua overcame various obstacles early in his life, among them having to live with a bullet lodged in his head for many years, before he was able to play for the Globetrotters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/antigua_orlando00.html )〕 After his retirement from playing professional basketball he was named an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers, the Memphis Tigers, and most recently, the Kentucky Wildcats. He is also currently the head coach of the Dominican Republic national basketball team and has accepted an offer to become the head coach of the University of South Florida men's basketball team. ==Early years== Antigua was born in the Dominican Republic to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. The family moved to New York City and lived in the Bronx where he was raised. There Antigua and his two siblings received their primary and secondary education. He attended St. Raymond's High School, where he played basketball.〔 On Halloween night in 1988, Antigua became the victim of a drive-by shooting and was shot in the head near his left eye. He recovered from the shooting, however the doctors were unable to retrieve the slug from his head. He was back playing basketball just two weeks after the incident〔 and gained media attention as the kid who’d taken a bullet to the head in a drive-by in his rough Bronx neighborhood.〔 During this period of his life Antigua's family also went through a period of homelessness. He kept the family together while housing was secured.〔 He overcame these difficulties and went on to serve as student council president at his high school and played a major role in the program's New York Catholic League Championship run under head coach Gary DeCesare. As a senior, he earned McDonald's All America, All-New York City and Parade All America Second Team honors. Antigua also played on the Gauchos youth basketball team. He caught the attention of various scouts during his high school playing days and was signed with the University of Pittsburgh.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orlando Antigua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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