Quincy Pondexter - Men's Basketball Coach

Quincy Pondexter

Title:
Men's Basketball Assistant Coach
Email:
uschoops@usc.edu

Quincy Pondexter was named an assistant coach with the USC men’s basketball program by head coach Eric Musselman on May 16, 2024. The eight-year NBA veteran served as an assistant coach at his alma mater Washington for the 2022-24 seasons, where he worked along current USC assistant coach Will Conroy.

Following college, Pondexter was selected as the No. 26 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by Oklahoma City and was traded to the New Orleans Hornets. His NBA career included stops with New Orleans (2010-11, 2015), Memphis (2011-15), Chicago (2017-18) and San Antonio (2018-19). He played in 355 games, making 48 starts and averaging 4.5 points per game. He was traded from Memphis back to New Orleans during the 2015 season and averaged a career-best 9.0 points in 45 games (28 starts) for the Pelicans. Pondexter’s team reached the NBA playoffs five seasons. He played in 15 games during the 2013 postseason with Memphis, averaging 8.9 points and helping lead them to the Western Conference finals.

The Fresno, Calif. native played collegiately at Washington from 2007-10 and scored 1,786 points, which rank fifth on the Huskies’ all-time scoring list. Pondexter scored 20 or more points 30 times in his career and posted 83 double-figure scoring games in 136 games played.

Pondexter accumulated numerous awards during his career being named First Team All-Pac-10, NABC All-District First Team, USBWA All-District, AP All-American Honorable Mention, a FoxSports.com Fourth Team All-American and won a Pac-10 record five Player of the Week honors in one season (2010). The forward was also a member of the 2009 Team USA squad that won the bronze medal at the World University Games.

The Washington squads had unprecedented success with Pondexter on the roster as they won the Pac-10 Regular season Championship (2009) outright for the first time since 1953 and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2005-06 season. Washington made two-straight NCAA appearances when Pondexter was the team captain, making the second round in 2009 and the Sweet 16 in 2010 while recording back-to-back 26-win seasons.

As a senior, Washington also won the Pac-10 Tournament Championship in a dramatic 79-75 victory over California where Pondexter had a team-high 18 points. He finished his senior season averaging a team-high 19.3 points which ranks fourth all-time. Pondexter led the team in scoring, rebounding (7.4) and free throw percentage (82.7) during the 2009-10 campaign while putting up 17 games of 20 or more points scored.

While playing in the NBA, Pondexter started his coaching path with the AAU teams California United in 2015 and Las Vegas Elite developing youth basketball players and helping them prepare for collegiate ball.

Pondexter starred at San Joaquin Memorial High school in Fresno, Calif. where he averaged 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists per game during his senior season. He was a highly touted recruit being ranked in the top 50 in the country by all the recruiting sites. He was the MVP of the Pangos All-American Camp and an All-Star game starter at the Adidas Superstar Camp in 2004 and 2005.