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Bo Ellis

American basketball player and coach

Maurice H. "Bo" Ellis (born August 8, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player.

After graduating from Chicago's Parker High School, Ellis, a 6-9 forward, played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles and won an NCAA championship in 1977. An art major in college he received by going to class at Mount Mary College Fashion Design Program, Ellis created several different uniform designs worn by his team during the 1977 season.

After graduating, he played three seasons of professional basketball for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, averaging 3.6 points per game. He later held coaching positions at Marquette and Chicago State University, and worked with the Chicago Public Schools' athletics administration.

01Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1977-78 Denver 7815.6.416.6923.9.9.6.64.3
1978-79 Denver 426.4.457.8061.5.2.2.32.7
1979-80 Denver 4810.5.449.000.7552.4.6.2.53.4
Career 16811.8.431.000.7312.9.7.4.53.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978 Denver 1214.2.425.8003.6.7.5.73.8
1979 Denver 38.0.3331.0001.3.3.7.32.0
Career 1512.9.413.8243.1.6.5.63.5

02Head coaching record

Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Chicago State Cougars (Mid-Continent Conference) (1998-2003)
1998-99 Chicago State 3-243-11T-7th
1999-00 Chicago State 10-187-97th
2000-01 Chicago State 5-222-149th
2001-02 Chicago State 2-260-148th
2002-03 Chicago State 3-15*0-2*8th*
Chicago State: 23-10512-50

(*) Indicates record/standing at time
of resignation from Chicago State.

Total:23-105

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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