Jake Odum

Jacob Andrew "Jake" Odum (born February 11, 1991) is a former Assistant basketball coach for Indiana State. He's also a former American professional basketball player who last played for Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He is a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.

Jake Odum
Personal information
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991
Terre Haute, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolSouth Vigo (Terre Haute, Indiana)
CollegeIndiana State (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–2019
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Career history
As player:
2014–2015PAOK
2015–2016Medi Bayreuth
2016–2017s.Oliver Würzburg
2017Banvit
2017–2018Nizhny Novgorod
2018–2019Promitheas Patras
2019Pistoia Basket 2000
As coach:
2019–presentIndiana State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-MVC (2013, 2014)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Coaching career

Odum was an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, Indiana State assuming the position on Sept 3, 2020. He previously served as the Indiana State assistant director of player personnel / assistant strength coach during the 2019-20 season upon retiring from professional basketball after 5 season in European leagues.[1]

College career

Odum played college basketball at Indiana State University, with the Sycamores, from 2010 to 2014. He led the Sycamores to a 4-yr record of 79–55 (.590), a MVC title and 4 post-season tournament berths (1x NCAA, 2x NIT, 1x CiT).

He currently stands 6th in career scoring (1,568 pts), 13th in career rebounds (617), 2nd in assists (603), 3rd in steals (204), 1st in games played (134), made free throws (590), games started (131) and minutes played (4,199).[2]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Odum played on the Indiana Pacers' Orlando Summer League team.[3][4] He then played on the Sacramento Kings' Las Vegas Summer League team.[5][6]

Odum began his pro career with the Greek League club PAOK for the 2014–15 season,[7] choosing to sign with the Greek club, rather than take his chances at that particular time in an NBA training camp, despite a couple of offers from NBA teams.[8]

After leading PAOK to a 3rd-place finish in the Greek League, Odum signed with Medi Bayreuth of Germany for the 2015–16 Bundesliga season.[9] He was named to the Eurobasket.com German Bundesliga All-Newcomer Team. Odum was one of the best players of the team and was then committed by the Franconian rival s.Oliver Würzburg for the 2016–17 Bundesliga season.[10] He was named to the EuroBasket.com All-German Bundesliga Honorable Mention team.

On July 13, 2017, Odum signed with Turkish club Banvit.[11] On November 17, 2017, he left Banvit and signed with Russian club Nizhny Novgorod for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[12]

On November 13, 2017, Odum signed with Promitheas Patras B.C. in Greece.[13] On March 4, 2019, Odum left Promitheas Patras and signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 in Italy.[14]

Coaching career

Odum joined Indiana State as assistant director of player personnel and assistant strength coach in 2019. In September 2020, he was promoted to assistant coach.[15] Following the termination of Head Coach Greg Lansing in March, 2021; Odum was released with the entirety of Lansing's staff.[16]

Awards and accomplishments

College

Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (2014) Under Armour All-Select Tournament Team

References
  1. "Jake Odum Promoted to Assistant Coach".
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. A closer look at the Indiana Pacers 2014 Summer League roster.
  4. "2014 Summer League Player Profile #23 Jake Odum". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  5. Summer League Update: Jake Odum Now In Vegas With Sacramento.
  6. 2014 Sacramento Kings Summer League Stats (Las Vegas) | Averages.
  7. PAOK picks up rookie guard Odum.
  8. Jake Odum headed to Greece for PAOK season.
  9. Jake Odum moves to Medi Bayreuth
  10. s.Oliver Würzburg Der neue Spielmacher heißt Jake Odum Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. 2016-05-30. (german).
  11. Banvit inks Jake Odum
  12. Jake Odum signs with Nizhny Novgorod
  13. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
  14. "The Flexx Pistoia Adds Jake Odum". BallersAbroad.com. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  15. Semmler, Rick (September 3, 2020). "JAKE ODUM MOVING INTO ASSISTANT COACHING ROLE WITH SYCAMORES". WTHI. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  16. "Indiana State, Greg Lansing part ways".
  17. "Teams - AdvoCare Invitational". Archived from the original on 2015-06-29.
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