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Which school did David Padgett go to from 2004 to 2008?
David Padgett David Christopher Padgett ( born February 13 , 1985 ) is an American basketball coach who served as the interim head coach for the Louisville Cardinals for the 2017-18 season . As a college basketball player , he had played for the Kansas Jayhawks before transferring and finishing his career at Louisville . High school . Born in Reno , Nevada , Padgett attended Reno High School , where he averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds per game his senior year . He was a McDonalds High School and a first-team Parade All-American . He also was a member of the 2004 USA Basketball Junior World Championship Qualifying Team , earning a gold medal at the event . As a high school senior , he was the top-rated center and considered the fourth-rated prospect overall by Inside Hoops , the seventh overall by Rivals Hoops , and fifteenth overall by ESPN.com . In 2003 , he was the Nevada player of the year . College . University of Kansas . Padgett committed to the University of Kansas in 2003 in Roy Williams last season as the head coach . He decided to remain at Kansas after Williams left for the University of North Carolina and Bill Self became the head coach . His most memorable moment at Kansas came when he made the game winning shot in an 84-82 victory against Missouri in what turned out to be the last basketball game at the Hearnes Center . University of Louisville . After his freshman year , Padgett decided to transfer to the University of Louisville . NCAA rules dictated that he redshirt , and sit out for the 2004-2005 season , during which the Cardinals made it to the Final Four . Padgett served as team captain with Taquan Dean . His team debut against Prairie View A&M was the third-highest scoring debut of any Cardinal at 17 points . He scored a career-high 27 points and eight rebounds against UConn . Padgett scored in double-figures in 14 games in the 2006-2007 season . The Cardinals leader in field goal percentage ( 59.7% , fourth in the Big East ) , Padgett averaged 9.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game . He was named to the Big East Conference Second Team . At the beginning of his senior year , Padgett broke his kneecap in the season opener against Jackson State . He recovered quicker than expected and rejoined the team against Cincinnati on January 1 , 2008 . Padgett was a unanimous first-team selection for All-Big East . Padgetts final year with Louisville came to end in the Elite Eight of the 2008 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament . Though the #3 Cardinals lost to the #1 Tar Heels 83-73 , Padgett was the Cardinals top all around performer , finishing the game with 6 points , 8 rebounds , and 6 assists . Post-college . Though undrafted by an NBA team , Padgett was signed on July 2 , 2008 by the Miami Heat , and added to its summer league team . However , Padgett was waived by the Heat on October 26 , 2008 . After spending the 2008-09 season in Spain , Padgett was named to the Portland Trail Blazers 2009 summer league team . However , Padgett was not invited to training camp , and proceeded to play the next year in Spain with U.B . La Palma . Coaching . Following his second season in Spain , Padgett unofficially retired and returned to Louisville as the teams assistant strength coach , working under his former head coach Rick Pitino . After spending the 2010–11 season in that position , he left to become a full-time assistant at IUPUI , serving in that role until IUPUI head coach Todd Howard was fired at the end of the 2013–14 season . Padgett then returned to the Louisville program , and was initially hired in the 2014 offseason as assistant video coordinator . Shortly after he was hired at U of L , he was promoted to director of basketball operations when Andre McGee left to become an assistant with UMKC . Padgett was promoted to an assistant coach position at U of L , in March 2015 . Padgett was named acting head coach at Louisville on September 29 , 2017 , amid FBI investigations of various basketball programs that ultimately led to the firings of both Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich . Following Louisvilles loss in the NIT , they announced that Padgett would not be retained as head coach . Personal . Padgetts father , Pete , played for the University of Nevada , his uncle played for the University of New Mexico , his grandfather , Jim , played for Oregon State , and his sister , Melissa , played for the University of San Diego . External links . - IUPUI coach bio - Player bio at the University of Louisville - Sheriff Padgett keying Louisvilles surge