height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round height_in article_title
6 american 21 october 1971 1995 1995 -- 1997 1997 1997 -- 1999 1994 fort -rrb- fort wayne fury -lrb- cba -rrb- wayne fury -lrb- cba -rrb- pau-orthez -lrb- france 44 22 indiana -lrb- 1990 -- 1994 -rrb- damon bailey bedford north lawrence -lrb- bedford , indiana -rrb- 200 heltonville , indiana indiana pacers 2004 point guard 2 3 damon bailey

damon bailey

damon bailey -lrb- born october 21 , 1971 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .
bailey rose to national prominence after being recruited by indiana coach bob knight as an 8th grader , an unusual event at the time .
bailey went on to become indiana 's all-time high school leading scorer and would earn all-america honors playing for the indiana hoosiers .
he became a cult figure during the late 1980s and early 1990s in indiana .
bailey is currently an assistant coach of the butler university 's women 's basketball team .
