 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate Head Coach |
| Team | Illinois |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 20, 1973 Dominican Republic |
| Playing career | |
| 1989, 1991–1993 | Gigantes de Carolina |
| 1991–1995 | Pittsburgh |
| 1995–2002 | Harlem Globetrotters |
| 1996–1997 | Gigantes de Carolina |
| 2000 | Mets de Guaynabo |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2003 | Mt. Lebanon HS (asst.) |
| 2006–2008 | Pittsburgh (asst.) |
| 2008–2009 | Memphis (asst.) |
| 2009–2014 | Kentucky (asst.) |
| 2013–2015 | Dominican Republic |
| 2014–2017 | South Florida |
| 2017–2021 | Illinois (asst.) |
| 2021–2024 | Kentucky (asst.) |
| 2024–present | Illinois (Associate HC) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2003–2006 | Pittsburgh (dir. of ops.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–55 (.295) |
Orlando Radhames Antigua Fernández (born February 20, 1973), nicknamed "Hurricane", is a Dominican-American basketball coach and former player who is currently the associate head coach at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He had also been an assistant there from 2017 to 2021. He was most recently an assistant coach under John Calipari at the University of Kentucky. He is widely known as becoming the first Hispanic[1] and the first non-black player for the Harlem Globetrotters in 52 years[2] when he signed in 1995. After his retirement from playing professional basketball he was named an assistant coach at Pittsburgh, the University of Memphis, and the University of Kentucky. In 2014, he was named the head coach at South Florida, which he held until 2017. He also served as the head coach of the Dominican Republic national basketball team from 2013 to 2015.
- ^ Paese, Gabrielle (2007). "Antigua Breaks Ground For Latinos In NCAA Basketball". Puerto Rico Herald. 7 (30). Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ^ "Sports People: Basketball — A Non-Black Player Joins Globetrotters". New York Times. December 28, 1995. Retrieved February 5, 2009.