Bronx native Billy Singleton enters his first season as Video Coordinator for the Iona College men's basketball program and head coach Tim Cluess. Singleton comes to New Rochelle after spending the last two seasons as the director of operations for the New York Gauchos AAU Program.
In Sep. 2007, Singleton returned to his alma mater St. John's University as the director of operations for head coach Norm Roberts. He was responsible for many of the day-to-day operations of the men's basketball office, including team travel and meals, coordinating practice schedules, assisting in the monitoring of student-athlete academic progress, providing support for recruiting and serving as the program's chief liaison to basketball alumni.
Singleton was a three-year letterwinner at St. John's and co-captain as a senior in 1991, playing for coach Lou Carnesecca and alongside greats such as Malik Sealy, Jayson Williams, Jason Buchanan and Robert Werdann. He played in 96 career contests, averaging 8.7 points per game and 5.7 rebounds with a .478 field goal percentage. He was a member of the 1989 St. John's NIT Championship team, and is notably remembered for joining Sealy in carrying Carnesecca off the court following the coach's 500th career win on Feb. 2, 1991.
Following commencement from St. John's, Singleton enjoyed a 16-year playing career abroad, with stints in Australia, France, Uruguay, Ireland, Chile, Israel, Cyprus and most notably, England, where he remains among the British Basketball League's (BBL) all-time scoring leaders. Singleton spent a combined 13 seasons playing in the BBL, capturing the league's championship with the Leicester Raiders, Cheshire Jets and Scottish Rocks.
After spending one season as an assistant coach with the BBL's Cheshire Jets, Singleton spent the 2005-07 seasons as head coach. With Cheshire, he was responsible for all on-court operations of the club, including: team selection, player development, practice and game preparation while also managing the team's budget.
A native of the Bronx, Singleton attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School. He is the nephew of current Philadelphia 76ers television analyst Ed Pinckney, who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1985 Final Four with Villanova before a 12-year NBA career.
