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The son of coach Butch van Breda Kolff, he played from 1975 to 1983 for the Denver Nuggets, Kentucky Colonels, and Virginia Squires in the American Basketball Association, and the New New York/New Jersey Jersey Nets in the National Basketball Association.
Palos Verdes High School.
Van Breda Kolff"s tenure at Saint Bonaventure ended abruptly in controversy late in the 2002-2003 season. Athletic director Gothard Lane had told school president Robert Wickenheiser that Terrell was ineligible to play that year. School officials didn"t seek guidance from the National Collegiate Athletic Association about Terrell"s eligibility until the 2002-2003 season was nearly over.
The Bonnies were forced to forfeit every game in which Terrell played, and were also barred from the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.
In protest, the Bonnies players opted to sit out the last two games. Van Breda Kolff denied knowing about the scandal, and was cleared of wrongdoing.
On April 25, 2007, he was named as one of three finalists to become the new head coach of University of California Riverside"s men"s basketball program Van Breda Kolff was named coach of the Nashville Broncos of the American Basketball Association in 2008.
He stayed with the team through its name change to the Music City Stars, but lost his job when the team disbanded in 2010.
