Pedro "Petey" Cipriano is an American-Cape Verdean basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Southern University.
Education
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Cipriano graduated from Saint Anthony High School and played basketball at Saint Anthony under coach Bob Hurley. Going by "Peter", Cipriano attended and played basketball at Southern University from 2002 to 2006.
Career
He played professionally from 2006 to 2011 for various European teams. In the 2006–2007 season, he played for Black Gold Karlsruhe of the German Basketball Bundesliga with jersey #15. He averaged 6.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.
Cipriano signed with Kouvot in the Finnish Korisliiga for the 2007–2008 postseason, with jersey #4.
Helping Kouvot make the 2008 Korisliiga Finals, Cipriano averaged 7.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. In the 2008–2009 season, Cipriano played for the Norrköping Dolphins of the Swedish Basketligan, with jersey #10.
Cipriano averaged 7.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. The Dolphins advanced to the 2009 Basketligan semifinals.
Foreign three games in October 2009, Cirpiano played for PBG Basket Poznań of the Polish Basketball League.
Cipriano then played 11 games for Eco Örebro of Swedish Basketligan from February to March 2010 with 7.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Cipriano returned to the team for the 2010-2011 season, averaging 7.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. He wore jersey #10 with Orebro.
After completing his bachelor"s degree at Southern University in 2013, Cipriano became an assistant coach in Roman Banks"s staff in the 2013-2014 season.