Background
He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and attended Neptune High School in Neptune Township, New Jersey.
He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and attended Neptune High School in Neptune Township, New Jersey.
Neptune High School.
Dean was a star college basketball player for the University of Louisville through 2006, where he majored in justice administration. Throughout his four-year college career, he scored 1,657 career points, and made 361 three-point field goals. Considered a lock to be drafted in the first round of the 2005 National Basketball Association Draft after Louisville"s great season and subsequent run through the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, he decided to stay at Louisville for his senior season.
This proved to be a mistake, draft stock wise, as Dean spent much of his senior season on the bench with an ankle injury.
He went undrafted in the 2006 National Basketball Association Draft, and he signed with Angelico Biella of the Italian League. After half of the season, he transferred again, this time to the Russian Super League club Dynamo Moscow.
In 2007, he signed with the Italian 2nd Division team Casale Monferrato. In July 2008, Dean played for the Phoenix Suns in the Las Vegas National Basketball Association Summer League.
In 2008, he signed with the Spanish ACB club Murcia.
In 2009, he joined the Euroleague club Unicaja Málaga by signing a one-year contract. He moved for a short time to Saski Baskonia before finishing the 2009-2010 season with Kavala British Columbia. He has signed with Air Avellino for the 2010-2011 season. In August 2014, he signed with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa.
On April 9, 2015, he left San Sebastián.
On April 27, 2015, he signed with Mahram Tehran of the Iranian Super League. On July 11, 2015, Dean signed with Socar Petkim of the Turkish Basketball Second League.