Kevin Langford
PositionPower forward / center
Height6 ft
Height in8.5
Weight lb245
LeagueSwiss Basketball League
TeamBBC Monthey
NationalityAmerican
Birth dateDecember 21, 1985 (age 40)
Birth placeFort Worth, Texas
High schoolNorth Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)
College
Draft year2009
Career start2009
Years 12009–2010
Team 1Paderborn
Years 22010–2011
Team 2Debrecen
Years 32011–2012
Team 3Navarra
Years 42012–2013
Team 4Kolossos Rodou
Years 52013–2014
Team 5Panionios
Years 62014–2015
Team 6PAOK Thessaloniki
Years 72015–2016
Team 7Paris-Levallois
Years 82016
Team 8Antwerp Giants
Years 92016–2017
Team 9Basket Agropoli
Years 102017–2018
Team 10Instituto
Years 112018
Team 11Koroivos Amaliadas
Years 122018–2020
Team 12KTP Basket
Years 132020–2021
Team 13Charilaos Trikoupis
Years 142021–2022
Team 14APOP Paphos
Years 152022
Team 15Ionikos Nikaias
Years 162022–present
Team 16BBC Monthey-Chablais
Highlights
  • Second-team All-Mountain West (2009)
  • Third-team All-Mountain West (2008)

Kevin Langford (born December 21, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for BBC Monthey-Chablais of the Swiss Basketball League. He is a 2.04 m (6 ft 8½ in) tall power forward-center.

College career

Langford played college basketball at Cal, with the Golden Bears, from 2004 to 2005. He then played at TCU, with the Horned Frogs, from 2005 to 2009.

Professional career

Langford started his pro career in 2009, with the German League club Paderborn Baskets. He moved to the Hungarian League club Debrecen in 2010. In 2011, he joined the Spanish 2nd Division club Basket Navarra Club.

In 2012, he signed with the Greek League club Kolossos Rodou, and in 2013, he moved to the Greek club Panionios. He moved to the Greek club PAOK in 2014.[1]

In August, 2015, he signed with Paris-Levallois of France.[2] On January 19, 2016, he left Paris and signed with Antwerp Giants of the Belgian League.[3]

On September 6, 2016, he signed with Italian club Basket Agropoli of the Serie A2 Basket.[4] In October 2017, he signed with Argentine club Instituto of the Liga Nacional de Básquet.[5] On March 4, 2018, Langford left Instituto and joined Koroivos of the Greek Basket League.[6]

Langford spent the 2019–20 season with KTP Basket of the Finnish Korisliiga, averaging 11.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. On October 4, 2020, he signed with Charilaos Trikoupis of the Greek Basket League.[7]

After a stint in Cyprus with APOP Paphos, Langford returned to Greece on January 10, 2022, signing with Ionikos Nikaias for the rest of the season. On March 10 of the same year, he parted ways with the club, having averaged only 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. On March 14, Langford signed with BBC Monthey-Chablais of the Swiss Basketball League.[8]

Personal life

Langford's older brother, Keith Langford, was also a professional basketball player. His uncle, Charles Taylor, played in the NFL, with the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos.[9]

References

  1. ^ PAOK adds Langford to its frontcourt.
  2. ^ Kevin Langford inks with Paris-Levallois.
  3. ^ Kevin Langford signs with Antwerp Giants
  4. ^ Kevin Langford signs with Basket Agropoli
  5. ^ Kevin Langford signs in Argentina with Instituto
  6. ^ Kevin Langford (ex Instituto) is a newcomer at Koroivos
  7. ^ Mammides, Chris (October 4, 2020). "Charilaos land Kevin Langford, ex KTP Basket". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  8. ^ Suffia, Loan (March 14, 2022). "Monthey realased[sic] Lakoju, signs Langford". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "GoFrogs.cstv.com From the Charity Stripe.". Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2013-10-13.