University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Men's Basketball

Anthony Goldwire
Anthony Goldwire
  • Title:
    Director of Student-Athlete Development
Former NBA veteran player and coach Anthony Goldwire is in his second season as Director of Student-Athlete Development for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team.
 
Goldwire began his collegiate playing career under current Louisiana head coach Bob Marlin as a point guard at Pensacola Junior College (now Pensacola State) before a two-year career at the University of Houston. While at UH, Goldwire was a two-time All-Southwest Conference performer and was selected as the league’s Newcomer of the Year in 1993.  
 
A second-round pick of the Phoenix Suns in the 1994 NBA Draft, Goldwire spent seven years in the NBA where he played for nine different teams. Goldwire also played professionally overseas in Greece, Spain and Italy, as well as the former Continental Basketball League (CBA) where he played on three CBA championship teams and was named to the All-Rookie team in 1995.  
 
After concluding his playing career in 2008, Goldwire joined the Phoenix Suns’ NBA Summer League coaching staff in 2010 before joining the staff as an assistant in Milwaukee. Goldwire also spent two seasons on the coaching staff for the Erie BayHawks of the then-NBA D-League and was an assistant coach on the 2014 Orlando Magic’s NBA Summer League squad that included former Ragin’ Cajuns star Elfrid Payton.