Kevin Gamble

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Kevin Douglas Gamble (born November 13, 1965 in Springfield, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He is 6'5" and played as a shooting guard/small forward.

He attended Lincoln College, (Illinois) and the University of Iowa. Gamble was part of the 1985 recruiting class at the University of Iowa which included B.J. Armstrong, Roy Marble, Les Jepsen and Ed Horton. All five recruits went on to play in the National Basketball Association. Horton and Gamble played together at Springfield High School in Springfield, Illinois. Gamble hit the winning shot against the University of Oklahoma to send the Hawkeyes to the final eight where they faced the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Gamble was selected with the 17th pick of the 3rd round (63rd overall) by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1987 NBA Draft. He played with the Blazers, the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings and also in the Continental Basketball Association. He retired from the league in 1997.

In 2002, Gamble was named the men's basketball head coach at the University of Illinois at Springfield, where on March 5, 2007 he was named the American Midwest Conference Coach of the Year for the second straight year after his team won its second straight AMC Tournament Title after winning the regular season title out-right for the first time in program history.

Since 2004 he has been involved in the real estate industry.