Vinny Del Negro Net Worth: How Rich is the Retired NBA Player?

Vinny Del Negro is a former American basketball player, who has played for the Los Angeles Clippers for 3 years from 2010 to 2013. He has also worked as the head coach for the professional basketball team, Chicago Bulls for 2 years from 2008 to 2010. Negro is currently appearing as an analyst at a sports-oriented TV network, NBA TV. As of 2022, Vinny Del Negro net worth is estimated to be roughly $10 million.

Early life

Vinny was born on the 9th of August, 1966 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. He was taught to play basketball by his dad, Vince, who was a two-time junior college All-American. He has studied at Cathedral High School, and during his freshman year, he made it into the varsity basketball team.

Vinny Del Negro Net Worth & Career

Vinny continued his love for basketball as he grew up, and eventually, he was noticed by the basketball coach, Dennis Kinne. Dennis was very impressed with his basketball skill, due to which, he persuaded him to join Suffield Academy. While playing for the Suffield Academy, he led the team to lift the trophy of the New England Championships two times.

During the championship match, he made an average score of 1,116 points, which made him the all-time leading scorer for the Suffield Academy. After some time, he joined the North Carolina State University and started playing with the University’s team Wolfpack. In fact, his brilliant play in his junior season led the team to get the victory at the 1987 ACC Tournament Championship. He was also named tournament MVP for his excellent game at the championship.

He was picked up in the 1988 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. With Kings, he played for two seasons, and then he traveled to Italy to join the team Benetton Treviso. He played for two years with the Italian basketball team, where he received the Italian Championship in 1992 for scoring more than 25 points in each game.

Vinny later made come back to NBA and joined San Antonio Spurs. He played with Spurs for six years. In June 2000, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors, and after a year in January 2001, he got into the new team Phoenix Suns. Later on, he was traded to the new team Los Angeles Clippers in November.

Vinny took over the role of new head coach for the Chicago Bulls on June 11, 2008. In his first season as a head coach of the Chicago Bulls, he finished with a 41-41 record. Likewise, he finished with the same record in the second season, which made sufficient for the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. On May 4, 2010, the Chicago Bulls announced that Negro would no longer be leading the team.

Vinny then started working as a head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. In his coaching, Clippers had the best season in 2011 in their 43-year history, where the team set the winning streak of 17 games. He had served as a head coach of Clippers until June 2013.

Vinny Del Negro Personal Life

Vinny is married to a lady named Lynn. As per sources, he met his wife Lynn while studying at the North Carolina State University. Vinny has recently got an emotional victory at the American Century Championship on July 11, where he defeated former professional baseball pitcher, John Smoltz.

Vinny named the victory as a golf tribute to his father who has died four days earlier he won the American Century Championship. During the game, he birdied the 18th hole at Edgewood Tahoe golf course.

Vinny Del Negro Net Worth

As of 2022, Vinny Del Negro’s personal wealth is estimated to be over $10 million. Vinny has earned a total salary of $28,555,168 from his NBA career. He is currently involved as an analyst at NBA TV, from where he must be getting a hefty salary amount.

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