Derek Hood (basketball)

Derek Hood
Personal information
Born December 22, 1976
Decatur, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school Central (Kansas City, Missouri)
College Arkansas (1995–1999)
NBA draft 1999: undrafted
Playing career 1999–2005
Position Power forward
Number 55
Career history
1999 Charlotte Hornets
1999–2000 Quad City Thunder
2000–2001 Kansas City Knights
2001 Snaidero Udine
2001–2003 Mobile Revelers
2003 Toros de Aragua
2003–2004 ASVEL Villeurbanne
2004–2005 Yakima Sun Kings
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Derek Dwayne Hood (born December 22, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. In the NBA, Hood played for the Charlotte Hornets.

College career

Hood, a 6'8", 222 pound small forward born in Decatur, Illinois, attended the University of Arkansas.

Professional career

Hood played two games for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets during the 1999-2000 NBA season.

Hood also played in the CBA with the Quad City Thunder and Yakima Sun Kings, in Italy with Snaidero Udine, in the ABA with the Kansas City Knights, in the NBDL with the Mobile Revelers, and in France with ASVEL Villeurbanne. He was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Team in 2000.

After basketball

In 2015 Hood was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor.

Currently Hood is a math and boys athletics teacher at Utley Middle School in Rockwall, Texas