2018-2019 Delaware Blue Coats Regular Season Roster

* Including all Delaware 87ers and Utah Flash information

NBA Affiliate: Philadelphia Sixers

2018-2019 Delaware Blue Coats Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
- DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell GF 6-6 200 25 Illinois State 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
15 Ryan Anderson F 6-9 235 26 Arizona 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Jonah Bolden SF 6-10 220 23 FMP Beograd (Serbia) 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 6 Australia
23 Jared Brownridge G 6-3 200 24 Santa Clara 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
33 Michael Bryson G 6-4 200 24 UC Santa Barbara 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
10 A.J. Davis GF 6-9 215 23 UCF 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
11 Terrence Drisdom GF 6-5 175 26 Cal Poly - Pomona 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
2 Keenan Evans SG 6-3 190 22 Texas Tech 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Matt Farrell PG 6-1 175 22 Notre Dame 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
24 Haywood Highsmith F 6-5 220 22 Wheeling Jesuit 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
7 D.J. Hogg SF 6-9 225 22 Texas A&M 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Demetrius Jackson G 6-1 200 24 Notre Dame 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 15 United States
- Cory Jefferson PF 6-9 215 28 Baylor 2014 Rnd 2 Pick 30 United States
- Amir Johnson PF 6-9 240 31 Westchester High School (California) 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 26 United States
- Lenjo Kilo F 6-8 240 25 Savannah State 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
18 Shake Milton SG 6-5 205 22 Southern Methodist 2018 Rnd 2 Pick 24 United States
0 Cameron Oliver C 6-8 225 22 Nevada 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
5 Justin Patton C 7-0 241 21 Creighton 2017 Rnd 1 Pick 16 United States
1 Norvel Pelle FC 6-10 216 26 Delaware 87ers 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lebanon
Antigua and Barbuda
12 Kyle Randall G 6-1 185 27 Central Michigan 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
8 Zhaire Smith SG 6-4 205 19 Texas Tech 2018 Rnd 1 Pick 16 United States
22 Jarred Vanderbilt PF 6-8 214 19 Kentucky 2018 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States
21 Rashad Vaughn SF 6-6 210 22 UNLV 2015 Rnd 1 Pick 17 United States

2018-2019 Delaware Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Evans Z. Smith S. Milton R. Vaughn H. Highsmith
Rotation M. Farrell J. Brownridge   D. Hogg J. Bolden
Rotation   M. Bryson     N. Pelle
Rotation         R. Anderson
Lim PT K. Randall       A. Davis

Recent Delaware Blue Coats History

Season Team Record Conference Rank
2023-2024 Delaware Blue Coats 18-12 (15-8) 1st (Eastern)
2022-2023 Delaware Blue Coats N/A 2nd (Eastern)
2021-2022 Delaware Blue Coats 3-2 3rd (Eastern)
2020-2021 Delaware Blue Coats 10-6 (4-3) 4th (Eastern)
2019-2020 Delaware Blue Coats 22-21 (19-18) 8th (Eastern)
2018-2019 Delaware Blue Coats 21-29 (17-22) 11th (Eastern)
2017-2018 Delaware 87ers 16-34 (11-28) 13th (Eastern)
2016-2017 Delaware 87ers 26-24 (23-16) 3rd (Eastern)
2015-2016 Delaware 87ers 21-29 (20-23) 6th (Eastern)
2014-2015 Delaware 87ers 20-30 (13-18) 5th (Eastern)

2018-2019 Delaware Blue Coats Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Norvel Pelle All-Defensive 1st Team (2019)

2018-2019 Delaware Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Shake Milton 27 34.7 24.9 4.8 5.3 1.3 0.5 2.7
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 2 29.0 24.5 4.5 4.0 2.0 0.5 3.5
Demetrius Jackson 8 35.0 19.4 4.5 7.4 1.1 0.2 3.9
Rashad Vaughn 30 29.3 17.1 4.2 3.0 0.8 0.1 2.2
Jared Brownridge 49 29.1 15.9 2.2 2.3 0.7 0.1 0.9
Cameron Oliver 26 26.6 15.6 9.2 1.9 1.2 2.1 2.6
Jonah Bolden 8 31.1 15.2 11.8 3.1 1.1 0.6 2.8
Amir Johnson 2 25.6 14.0 6.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 4.0
Haywood Highsmith 46 32.2 12.2 6.9 2.7 1.1 0.6 1.7
Norvel Pelle 36 22.8 11.1 8.3 1.2 0.3 2.9 2.2
Matt Farrell 45 27.0 10.7 3.3 6.2 0.7 0.2 2.3
D.J. Hogg 43 24.4 10.6 3.8 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.3
Cory Jefferson 22 24.0 9.2 5.0 0.9 0.3 0.6 1.3
Justin Patton 11 18.5 8.7 5.5 1.7 1.1 2.0 2.0
Keenan Evans 24 23.8 8.5 3.1 3.6 0.8 0.2 1.4
Ryan Anderson 37 18.3 7.6 8.6 1.2 0.5 0.4 1.0
Jarred Vanderbilt 4 16.2 7.2 7.8 0.5 1.2 0.0 2.5
Zhaire Smith 11 22.6 7.2 3.0 1.6 0.3 0.7 1.4
Michael Bryson 4 12.2 5.0 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5
Kyle Randall 25 16.3 4.6 1.4 2.3 0.6 0.0 1.5
Terrence Drisdom 9 12.7 3.8 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.2 0.3
Lenjo Kilo 2 1.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
A.J. Davis 2 14.8 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5

Delaware Blue Coats Affiliation History

SeasonTeamNBA Affiliate
2023-2024 Delaware Blue Coats Sixers
2022-2023 Delaware Blue Coats Sixers
2021-2022 Delaware Blue Coats Sixers
2020-2021 Delaware Blue Coats Sixers
2019-2020 Delaware Blue Coats Sixers
2018-2019 Delaware Blue Coats Sixers
2017-2018 Delaware 87ers Sixers
2016-2017 Delaware 87ers Sixers
2015-2016 Delaware 87ers Sixers
2014-2015 Delaware 87ers Sixers
2013-2014 Delaware 87ers Sixers
2010-2011 Utah Flash Hawks, Jazz
2009-2010 Utah Flash Hawks, Jazz
2008-2009 Utah Flash Celtics, Jazz
2007-2008 Utah Flash Celtics, Jazz

Delaware Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Connor Johnson Head Coach 2018-2019 Basketball Operations (Philadelphia Sixers, 2014 to 2018)
Chase Buford Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Erie BayHawks (2017), 2017 to 2018)
Jason Crafton Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Head Coach (Alliance, 2012 to 2018)
Kelly Peters Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Santa Cruz Warriors, 2016 to 2017)
Matthew Lilly General Manager 2018-2019 Director of Basketball Operations (Delaware 87ers, 2017 to 2018)
Thomas Bridges Video Coordinator 2018-2019 N/A
Brady Graber Basketball Operations Manager 2018-2019 Basketball Operations Assistant (Charlotte Hornets, 2017 to 2018)
Ty Abbott Player Development Manager 2018-2019 N/A
Daniel Erickson Head Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A
Cliff Spiller Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2017-2018 N/A