Terrence Oglesby

2021-01-22

Terrence Oglesby gave up coaching and is now pouring everything he has into his dream of becoming a national TV color basketball analyst. He started from scratch and taught himself how to produce his own weekly video show. He came up with his own ACC Basketball preview magazine last summer. And he's honing his chops on radio and TV broadcasts of basketball games, including some recent Clemson games. Basically, he's grinding away just like he did when he was a cold-blooded shooter in high school...

Terrence Oglesby gave up coaching and is now pouring everything he has into his dream of becoming a national TV color basketball analyst.

He started from scratch and taught himself how to produce his own weekly video show. He came up with his own ACC Basketball preview magazine last summer. And he's honing his chops on radio and TV broadcasts of basketball games, including some recent Clemson games.

Basically, he's grinding away just like he did when he was a cold-blooded shooter in high school and then for Clemson's high-achieving basketball teams under Oliver Purnell before he went overseas to play professionally.

Oglesby lives in Clemson with his wife and two children. He recounts some vivid stories of the Purnell days, including some of the huge wins, the NCAA Tournament flameouts, and Purnell's abrupt departure for DePaul.

Oglesby, now 33, also recalls Purnell hanging up the phone on him when he told his coach he was turning pro early. They didn't talk again until 10 years later.

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