Coby Karl

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::summary American basketball player and coach (born 1983) ::

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Field	Value
name	Coby Karl
width	200px
caption	Karl with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2008
height_ft	6
height_in	5
weight_lb	215
league	Mountain West Conference
team	Boise State Broncos
position	Assistant to the Head Coach
birth_date
birth_place	Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
high_school	Homestead (Mequon, Wisconsin)
college	Boise State (2003–2007)
draft_year	2007
career_start	2007
career_end	2015
career_position	Shooting guard
career_number	11, 5
coach_start	2015
years1
team1	Los Angeles Lakers
years2	2007–2008
team2	Los Angeles D-Fenders
years3	2008–2009
team3	Idaho Stampede
years4	2009
team4	Joventut Badalona
years5
team5	Cleveland Cavaliers
years6	2010
team6	Idaho Stampede
years7
team7	Golden State Warriors
years8	2010
team8	Idaho Stampede
years9	2010–2011
team9	Granada
years10	2011
team10	Olimpia Milano
years11	2011–2012
team11	Sutor Montegranaro
years12	2012–2013
team12	Idaho Stampede
years13	2013
team13	Reggiana
years14	2013–2015
team14	Lugwigsburg
years15	2015
team15	Reno Bighorns
cyears1	2015–2016
cteam1	Westchester Knicks (assistant)
cyears2	2016–2021
cteam2	Los Angeles D-Fenders / South Bay Lakers
cyears3	2021–2023
cteam3	Delaware Blue Coats
cyears4	–2025
cteam4	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
cyears5	2025-present
cteam5	Boise State men's basketball (assistant to head coach)
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| name = Coby Karl | image = Coby-Karl 03-23-08.jpg

| width = 200px | caption = Karl with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2008 | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 215 | league = Mountain West Conference | team = Boise State Broncos | position = Assistant to the Head Coach | birth_date = | birth_place = Great Falls, Montana, U.S. | high_school = Homestead (Mequon, Wisconsin) | college = Boise State (2003–2007) | draft_year = 2007 | career_start = 2007 | career_end = 2015 | career_position = Shooting guard | career_number = 11, 5 | coach_start = 2015 | years1 = | team1 = Los Angeles Lakers | years2 = 2007–2008 | team2 = Los Angeles D-Fenders | years3 = 2008–2009 | team3 = Idaho Stampede | years4 = 2009 | team4 = Joventut Badalona | years5 = | team5 = Cleveland Cavaliers | years6 = 2010 | team6 = Idaho Stampede | years7 = | team7 = Golden State Warriors | years8 = 2010 | team8 = Idaho Stampede | years9 = 2010–2011 | team9 = Granada | years10 = 2011 | team10 = Olimpia Milano | years11 = 2011–2012 | team11 = Sutor Montegranaro | years12 = 2012–2013 | team12 = Idaho Stampede | years13 = 2013 | team13 = Reggiana | years14 = 2013–2015 | team14 = Lugwigsburg | years15 = 2015 | team15 = Reno Bighorns | cyears1 = 2015–2016 | cteam1 = Westchester Knicks (assistant) | cyears2 = 2016–2021 | cteam2 = Los Angeles D-Fenders / South Bay Lakers | cyears3 = 2021–2023 | cteam3 = Delaware Blue Coats | cyears4 = –2025 | cteam4 = Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) | cyears5 = 2025-present | cteam5 = Boise State men's basketball (assistant to head coach) | highlights = As player:

• First-team All-WAC (2007) As head coach:
• NBA G League champion (2023) Coby Joseph Karl (born June 8, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who is assistant to the head coach at Boise State men's basketball team. He is the son of NBA head coach George Karl.

High school career

Karl attended Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin, and lettered in basketball. He was an All-Suburban selection, a first team All-Conference selection, and an All-State Honorable Mention selection as a senior. Karl graduated in 2002.

College career

Karl played basketball at Boise State while majoring in Mass Communications. The shooting guard led the Broncos in points (17.2) and assists (4.0) as a junior, and he averaged 14.8 points and 4.0 assists during his senior season en route to First Team All-WAC honors in 2007.

Karl had weighed whether to return to college for his senior year or to enter the 2006 NBA draft, attending a few pre-draft workouts for various professional teams. However, he decided to return to college.

Professional career

Karl was not drafted by an NBA team, but made the Lakers' 15-man roster as a free agent. Karl made his NBA debut on October 30, 2007, with the Lakers versus the Houston Rockets, playing 37 seconds and registering no statistics. He was assigned to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League.

On February 19, 2008, Karl joined Lakers' second-year guard Jordan Farmar as the only other player in league history to see action in same-day D-League and NBA games.

Karl was then recalled from the Los Angeles D-Fenders for the third time that season, which is the most any player can be recalled in one season.

In April 2008, the Los Angeles Lakers played the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs, Karl and his father became the first father and son to ever oppose each other in the NBA playoffs. Karl was a reserve for the Lakers, and his father was the head coach for the Nuggets. Karl was released by Los Angeles on October 27, 2008.

Karl joined the Spanish pro club Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB in January 2009.

In September 2009, Karl reached an agreement to attend training camp with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he competed for a regular-season roster spot. On October 22, 2009, the Cavaliers made three final cuts, ensuring Karl a spot on their opening day roster. The Cavaliers waived Karl on January 6, 2010, sending him to free agency.

On January 30, 2010, Karl was signed to a 10-day contract by the Golden State Warriors. After his stint with the Warriors, he returned to the NBA D-League as a member of the Idaho Stampede.

On April 11, 2010, Karl was signed to the Nuggets to an undisclosed contract. He was waived by the Nuggets on August 16, 2010.

In September 2010, he returned to play in Spain, signing a one-year contract with CB Granada.

In May 2011, after being relegated to the second division in Spain with CB Granada, he signed with Armani Jeans Milano in Italy until the end of the season.

In September 2011, he signed with Fabi Shoes Montegranaro in Lega Basket Serie A in Italy.

In October 2012, Karl rejoined the Idaho Stampede.

On July 30, 2013, Karl signed with Pallacanestro Reggiana of Italy. He left them in December 2013. He then signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg. On March 12, he left Riesen Ludwigsburg with the intent of going to the D-League. On March 17, 2015, he signed with Reno and made his debut. On August 21, 2015, Karl retired.

Coaching career

On October 27, 2015, Karl was hired as an assistant coach by the Westchester Knicks, the NBA Development League affiliate of the New York Knicks. Westchester made significant improvement during the one season Karl spent on the bench, upping its record from 10–40 in 2014–15 to a 28–22 mark during the 2015–16 campaign.

On September 12, 2016, Karl took over his first head coaching role with the NBA D-League's Los Angeles D-Fenders, the affiliate team of the Lakers. He was not retained by the organization prior to the 2021–22 season.

On September 28, 2021, Karl became the new head coach of the Delaware Blue Coats. On April 7, 2023, he won the NBA G League title with the Blue Coats.

On September 5, 2023, Karl became an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. On May 15, 2025, Karl and the 76ers parted ways.

On September 25, 2025, Karl became assistant to the head coach for the Boise State men's basketball team.

Thyroid cancer

Karl also underwent radioactive iodine treatment, a painless and simple outpatient treatment, for papillary carcinoma, a thyroid cancer considered by doctors to be one of the most treatable forms of cancer. After his senior year, Karl again had another surgery to remove cancerous cells. His father left the Nuggets to be with his son during the seven-hour surgery and returned to the team after the completion of the surgery.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Lakers | 17 || 0 || 4.2 || .346 || .308 || .800 || .8 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Cleveland | 3 || 0 || 1.7 || – || – || – || .7 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Golden State | 4 || 1 || 27.0 || .344 || .182 || .667 || 4.0 || 3.8 || .8 || .3 || 7.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 24 || 1 || 7.6 || .345 || .250 || .750 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || 2.4

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | L.A. Lakers | 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0

Notes

References

1. [http://www.nba.com/games/20071030/HOULAL/boxscore.html Rockets at Lakers boxscore] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-11-02 at ''NBA.com'')
2. [http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080405cobykarl.html Lakers assign Coby Karl to D-Fenders for final time this season]
3. [http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080219_lakersrecallkarl.html Lakers recall Coby Karl from D-Fenders]
4. (October 28, 2008). "Jackson's lineup for opener? It's a secret". Los Angeles Times.
5. [http://es.eurosport.yahoo.com/22012009/21/dkv-joventut-ficha-coby-karl-sustituir-bracey-wright.html Joventut replaces Bracey Wright with Coby Karl] {{in lang. es
6. [http://www.talkbasket.net/news/coby-karl-joins-joventut.html Carl joins Joventut] {{webarchive. link. (2009-02-01)
7. [http://www.cantonrep.com/cavaliers/x1671998821/The-Cavs-waive-Coby-Karl The Cavs waive Coby Karl]{{dead link. (August 2017)
8. "Best Tips and References".
9. [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3964463 Coby Karl Returns To Idaho Stampede]
10. [https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=5075627 Nuggets sign coach Karl's son Coby]
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14. (September 25, 2011). "Fabi Shoes Montegranaro signs Coby Karl". sportando.net.
15. [http://www.nba.com/dleague/idaho/ten_added__training_camp_ros_2012_10_31.html TEN ADDED TO STAMPEDE ROSTER] {{webarchive. link. (2014-10-13)
16. [http://www.sportando.net/eng/italy/serie-a/60587/grissin-bon-reggio-emilia-announced-coby-karl.html Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia announced Coby Karl]
17. "Karl left Trenkwalder RE". Eurobasket.com.
18. "MHP Ludwigsburg announced Coby Karl". Sportando.net.
19. [http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/155126/coby-karl-leaves-ludwigsburg-to-join-reno-bighorns.html Coby Karl leaves Ludwigsburg to join Reno BigHorns]
20. [http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/2015/03/18/bighorns-fall-home-vipers/24946117/ Bighorns fall at home to the Vipers]
21. (October 27, 2015). "Westchester Knicks hire Coby Karl, Derrick Alston as assistants". Newsday.com.
22. (July 17, 2021). "Coby Karl will not return to coach South Bay Lakers next season".
23. (September 28, 2021). "Coby Karl Named Head Coach of the Delaware Blue Coats".
24. Levick, Noah. (April 7, 2023). "Delaware Blue Coats win G League championship; Jaden Springer named Finals MVP".
25. (September 5, 2023). "2023–24 Coaching Staff Announced".
26. "Atlantic Notes: Raptors, Maluach, Sixers, Bailey, Nets, Fears".
27. "Bronco Sports Staff Directory, Coby Karl".
28. [https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2826401 Karl says son is doing well after cancer surgery]

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