Khalid El-Amin was always on the move as a high school phenom. He is, too, as a coach.
Khalid El-Amin leaves St. Thomas Academy to coach men's basketball at Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Famed as a player for three state championships at Minneapolis North and a national title at UConn, he will try coaching college basketball.
August 4, 2023 at 6:50PM
El-Amin is leaving high school basketball, exiting St. Thomas Academy to coach the Anoka-Ramsey Community College men's program.
A former Minneapolis North standout, he replaces Travis Bledsoe, who spent one season leading the Golden Rams. Bledsoe left after a 13-11 season to become an assistant women's coach at North Dakota.
"I'm excited to have Khalid join us at Anoka-Ramsey," Director of Athletics Jessica Pelzel said in a news release. "His extensive playing career, his knowledge of the game as both a player and coach and his background growing up in the Twin Cities will be a benefit to our student-athletes. We're fortunate to have Khalid as part of the Golden Ram family."
El-Amin guided St. Thomas Academy to a 23-6 record this past season and went 16-12 in 2021-22. Before taking over the Cadets, he was an assistant coach at Burnsville and Minneapolis North.
As a high school player, El-Amin led Minneapolis North to three consecutive state championships and was named the state's Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American in 1997.
He went on to play at Connecticut, where he was named the Big East Rookie of the Year as a freshman before helping the Huskies win the 1999 NCAA championship as a sophomore. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls and played one season in the NBA before a stretch of international play.
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
