Fred Drains

Fred Drains

Personal information
Born	(1971-01-10) January 10, 1971 Salem, New Jersey
Nationality	American / Swedish
Listed height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Career information
High school	Woodstown (Woodstown, New Jersey)
College	Kean College
NBA draft	1993: undrafted
Playing career	1993–2014
Position	Power forward
Coaching career	2022–present
Career history
As player:
2000–2003	Norrköping Dolphins
2004–2007	Plannja Basket
2008–2013	Norrköping Dolphins
2013–2014	Alvik Basket
As coach:
2019	Alvik
2022-present	AIK
Career highlights and awards
4x Swedish League MVP (2001, 2002, 2005, 2007)

Fred Drains (born January 10, 1971) is an American-Swedish former professional basketball player. Drains played the majority of his career in Sweden, where was named Basketligan MVP four times.

College career

Drains attended Woodstown High School in Woodstown, New Jersey, before playing for Kean College (now Kean University, where he was selected to New Jersey Athletic Conference all-conference basketball first team and recognized as player of the year as a junior in the 1991–1992 season.

Professional career

In 1993 he was in the NBA Draft, but failed to be drafted. Moving to Sweden and being naturalized, he played power forward for the Norrköping Dolphins and later on for Plannja Basket, both in the Basketligan, the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden.

He was picked as Basketligan MVP four times making him the most decorated basketball player winning the Swedish League MVP Awards: He was Sweden' basketball MVP for seasons 2000–01 and 2001–02 while in the Norrköping Dolphins and in seasons 2004–05 and 2006–07 while playing for Plannja Basket.

Coaching career

On the 3rd of April, 2022, Drains was hired as head Coach for AIK Basket in Superettan.

See also

• Basketligan MVP