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Line 1: {{Short description\|American basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography \| name = Ace Custis \| image = Adrian custis.jpg \| caption = Adrian ~~custis~~Custis, 2009 \| height_ft = 6 \| height_in = 7 \| weight_lb = 220 \| position = Special Assistant ~~coach~~to the Head Coach \| league = [[~~Mid-Eastern~~Atlantic ~~Athletic~~Coast Conference]] \| team = ~~Maryland~~Virginia ~~Eastern~~Tech ~~Shore Hawks~~Hokies \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1974\|5\|24}} \| birth_place = [[Eastville, Virginia]] Line 24 ⟶ 26: \| years1 = 1999–2000 \| team1 = [[Grand Rapids Hoops]] \| years2 = 2005 \| team2 = [[San Miguel Beermen]] \| cyears1 = 2013–2014 \| cteam1 = [[Virginia State Trojans men's basketball\|Virginia State]] (assistant) \| cyears2 = ~~2014–present~~2014–2019 \| cteam2 = [[Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball\|Maryland Eastern Shore]] (assistant) \| cyears3 = 2019–present \| cteam3 = [[Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball\|Virginia Tech]] (staff) \| highlights = * [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions\|PBA champion]] ([[2005 PBA Fiesta Conference\|2005 Fiesta]]) * 2× First-team All-[[Atlantic 10 Conference\|Atlantic 10]] (1996, 1997) * First-team All-[[Metro Conference]] (1995) * No. 20 [[Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball#Retired jerseys\|retired by Virginia Tech Hokies]] }} '''Adrian''' "'''Ace'''" '''Custis''' (born May 24, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He last played in Japan with the [[Wakayama Trians]] ~~and is now a [[NCAA]] division I coach~~.~~<ref>[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ace-Custis/Summary/1499\|Real GM Ace Custis Transactions]</ref>~~ After a severe knee injury while trying out for the [[Dallas Mavericks]], Ace became known as one of the best [[Power forward (basketball)\|power forwards]] throughout Asia playing in such countries as Lebanon, Japan, Qatar, Indonesia, Syria and the Philippines. Ace made a further name for himself in prestigious clubs such as [[Al Riyadi]] where he won a championship. Ace graduated from [[Virginia Tech]] and won the 1995 [[National Invitation Tournament\|NIT]] championship. In 1997, Ace was aan NCAA All-American.<ref>[http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/sports/college/2015/02/20/umes-coach-profile-ace-custis/23771905\|Ace In the Fold]</ref> In 2007, Ace was inducted into the [[List of Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame inductees\|Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame]]; his #20 jersey was retired and hangs alongside the NBA shooting great [[Dell Curry]]. Techhoops, a basketball publication, named Ace Custis one of the 10 greatest players ever in [[Virginia Tech]] history.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511180803/http://techhoops.com/2011/04/29/7-ace-custis-10-greatest-vt-players-of-all-time-includes-an-interview-with-ace\|/ Ace Custis 10 Greatest VT Players of All Time]~~{{Dead link\|date=May 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}~~</ref> Custis iswas an assistant coach with the [[Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball]] team from 2014 to 2019. He is a native of [[Eastville, Virginia]] and resides in [[Fruitland, Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.easternshorehawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/adrian_custis_918864.html \|title=Adrian Custis Bio - Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics \|website=www.easternshorehawks.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426164755/http://www.easternshorehawks.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/adrian_custis_918864.html \|archive-date=2017-04-26}} </ref> In 2019 he was hired as the coordinator of basketball relations at Virginia Tech. In 2020 he was promoted to special assistant to the head coach.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://hoopdirt.com/custis-tabbed-special-assistant-to-the-head-coach-at-virginia-tech/\|title = Custis tabbed special assistant to the head coach at Virginia Tech\|date = 2 September 2020}}</ref> ==References== Line 46 ⟶ 54: [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Al Riyadi Club Beirut basketball players]] [[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Japan]] [[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Lebanon]] Line 59 ⟶ 68: [[Category:People from Wicomico County, Maryland]] [[Category:Philippine Basketball Association imports]] [[Category:Power forwards]] [[Category:San Miguel Beermen players]] [[Category:Virginia State Trojans men's basketball coaches]] Line 65 ⟶ 75: {{1970s-US-basketball-bio-stub}}