Minnesota basketball legend Khalid El-Amin to coach St. Thomas Academy

A Minnesota high school basketball icon and former University of Connecticut star has been tapped to coach St. Thomas Academy’s basketball program.

St. Thomas Academy announced Thursday that Khalid El-Amin will be the school’s next head basketball coach.

El-Amin led Minneapolis North High School to three consecutive state titles in the 1990s and was named 1997 Minnesota Mr. Basketball. He then went on to star at UConn, where he won the 1999 NCAA Championship.

After being picked No. 34 by the Chicago Bulls in the 2000 NBA Draft and a short NBA career, El-Amin had a lengthy international professional career.

He was inducted into the Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 as part of the initial class of inductees.