# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bimbo-coles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:44:00.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bimbo-coles"
name: "Bimbo Coles"
slug: "bimbo-coles"
description: "Vernell Eufaye \"Bimbo\" Coles is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies and won an Olympic bronze medal as a member of the United States national team in 1988. He received his nickname from a cousin in reference to a country music song of the same name."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bimbo_Coles_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1968-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             0.1967213114754099
  historical:           13.78931333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "比姆博·科尔斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بيمبو كولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيمبو كولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بیمبو کولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%95_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A1"
    title: "בימבו קולס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernell_Coles"
    title: "Vernell Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Коулс, Бимбо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Coles"
    title: "Bimbo Coles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%81"
    title: "Бімбо Коулс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2324380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump