# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-vincent
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:38:47.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-vincent"
name: "Sam Vincent"
slug: "sam-vincent"
description: "James Samuel Vincent is an American former professional basketball player, and coach. He currently works as a defensive coach for MBB of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Vincent was Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1981, before playing with Michigan State, and turned professional after four years of college basketball. He became an NBA champion in 1986 with the Boston Celtics. Vincent began a coaching career in Europe after his retirement."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
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: "1963-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.08
  momentum:             1.743119266055046
  historical:           9.453496000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%90%A8%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E6%96%87%E6%A3%AE%E7%89%B9"
    title: "萨姆·文森特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "سام فنسنت (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "سام فنسنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent_(basketball)"
    title: "Sam Vincent (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent"
    title: "Sam Vincent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent"
    title: "Sam Vincent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent"
    title: "Sam Vincent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent"
    title: "Sam Vincent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent"
    title: "Sam Vincent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Vincent"
    title: "Sam Vincent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஜேம்ஸ் சாமுவேல் வின்சென்ட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2555675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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