John Kevin Rhodes (born September 25, 1965) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player.
Rhodes played for Ohio University from 1984 to 1988, averaging 8.9 points and 7.3 rebounds in 102 games. Rhodes served as team captain and was named All-MAC second-team his senior year.
Rhodes started his career in Germany in 1988 before playing two seasons in France.
Rhodes joined ÃÂrvalsdeild karla club Haukar in 1991. He was selected to the 1992 Icelandic All-Star game, scoring 8 points. On March 6, 1992, Rhodes scored 31 points against KR in 88-81 victory in the Icelandic Basketball Cup semi-finals and helped Haukar to the Cup finals where his matchup with NjarðvÃÂk's Rondey Robinson was highly anticipated. In the Cup finals, Rhodes scored 27 points but was unable to prevent Haukar's loss against NjarðvÃÂk.
In September 1992, Rhodes was loaned to Valur for their games against CRO Lyon in the KoraÃÂ Cup. In his two games, Rhodes averaged 12.5 points and 13.0 rebounds.
He had stellar season for Haukar in 1992-1993, leading the ÃÂrvalsdeild in rebounds, points scored and coming in second in points per game. He helped Haukar reach the 1993 ÃÂrvalsdeild finals where they lost to KeflavÃÂk 3-0.
On November 13, 1993, Rhodes grabbed a personal best 30 rebounds against Körfuknattleiksfélag ÃÂA. He broke his record in 1995 by twice grabbing 31 rebounds in a single game, on November 9 against Tindstóll and on November 26 against Breiðablik. He was named to the 1995 Icelandic All-Star game where he earned its MVP honours.
Rhodes retired in 1996, after five seasons in Iceland.
Rhodes started his coaching career as a player-coach for ÃÂþróttafélag ReykjavÃÂkur. He led the club to the third-best record in 1994âÂÂ95 with 24 wins and 8 losses. The regular season success did not continue in the playoffs though as the team got swept in the first round by SkallagrÃÂmur. During his second season at the helm of ÃÂR, the club finished seventh in the ÃÂrvalsdeild and lost in the first round to Haukar.
Rhodes spent nine years as an assistant at Ohio University under Larry Hunter and Tim O'Shea. He began as an assistant under Hunter before being named associate head coach by O'Shea prior to the 2004-05 season.
Rhodes married his wife, Jackie, in 1995 in HallgrÃÂmskirkja in Iceland.
In February 2015, Rhodes was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer. Four days later, while walking in Philadelphia, Rhodes was struck by a car crossing the street, resulting in a six-hour surgery to fix a fractured tibia and fibula in his right leg. For cancer treatment, Rhodes underwent thirty-five radiation treatments and seven chemotherapy sessions over a seven-week span, which caused him to lose about 80 pounds. By late April, the tumor had disappeared.