John Amaechi
Organisational psychologist and former NBA player
John Amaechi is an English former NBA player who became an organizational psychologist and consultant. He founded the firm Amaechi Performance Systems (APS).
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Born 1970 in Boston, United States
About John Amaechi
John Amaechi was born in 1970 and comes from Stockport, UK. He played college basketball for Vanderbilt and Penn State, then played professionally in France, Greece, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, including in the NBA. After leaving basketball he worked as a psychologist and consultant, and he founded Amaechi Performance Systems (APS). He has received an OBE. In February 2007 he became the first former NBA player to come out publicly as gay, doing so in his memoir Man in the Middle. He is a bestselling author and an advocate for LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, among others) rights in sport.