Peter Shawn Chilcutt (born September 14, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning an NBA championship in 1995 with the Houston Rockets. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Biography
Born in Sumter, South Carolina, Chilcutt attended Tuscaloosa Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was recruited by a number of schools, and decided to go to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following a college basketball career at North Carolina, he was selected in the first round of the 1991 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.
Chilcutt played forward for seven teams over a nine-year professional career that spanned from the 1991–92 to the 1999–2000 season. He won an NBA Championship in the 1994–95 season with the Houston Rockets, for whom he played from 1994 to 1996. He also played for the Detroit Pistons, Vancouver Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Utah Jazz.
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Post-basketball career
After his basketball career, Chilcutt spent time as a sixth-grade math and science teacher at Folsom Middle School in Folsom, California. Pete also founded a basketball academy in the Greater Sacramento area called Clutch City Basketball Academy.