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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{For|the painter, illustrator and designer|David Emmanuel Noel}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = David Noel
| image = Noel and Nichols 2022.jpg
| caption = Noel at men's World Cup Qualifying game in 2022
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 230
| league = [[NBA G League]]
| team = Greensboro Swarm
| position = Assistant coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|27}}
| birth_place = [[Durham, North Carolina]], U.S.
| highschool = [[Southern High School (North Carolina)|Southern]] (Durham, North Carolina)
| college = [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] (2002–2006)
| draft_year = 2006
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 39
| draft_team = [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| career_start = 2006
| career_end = 2017
| career_number = 34
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| coach_start = 2017
| years1 = {{nbay|2006|full=y}}
| team1 = [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| years2 = 2008
| team2 = [[Tulsa 66ers]]
| years3 = 2008
| team3 = [[Joventut Badalona|DKV Joventut]]
| years4 = 2008–2009
| team4 = [[Albuquerque Thunderbirds]]
| years5 = 2009
| team5 = [[Reno Bighorns]]
| years6 = 2009
| team6 = [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]]
| years7 = 2009–2010
| team7 = [[Chorale Roanne Basket]]
| years8 = 2010–2012
| team8 = [[Paris-Levallois Basket|Paris-Levallois]]
| years9 = 2012–2013
| team9 = [[BCM Gravelines]]
| years10 = 2013
| team10 = [[BK SPU Nitra|Edymax SPU Nitra]]
| years11 = 2013–2015
| team11 = [[Orléans Loiret Basket]]
| years12 = 2016–2017
| team12 = [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]]
| cyears1 = 2017–2019
| cteam1 = [[Southern High School (Durham, North Carolina)|Southern HS]]
| cyears2 = 2019–2023
| cteam2 = [[Capital City Go-Go]] (assistant)
| cyears3 = [[2023–24 NBA G League season|2023–2024]]
| cteam3 = [[Motor City Cruise]] (assistant)
| cyears4 = [[2024–25 NBA G League season|2024]]–present
| cteam4 = [[Greensboro Swarm]] (assistant)
| highlights = 
* [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] Slam Dunk champion (2009)
* PBA All-Star (2009)
* [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award|PBA All-Star Game MVP]] (2009)
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2005]])
* Second-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (2006)
}}
'''David Anthony Noel III''' (born February 27, 1984) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player currently working as an assistant coach for the [[Greensboro Swarm]] of the [[NBA G League]]. A graduate of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], Noel was drafted by the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] in the second round of the [[2006 NBA draft]] with their lone pick, 39th overall.

Noel averaged 2.7 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game during his sole season with the Bucks. On January 20, 2008, David Noel joined the [[Tulsa 66ers]] of the [[NBDL]]. On November 7, 2008, he was selected with the 14th pick in the first round of the 2008 [[NBA Development League|NBA D-League]] Draft by the [[Albuquerque Thunderbirds]].<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/draft_board_08.html 2008 NBA D-League Draft Results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105201943/http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/draft_board_08.html |date=November 5, 2015 }}</ref>

On March 2, 2009, Noel was traded to the [[Reno Bighorns]] for [[Antonio Meeking]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bighorns ship Meeking to Albuquerque, get David Noel in return |date=March 3, 2009 |publisher=The Reno Gazette Journal |url=http://rgj.com/article/20090303/SPORTS10/90303008/-1/sports10 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Later that year, Noel was chosen by the [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]] team of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA) to be their import.<ref>[http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2586/2/ New Ginebra Import]</ref>

Noel played with the French team [[Chorale Roanne Basket]] during the 2009–10 season.
<ref>[https://archive.today/20120912115253/http://www.sport.fr/basket/bas/Pro-A-Roanne-engage-David-Noel-160250.shtm Pro A Roanne engage David Noel]</ref>  He then played two seasons with [[Paris-Levallois Basket]], the second alongside former North Carolina teammate [[Jawad Williams]].  On September 25, 2012, [[BCM Gravelines]] announced that they had signed Noel.<ref>{{cite news | title= Gravelines-Dunkerque signs David Noel for Bill Clark | date= September 25, 2012 | publisher= Sportando.net | url= http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/france/44022/gravelines-dunkerque-signs-david-noel-for-bill-clark.html}}</ref> He left them in February 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Noel leaves Gravelines-Dunkerque|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/france/51405/david-noel-leaves-gravelines-dunkerque.html|access-date=August 24, 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net|date=February 21, 2013}}</ref>

On March 1, 2013, he signed with Edymax SPU Nitra in [[Slovakia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nitra inks former NBA player David Noel|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Slovakia/basketball.aspx?NewsID=309488|access-date=August 24, 2013|newspaper=Eurobasket.com|date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> In June 2013, he returned to France and signed a one-year deal with [[Orléans Loiret Basket]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Orleans signs David Noel|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/france/57587/orleans-signs-david-noel.html|access-date=August 24, 2013|newspaper=Sportando|date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>

On August 31, 2017, Noel announced his retirement from basketball as he was named head coach for his alma mater, Southern High School in Durham, North Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blake|first=J. Mike|title=Former UNC basketball star to coach his high school alma mater|url=http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/high-school/article170443947.html|access-date=September 1, 2017|newspaper=[[The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina)|The Herald-Sun]] |date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>

==Awards==
*College Slam Dunk Champion: 2006
*PBA Slam Dunk Champion: 2009
*PBA All-Star MVP: 2009

==Notes==
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[[File:David Noel.jpg|thumb|181x181px|Noel with Paris-Levallois in 2011]]

==External links==
*{{basketballstats|nba=200786|bbr=n/noelda01}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103956/http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/david_noel/index.html NBA Development League: David Noel Playerfile] @ nba.com
*[http://www.nba.com/bucks/news/MB_070307.html Bucks Back When ... David Noel] @ nba.com
*[http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2586/2/ New Ginebra Import] @ pba.ph
*[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=FRA&PlayerID=64219 Paris-Levallois page on Eurobasket.com]

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