Kadeem D'Arby Coleby (born November 8, 1989), nicknamed KC, is a Bahamian professional basketball player who last played for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan. He is one of the league-leading skilled shot blockers. He fractured both kneecaps during the game on February 10, 2021.

College statistics

| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;"| Odessa | 30 || || || .330 || || .380|| 2.667 ||0.233 || 0.200 || 0.433 || 1.67 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Daytona State | 32 || || || .530 || || .510|| 8.063 ||0.750 || 0.406 || 2.406 || 10.19 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011-12 | style="text-align:left;"| Louisiana–Lafayette | 31 || 30 || 24.4 || .561 || .000 || .500|| 4.9 ||0.8 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013-14 | style="text-align:left;"| Wichita State | 36 || 19 || 12.9 || .452 || .000 || .500|| 1.3 ||0.2 || 0.1 || 1.3 || 2.6

Playoffs

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| Wichita | 2 || || 13.0 || .400 || .000 || .167|| 1.5 ||0 || 0 || 2.0 || 2.5

Career statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Coleby won an championship*Led the league

Regular season

| align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2017† | align="left" | Manama |6 || || 26.8 ||68 || 0 ||73.5 || 8.8 || 1.3 || 1.0 ||1.83 || 15.5 |- | align="left" | 2017-18 | align="left" | Akita |51 ||31 || 21.7 ||58.1 || 0 ||61.2 || 6.7 || 1.0 || 1.0 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"|1.7* || 11.9 |- | align="left" | 2018-19 | align="left" | Akita |52 ||52 ||30.5 || 53.9 || 0 || 57.4 || 8.4 ||1.4 ||1.1 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|2.3* || 12.8 |- | align="left" | 2019-20 | align="left" | Akita |34 ||34 ||27.2 || 54.1 || 0 || 65.0 || 6.9 ||1.2 ||0.8 || 1.9 || 10.1 |- | align="left" | 2020-21 | align="left" | Akita |35 ||35 ||26.5 || 64.6 || 0 || 60.5 || 7.9 ||2.4 ||1.1 || 1.6 || 12.3

Playoffs

|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 5 || 3 || 19:54 || .600 || .000 || .800 || 3.2 || 0.2 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 9.6

Early cup games

|style="text-align:left;"|2017 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 2 || 1 || 20:15 || .636 || .000 || .556 || 6.0 || 0.5 || 3.0 || 2.0 || 9.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita |2 || 1 || 25:48 || .474 || .000 || .600 || 9.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 10.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2019 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita |2 ||2 || 24:31 || .471 || .000 || .143 || 9.0 || 3.5 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 8.5

Preseason games

| align="left" |2018 | align="left" | Akita | 2 || 1 || 20.8 || .500 ||.000 || .688||4.0 || 1.5|| 0.5 || 0.5 || 9.5 |- | align="left" |2019 | align="left" | Akita | 3 || 2 || 20.2 || .739 ||.000 || .429||4.3 || 2.7|| 0.3 || 2.0 || 12.33

Source: Changwon1Changwon2 Source: UtsunomiyaToyamaSendai

National team

| align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Bahamas |4 || || 14.75 ||68.8 || 0 ||50 || 2.8 || 0 || 0 ||2.8 || 6.5 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Bahamas |5 || || 25 ||48.9 || 0 ||66.7 || 4.2 || 0.8 || 0.8 ||1.2 ||10.8 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | Bahamas |5 || || 20.2 ||41.7 || 0 ||65 || 5.2 || 0.4 || 0 ||3.4 ||8.6 |- | align="left" | 2018 | align="left" | Bahamas |2 || || 21 ||45.5 || 0 ||85.7 || 3.5 || 1.0 ||0.5 || 2 ||8.0

Personal His younger brother, Dwight Coleby (tl) played college basketball for the University of Kansas and Western Kentucky. DC signed with the Liège Basket in Belgium, and was transferred to the Happinets. This KC/DC brother unit became successful in a 76–52 win to the Levanga Hokkaido on March 13, 2019.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Their mother died at the age of 43, and KC wears #43. KC tied knot to Krystal Coleby on July 14, 2018.

External links Wichita State Shockers bio Kadeem Coleby: D1 Highlights (Junior and senior year) Kadeem Coleby Highlights Vs Manama Kadeem Coleby: National Team Highlights 2015 Kentucky vs Wichita State 2014, #20 RealGM Stats Stats in Japan

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