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Teddy Dupay

Florida’s all-time leading high school scorer. Member of the FHSAA Hall of Fame, Class of 2026. Today he coaches nine-year-olds in a gym in downtown Tampa, and he will tell you that is the better job.

FHSAA Hall of Fame, Class of 2026 The Florida High School Athletic Association named Teddy Dupay to its 36th Hall of Fame class on May 6, 2026, one of eight members. Read the announcement →

The short version

Teddy Dupay played at Mariner High School from 1994 to 1998 and finished with 3,744 career points, a Florida state record that has never been broken. As a senior he averaged 41.4 points a game, led the United States in scoring, and was named Florida Mr. Basketball and Gatorade National Player of the Year. He played in the 1998 McDonald’s All-American Game and won its three-point contest. He then spent three years at point guard for the University of Florida under Coach Billy Donovan, reaching the 2000 Final Four and National Championship game.

He is the founder of Teddy Dupay Basketball Academy in Tampa, where he and a staff of paid professional coaches train players aged four to seventeen, 52 weeks a year.

High school — Mariner High School, 1994 to 1998

He led Mariner to a Lee County Athletic Conference championship as a freshman. As a sophomore he averaged 25.3 points a game, earned Second-Team All-State honors, and took his team to a 32–2 record and the FHSAA State Championship game. As a junior he averaged 28.9 points a game and was named First-Team All-State in Class 5A. His senior season is the one people still talk about: four 50-point games, a 70-point performance in a state playoff game, and a City of Palms Tournament record of 56 points in a single game.

University of Florida, 1998 to 2001

Dupay played point guard for three years under Coach Billy Donovan and finished third in program history with 188 career three-pointers, including three separate streaks of at least fifteen straight games with a made three. The Gators reached the 2000 Final Four and the National Championship game, won SEC Championships in 1999–2000 and 2000–2001, were the preseason number one team in the country in 1999–2000, and recorded the most wins in any three-year period in school history.

Professional

ABA — Phoenix Eclipse

17.7 points (fifth in the league), 11.2 assists (first in the league), 5.4 rebounds. ABA Player of the Week and Player of the Month.

CBA — Rockford Lightning

18.0 points, 7.6 assists, 5.1 rebounds. CBA Player of the Week. Two triple-doubles.

LPB — Cocodrilos de Caracas, Venezuela

24.4 points (second in the league), 8.1 assists (first in the league), 4.1 rebounds. Two-time Player of the Week and Player of the Month.

South American Cup

32.83 points, 7.4 assists, 4.2 rebounds. Most Outstanding Player in pool play and in every series he played. Game high of 52 points against Vasco da Gama.

What he does now

He coaches kids. Teddy Dupay Basketball Academy runs out of the Activities Building at 302 W. Kennedy Blvd in downtown Tampa, with individual classes on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, summer camps, private lessons, a 3-on-3 developmental league, and memberships, for ages four through seventeen. Every session and every game is run by a paid professional coach. There are no volunteers.

He wrote two books — Let Them Love It, which is free, and Why Winners Win — and he runs Ball 4 Hope, which benefits the Teddy Dupay for Kids Fund. TDBA is an approved Step Up scholarship provider and invoices the state directly, so scholarship families never front the money.

The line he repeats most to the families who walk in: this is bigger than basketball, and fun is number one.

Beyond basketball

Threes for Kids — the 2015 world-record attempt

In July 2015, Dupay shot three-pointers for 24 hours straight at the Dream Center in Tampa in a Guinness-sanctioned world-record attempt, making 5,000 NBA-range threes on 7,555 attempts — 66 percent — and raising $50,000 for the Academy Prep centers of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Billy and Christine Donovan backed the event, Jason Taylor pledged a nickel for every make, and Dick Vitale cut the promo video. No record fell that day, and he’ll tell you that part himself. The point was the kids, and the kids won. Bay News 9 covered it, and so did GatorCountry.

Ball 4 Hope and the Teddy Dupay for Kids Fund

The Teddy Dupay for Kids Fund lives at the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and puts basketball to work for at-risk kids — an NBA-range three-point challenge that raised more than $60,000, free-throw tournaments in downtown Tampa, and the Ball 4 Hope campaign that carried the work far beyond Florida.

Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

When Hurricane Maria left the island dark, Dupay partnered with the MCS Foundation and went. Three trips, luggage packed with supplies, and in March 2018 a Basketball Week across schools and clubs — nineteen clinics in a week for more than a thousand kids who were still without power and running water, finished with a carnival with games and prizes, because hope counts double when the lights are out. The Green for Puerto Rico campaign he was part of was a $1.5 million effort that helped reopen Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCAs across the island. “For me, it’s just helping kids,” he told Fox 13; the campaign announcement is here.

Game Film & Highlights

Real footage, straight from the vault — the 70-point game, the City of Palms record night, the McDonald’s three-point contest, and more on his YouTube channel.

Common questions

Who is Teddy Dupay?

Teddy Dupay is the all-time leading high school basketball scorer in the state of Florida and a member of the FHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2026. He scored 3,744 points at Mariner High School, was named Florida Mr. Basketball and Gatorade National Player of the Year in 1998, and played three years at point guard for the University of Florida under Billy Donovan. He now coaches youth basketball in Tampa, where he founded Teddy Dupay Basketball Academy.

How many points did Teddy Dupay score in high school?

3,744. He scored them at Mariner High School between 1994 and 1998. It is the Florida state record and it has never been broken.

Does Teddy Dupay still hold the Florida high school scoring record?

Yes. The FHSAA’s Hall of Fame citation records it as a state record that still stands. As a senior he averaged 41.4 points a game and led the nation in scoring.

Where did Teddy Dupay play college basketball?

The University of Florida, from 1998 to 2001, at point guard under Coach Billy Donovan. He finished third in program history with 188 career three-pointers, was an Associated Press All-American and a two-time All-SEC selection, and played in the 2000 Final Four and National Championship game.

What is Teddy Dupay doing now?

He coaches kids. Teddy Dupay Basketball Academy runs individual classes, private lessons, summer camps and a 3-on-3 developmental league for ages four to seventeen in Tampa, 52 weeks a year. He is also the author of “Let Them Love It” and “Why Winners Win,” and he runs Ball 4 Hope, which benefits the Teddy Dupay for Kids Fund.

When did Teddy Dupay make the Florida Hall of Fame?

The Florida High School Athletic Association named him to its Hall of Fame Class of 2026 in an announcement on May 6, 2026. It is the FHSAA's 36th induction class, and he is one of eight members. He is also part of the inaugural class of the City of Palms Hall of Fame — the very first player ever selected.

Did Teddy Dupay set a Guinness World Record?

No — and he'll tell you that himself. In July 2015 he attempted seven Guinness three-point records in a 24-hour shooting marathon for the Academy Prep schools of Tampa and St. Petersburg, made 5,000 NBA-range threes at 66 percent, and raised $50,000. The record didn't fall. The fundraiser worked.

Elsewhere

Want your player in his gym?

Classes run every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in downtown Tampa, all year. No contract, no obligation — come try one.

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Career record on this page is drawn from Coach Dupay’s own resume and from his Florida High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame citation. Sources are linked above.