Josh Bostic

Joshua Lamont Bostic (born May 12, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player and current coach. He currently serves as a player development coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

College career
Bostic went to the University of Findlay and wrapped up his college career as NABC NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, Division II Bulletin Player of the Year, Midwest Region Player of the Year and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year. He led the Findlay Oilers to winning the 2009 NCAA Division 2 championship, averaging 18.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.4 steals a contest during the 2008–09 season.

Professional career
Bostic went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. In August 2009, he signed with Kyoto Hannaryz of Japan for the 2009–10 season.

On November 1, 2010, Bostic was selected by the New Mexico Thunderbirds in the third round of the 2010 NBA D-League Draft.

On August 17, 2011, Bostic signed a one-year deal with Liège Basket of Belgium and earned 2012 Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League 1st Team honors. On June 7, 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Belfius Mons-Hainaut. He left them after one season.

On June 24, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Élan Chalon of France. On November 11, 2013, he parted ways with Chalon. On November 27, 2013, he signed with Spartak Saint Petersburg of Russia for the rest of the season.

On September 25, 2014, Bostic signed with the Detroit Pistons. However, he was later waived by the Pistons on October 20, 2014. On November 1, 2014, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive as an affiliate player. On January 7, 2015, he was waived by the Drive. The next day, he signed with Spirou Charleroi of the Belgian League for the rest of the season.

On February 3, 2016, he signed with VEF Rīga of Latvia for the rest of the season.

On August 26, 2016, Bostic signed with Juvecaserta Basket of Italy for the 2016–17 season.

On October 18, 2017, Bostic signed with Zadar of Croatia for the rest of the 2017–18 season. He played a great half-season at Zadar during which he was named ABA League MVP of December. On January 29, 2018, he left Zadar and signed with Dinamo Sassari of Italy for the rest of the season.

On August 4, 2020, Bostic returned to Italy and signed a one-year deal with Reggio Emilia in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.

On February 22, 2021, before the end of the season, he transferred to New Basket Brindisi.

On June 8, 2022, he has signed with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League.

Post-playing career
In October 2023, Bostic joined the Houston Rockets as a player development coach.