Amir Bell is in his first season with the Stanford men's basketball program.
Bell played seven professional seasons after graduating from Princeton in 2018, seeing the court in Italy, Malaysia, Germany, Poland and Cyprus. His successful career resulted in numerous accolades, including a 2020 Asia-Basket.com All-ASEAN League second team selection, 2024 Polish League Defensive Player of the Year honors and 2025 Eurobasket.com Cypriot OPAP Basketball first team accolades. Bell was also the 2025 Finals MVP in Cyprus for league champion AEK Larnaca.
A standout guard for the Tigers from 2014-18, Bell was the 2018 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. He currently sits 35th on the Princeton career scoring list with 1,043 career points and seventh in career assists with 313. Bell helped lead Princeton to the 2017 Ivy League Championship.
Bell is reunited on the Stanford coaching staff with Brett MacConnell, who was an assistant coach at Princeton while Bell was a student-athlete.
Outside of his playing career, Bell was the founder and trainer of BrunswickGrassroots, an organization designed for elite basketball training for players of all levels