COLLEGE

Biddings played college basketball for SUNY Oneonta during the 1976–77 season, suiting up for the Red Dragons on the roster that reached the 1977 NCAA Division III national championship game under head coach Don Flewelling.

During that 1976–77 postseason run, Oneonta advanced through the NCAA Division III East Region by beating Stony Brook 71–65, edging Albany State 47–46, and then winning at Boston State 72–61 to reach the national semifinals.

At the NCAA Division III finals site, Oneonta defeated Hamline 61–56 to move into the title game, where the Red Dragons finished as national runners-up after a 79–66 loss to Wittenberg.

After Oneonta, Biddings attended SUNY Orange for the 1977–78 season, where he earned NJCAA recognition as a Second Team All-American while playing at Orange County Community College.

Biddings later played for the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) across the 1979–1981 period, and he was on the Drovers’ 1979–80 team that carried a 21–10 record at one point in the season while competing in Sooner Athletic Conference play under head coach Gene Davis.

In USAO’s 1979–80 campaign, Biddings produced multiple documented scoring performances against Cameron University, including 23 points in their first meeting on November 24, 33 points five days later in the second encounter, and 21 points in a January 21 game, and he later scored 27 points against Cameron by going 10-for-16 from the field and 7-for-7 at the free-throw line.

He also posted a 22-point outing in conference action against Phillips, shooting 8-for-9 from the field and 6-for-8 from the line while adding 9 rebounds, and in another reported game he finished as USAO’s high scorer with 21 points as the Drovers tried to close late after trailing most of the night.

AWARDS

- 1x NBL Leading Scorer

COACHING HISTORY

Biddings moved into coaching immediately after college when he joined the Forestville Eagles for the 1981 NBL season, serving as a player-coach during his first professional season in Australia.

Forestville finished the 1981 regular season with a 6–16 record, with Biddings combining coaching responsibilities with a standout playing campaign in which he averaged 28 points per game.

His 1981 Forestville stint was his only recorded senior head-coaching role before he continued his playing career with Adelaide City in 1982, St Kilda in 1983 and later Broadmeadows in the South Eastern Basketball League.

LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL

Reginald Leonardo 'Reg' Biddings died of colon cancer on July 18, 2017, aged 59.

He was living in Moranbah, Queensland, with his wife at the time of his death.

His farewell service was held at the Carrara Stadium basketball courts on the Gold Coast.

Australian basketball journalist Boti Nagy published a tribute on the day of Biddings' passing, recalling his distinctive personality and their reunion with former NBL contemporaries at a Hall of Fame induction event.