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Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Larry Bird, Frank Layden and Pat Riley joined Red Auerbach as the only recipients to have also received NBA Coach of the Year. Bird is also the only winner to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player in addition to either of the Coach or Executive of the Year awards. [5]
Jack Ramsay, Larry Brown, and Bobby Leonard are the only Pacers' coaches to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [8] [9] Ramsay was also named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [10] Jack McKinney and Larry Bird have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1980–81 and 1997–98, respectively, with the Pacers. [11]
Nearly 25 year later, as Bird was set to coach the NBA All-Star game in 1998, he made clear he never liked anything about any All-Star game, whether it be high school, college or professional. And ...
Led by first-year head coach Bill Hodges and National Player of the Year Larry Bird, Indiana State was unranked to begin the season, but swept through the regular season unbeaten. Bird led the number 1 ranked Sycamores to the national title game versus the Magic Johnson -led number 3 Michigan State Spartans , and ended the season as National ...
Former University of Cincinnati Bearcats and Cincinnati Royals great Oscar Robertson joined fellow Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers Reggie Miller and Larry Bird on the floor at ...
“Quite frankly, I was tired of sitting in this recliner,” said Bill Hodges, the 79-year-old former men's basketball coach at Indiana State University. Larry Bird's Indiana State coach set to ...
[12] [13] Bird and Mullin were once teammates on the "Dream Team" from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The Pacers struggled early in the season losing five of their first seven games, but then won 15 of their next 18 games, and held the best record in the Eastern Conference at 33–13 before the All-Star break ...