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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.
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] Dick Versace and Bird have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Pacers. [5] [12] Frank Vogel was named interim head coach after Jim O'Brien was fired midway through the 2010–11 season. [13]
In the 1997–98 NBA season, Indiana native and former Boston Celtics great Larry Bird was hired as head coach. He led the Pacers to a 19-game improvement over the previous season, finishing 58–24–at the time, the most the franchise had ever won as an NBA team, and tying the 1970–71 ABA Pacers for the franchise record.
LARRY BIRD (1979): Growing up, Bird's dream was to play for the University of Kentucky. But head coach Joe B. Hall thought he was "too slow," so he didn't offer Bird a scholarship.
Naismith Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird attended the Pacers' draft workout on Wednesday. Bird rejoined the franchise as a consultant last June.
Bird was born to Georgia and Claude Joseph "Joe" Bird in West Baden Springs, Indiana. The family wallowed in poverty for years, inspiring Larry to pursue basketball to change their lives.
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 ...
[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 ...