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Gene Shue is the only Wizards coach to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award; he won it twice, in 1969 and 1982. [6] No Wizards coach has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, but four have been elected into the Hall of Fame as a player: Jim Pollard, Buddy Jeannette, K. C. Jones and Wes Unseld.
In 1967, the NBA Coach of the Year award, which he won in 1965, was renamed the "Red Auerbach Trophy". Auerbach was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969. [1] In 1970, Auerbach was named President of the Boston Celtics, and first held the presidency from 1970 to 1997. In 2001, after spending four years as the team's vice-chairman ...
Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player [1] and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 years before he was surpassed by Gregg Popovich in 2022).
The Wizards have effectively fired head coach Wes Unseld Jr. after leading the team to a 7-36 record through 43 games. ... Unseld ends his time as Wizards head coach with a 77-130 record. He had ...
Despite failing to win the championship, Bird earned numerous year-end awards and honors for his outstanding play, including the Naismith College Player of the Year Award. [24] For his college career, Bird averaged 30.3 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game, [ 25 ] leading the Sycamores to an 81–13 record during his tenure. [ 24 ]
The Wizards (9-46) lost the game 130-110 to stretch their losing streak to nine games, and Poole scored 18 points on 4-of-17 shooting off the bench. Keefe emphasized that the move isn't a knock ...
NCAA championship (Kansas, 1988); USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (1999); NBA Coach of the Year (2001); later won the NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons (2004) [72] United States 2002: Lute Olson: NCAA championship (Arizona, 1997); National Coach of the Year (1988, 1990); gold medal coach at Jones Cup (1984) and World ...
Amid a rebuild without much of a foundation, the Washington Wizards' front office felt the players needed to hear from a new voice. Wes Unseld Jr. was ousted Thursday as the Wizards' coach midway ...