George Karl

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George Karl bigraphy, stories - American basketball player/coach

George Karl : biography

May 12, 1951 –

George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player who has served as the head coach of five National Basketball Association teams, most recently the Denver Nuggets. On December 10, 2010 he became the seventh coach in NBA history to record 1,000 wins.

Personal

Karl’s son, Coby, played as a starting point guard for Boise State University, and has since played in the NBA and other leagues. Coby Karl is a thyroid cancer survivor. Karl also has two daughters, Kelci and Kaci.. NBA.com coaching profile.

NBA coaching record

|- | align="left" |CLE | align="left" | |82||36||46||.439|| align="center" |4th in Central||4||1||3||.250 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |CLE | align="left" | |66||25||42||.373|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |GSW | align="left" | |82||42||40||.512|| align="center" |3rd in Pacific||10||4||6||.400 | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | align="left" |GSW | align="left" | |64||16||48||.250|| align="center" |(fired)||—||—||—||— | align="center" |— |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |42||27||15||.643|| align="center" |4th in Pacific||9||4||5||.444 | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |82||55||27||.671|| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||19||10||9||.526 | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Finals |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |82||63||19||.768|| align="center" |1st in Pacific||5||2||3||.400 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |82||57||25||.695|| align="center" |2nd in Pacific||4||1||3||.250 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |82||64||18||.780|| align="center" |1st in Pacific||21||13||8||.619 | align="center" |Lost in NBA Finals |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |82||57||25||.695|| align="center" |1st in Pacific||12||6||6||.500 | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | align="left" |SEA | align="left" | |82||61||21||.744|| align="center" |T-1st in Pacific||10||4||6||.400 | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | align="left" |MIL | align="left" | |50||28||22||.560|| align="center" |4th in Central||3||0||3||.000 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |MIL | align="left" | |82||42||40||.512|| align="center" |5th in Central||5||2||3||.400 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |MIL | align="left" | |82||52||30||.634|| align="center" |1st in Central||18||10||8||.556 | align="center" |Lost in Conf. Finals |- | align="left" |MIL | align="left" | |82||41||41||.500|| align="center" |5th in Central||—||—||—||— | align="center" |Missed NBA Playoffs |- | align="left" |MIL | align="left" | |82||42||40||.512|| align="center" |4th in Central||6||2||4||.333 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |40||32||8||.800|| align="center" |2nd in Northwest||5||1||4||.200 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||44||38||.537|| align="center" |1st in Northwest||5||1||4||.200 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||45||37||.549|| align="center" |2nd in Northwest||5||1||4||.200 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||50||32||.610|| align="center" |2nd in Northwest||4||0||4||.000 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||54||28||.659|| align="center" |1st in Northwest||16||10||6||.625 | align="center" | Lost in Conf. Finals |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||53||29||.646|| align="center" |1st in Northwest||6||2||4||.333 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||50||32||.610|| align="center" |2nd in Northwest||5||1||4||.200 | align="center" |Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |66||38||28||.576|| align="center" |2nd in Northwest||7||3||4||.429 | align="center" | Lost in First Round |- | align="left" |DEN | align="left" | |82||57||25|||| align="center" |2nd in Northwest||6||2||4||.333 | align="center" | Lost in First Round |-class="sortbottom" |Career | ||1887||1131||756|||| ||185||80||105||.432