Pat Riley : biography
Patrick James "Pat" Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, and a former coach and player in the NBA. Currently, he is team president of the Miami Heat. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams and an assistant coach to another. He was named NBA Coach of the Year three times (1989–90, 1992–93 and 1996–97, as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Heat, respectively). He was head coach of an NBA All-Star Game team nine times: eight times with the Western Conference team (1982, 1983, 1985–1990, all as head coach of the Lakers) and once with the Eastern team (1993, as head coach of the Knicks). In 1996 he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in the NBA history. As a player, he played for the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship team in 1972.
Riley most recently won the 2012 and 2013 NBA championships with the Miami Heat as their team president. He is the first (and so far only) North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, coach (both assistant and head), and executive. He received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award from the NBA Coaches Association on June 20, 2012.
Biography
Riley was born in Rome, New York, and raised in Schenectady. His father, Leon Riley, played twenty-two seasons of minor league baseball as an outfielder and first baseman, and appeared in 4 games for the 1944 Philadelphia Phillies.. baseball-reference.comHeisler, Mark (1995-01-09). . Findarticles.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-28.
NBA statistics as a player
Year | Age | Team | G | Min | Pts | PPG | FGM | FGA | FGP | FTM | FTA | FTP | 3PM | 3PA | 3PP | REB | RPG | AST | APG | STL | BLK | TO |
1967–68 | 22 | San Diego Rockets | 80 | 1263 | 628 | 7.9 | 250 | 660 | .379 | 128 | 202 | .634 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 177 | 2.2 | 138 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1968–69 | 23 | San Diego Rockets | 56 | 1027 | 494 | 8.8 | 202 | 498 | .406 | 90 | 134 | .672 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 112 | 2.0 | 136 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1969–70 | 24 | San Diego Rockets | 36 | 474 | 190 | 5.3 | 75 | 180 | .417 | 40 | 55 | .727 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 57 | 1.6 | 85 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970–71 | 25 | Los Angeles Lakers | 54 | 506 | 266 | 4.9 | 105 | 254 | .413 | 56 | 87 | .644 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 54 | 1.0 | 72 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1971–72 | 26 | Los Angeles Lakers | 67 | 926 | 449 | 6.7 | 197 | 441 | .447 | 55 | 74 | .743 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 127 | 1.9 | 75 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972–73 | 27 | Los Angeles Lakers | 55 | 801 | 399 | 7.3 | 167 | 390 | .428 | 65 | 82 | .793 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 65 | 1.2 | 81 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973–74 | 28 | Los Angeles Lakers | 72 | 1361 | 684 | 9.5 | 287 | 667 | .430 | 110 | 144 | .764 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 128 | 1.8 | 148 | 2.1 | 54 | 3 | 0 |
1974–75 | 29 | Los Angeles Lakers | 46 | 1016 | 507 | 11.0 | 219 | 523 | .419 | 69 | 93 | .742 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 85 | 1.8 | 121 | 2.6 | 36 | 4 | 0 |
1975–76 | 30 | Phoenix Suns | 62 | 813 | 289 | 4.7 | 117 | 301 | .389 | 55 | 77 | .714 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 50 | 0.8 | 57 | 0.9 | 22 | 6 | 0 |
9 Season Totals | 528 | 8187 | 3906 | 7.4 | 1619 | 3914 | .414 | 668 | 948 | .705 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 855 | 1.6 | 913 | 1.7 | 112 | 13 | 0 |