Rudy Tomjanovich

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Rudy Tomjanovich : biography

November 24, 1948 –

Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. (born November 24, 1948), nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He was an All-Star forward for the Rockets during his playing career. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Accomplishments

  • NBA Champion head coach (1994, 1995)
  • Head coach of the gold medalist USA men’s basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Head coach of the bronze medalist USA men’s basketball team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship
  • Five-time NBA All-Star (1974–1977, 1979)
  • NCAA All-American (1970)
  • All-time University of Michigan leader in rebounds. Second on UM all-time list in points per game
  • Holds the Crisler Arena single game scoring and rebounding records
  • Averaged 17.4 points per game on 50.1% shooting during his NBA career
  • Michigan Sports Hall of Fame

Coaching record

|- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |30||16||14||.533|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||55||27||.671|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Midwest||12||6||6||.500 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||58||24||.707|| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Midwest||23||15||8||.652 | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||47||35||.573|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Midwest||22||15||7||.682 | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||48||34||.585|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Midwest||8||3||5||.375 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||57||25||.695|| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Midwest||16||9||7||.563 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||41||41||.500|| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Midwest||5||2||3||.400 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |50||31 ||19||.620|| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Midwest||4||1||3||.250 | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||34||48||.415|| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||45||37||.549|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||28||54||.341|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|HOU | style="text-align:left;"| |82||43||39||.524|| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Midwest||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|LAL | style="text-align:left;"| |43||24||19||.558|| style="text-align:center;"|(resigned)||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"|Career | ||943||527||416||.559|| ||90||51||39||.567