He went back and forth. College assistant, then ABA/NBA head coach, then UCLA,

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Jun 6, 2024
1:43:47pm

BYU1982 All-American

He went back and forth. College assistant, then ABA/NBA head coach, then UCLA,

then NBA again, then College (won title), then NBA (eventually won title), then college again 🙂

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BYU1982

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Do we have an example of a college coach successfully jumping to the NBA?

ForzaPuma

Jun 6, 8:07am

Brad Stevens (kinda)

RC Vikings

Jun 6, 8:11am

Yeah. I think Lakers would be happy with a few years of Stevens-level coaching

ForzaPuma

Jun 6, 8:13am

Billy Donovan?

COUGND

Jun 6, 8:18am

I was gonna say him…he’s been a head coach for what a decade now?

PHXSUNS31

Jun 6, 8:19am

He’s probably the best example. Those OKC teams got pretty far too.

ForzaPuma

Jun 6, 9:42am

Jim Boylen over?

Still Open

Jun 6, 8:30am

Larry Brown. NCAA title 1988, NBA title 2004. Only one to ever win both.

BYU1982

Jun 6, 1:19pm

Did he come to the nba as an assistant first?

PHXSUNS31

Jun 6, 1:38pm

He went back and forth. College assistant, then ABA/NBA head coach, then UCLA,

BYU1982

Jun 6, 1:43pm

Kinda interesting, he was an assistant coach in between his college and ABA days

PHXSUNS31

Jun 6, 2:54pm

Incredible coach. Got the Pistons to beat the Lakers with Shaq and Kobe

ForzaPuma

Jun 6, 2:35pm

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