Rick Carlisle
Carlisle in October 2011
|
|
| Dallas Mavericks | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 27, 1959 Ogdensburg, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lisbon Central (Lisbon, New York) Worcester Academy (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| College | |
| NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70th overall |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Playing career | 1984–1989 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 34, 3, 12 |
| Coaching career | 1989–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1984–1987 | Boston Celtics |
| 1987 | Albany Patroons |
| 1987–1988 | New York Knicks |
| 1988–1989 | New Jersey Nets |
| As coach: | |
| 1989–1994 | New Jersey Nets (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
| 1997–2000 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
| 2001–2003 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2003–2007 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2008–present | Dallas Mavericks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
As player: As coach:
|
|
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 422 (2.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 141 (0.8 rpg) |
| Assists | 201 (1.1 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
As player:
As coach:
Richard Preston "Rick" Carlisle (/ˈkɑːrlaɪl/ KAR-lyl; born October 27, 1959) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons. As a player, Carlisle played for the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets. He is also one of only 11 people to win an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach.
Carlisle was raised in Lisbon, New York. He attended Lisbon Central High School, then spent a year at Worcester Academy. He played two years of college basketball at the University of Maine from 1979 to 1981, before transferring to the University of Virginia. He co-captained the Cavaliers to the Final Four in 1984 and averaged 12.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game during his college career.
After graduating in 1984 Carlisle was selected by the Boston Celtics in that spring's draft (23rd pick in the third round), where he played alongside Larry Bird. Teams he played for under Celtics coach K.C. Jones won the NBA championship in 1986 against the Houston Rockets and lost in the finals in 1985 and 1987 to the Los Angeles Lakers.
...
Wikipedia