Paul Westhead

Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American basketball coach who most recently was the head coach of the University of Oregon women's team. He has previously been a head coach for three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and an assistant for four others, and has also coached in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), American Basketball Association (ABA) and Japan Basketball League (JBL). He won titles in both the NBA and WNBA, and is also remembered as the coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) men's basketball team during that school's era of greatest basketball glory. Westhead is known for an unorthodox, run-and-gun style called "The System." He attended Saint Joseph's University.

Cheltenham and La Salle

Westhead started his coaching career at Cheltenham High School in suburban Philadelphia; in 1968, he coached the Panthers to a loss in the Pennsylvania state championship. One of his players at Cheltenham was future University of Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage. Westhead coached the La Salle University men's basketball team starting in 1970. Westhead led the Explorers to one NIT and two NCAA tournament appearances in nine seasons (1970–1979). He finished with a record of 142–105.

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Bill Plaschke: Magic Johnson continues to tarnish the Lakers’ and his legacy

Sacramento Bee 22 May 2019

LOS ANGELES ... "Who's the backstabber now?" ... Magic Johnson could be part of the solution, but he continues to be part of the problem ... As a player in 1981, he told Jerry Buss he could no longer play for then-coach Paul Westhead. When Buss didn't dismiss Westhead immediately, Johnson publicly demanded to be traded and Westhead was fired the next day ... ....

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Magic Johnson continues to tarnish the Lakers' and his legacy

The Los Angeles Times 22 May 2019

Column Lakers Sports Magic Johnson continues to tarnish the Lakers' and his legacy ... (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) ... Advertisement ... As a player in 1981, he told Jerry Buss he no longer could play for then-coach Paul Westhead. When Buss didn’t dismiss Westhead immediately, Johnson publicly demanded to be traded and Westhead was fired the next day....

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Bill Plaschke: Magic Johnson continues to tarnish the Lakers' and his legacy

The Bryan Eagle 22 May 2019

“Who’s the backstabber now?” ... Magic Johnson could be part of the solution, but he continues to be part of the problem ... As a player in 1981, he told Jerry Buss he could no longer play for then-coach Paul Westhead. When Buss didn’t dismiss Westhead immediately, Johnson publicly demanded to be traded and Westhead was fired the next day ... ——— ... ————— ... .......

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The Lakers' public drama is a crisis of ownership

ABC7 21 May 2019

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Jeanie Buss listened to the press conference in which Magic Johnson abruptly resigned as President of Basketball Operations on April 9 and felt like she was in a time machine ... Jerry Buss, that he just didn't feel like he could be Magic Johnson playing in Paul Westhead's system. Dr ... Westhead was hastily fired. Dr ... Related Video ... ....

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Pat Riley on Magic Johnson: 'He's going to speak his mind'

ABC7 20 May 2019

Riley recalls a game against the Seattle Supersonics while he was a Lakers assistant during 1979-80 season, when, as Riley explains it, "Earvin looked over at the bench, and the coach (Paul Westhead) had a certain player on the court that neither Kareem or Earvin wanted out there."....

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Magic Johnson details back-stabbing, betrayal that led him to quit as Lakers president

The Daily Democrat 20 May 2019

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Letters: Lakers' problems start at the top

The Los Angeles Times 11 May 2019

Sports Letters. Lakers' problems start at the top. UCLA and the Lakers have a lot in common when it comes to coaching searches. (Jim Thompson / For The Times). Had any other team been run like the Lakers of the past half decade, the owner would have received the public's wrath ... Advertisement ... .. ... ... Paul Westhead was fired from from the Lakers in 1981....

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Jillian Alleyne’s legacy lives on in Oregon women’s basketball program

The Los Angeles Times 05 Apr 2019

Sports Jillian Alleyne’s legacy lives on in Oregon women’s basketball program. Oregon's Jillian Alleyne drives to the basket against Arizona State's Kelsey Moos during a game on Jan. 29, 2016. (Ryan Kang / Associated Press) ... Advertisement ... Yet Oregon piled up 27 losses in coach Paul Westhead’s run-and-gun system that was both fast and flawed ... .......

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The Daily Dot 03 Apr 2019

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Irish act Switchback helped us calm down from Bramlage excitement

The Mercury 12 Mar 2019

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LeBron's first season in Los Angeles has become a disaster

ABC7 05 Mar 2019

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Santa Cruz Sentinel 05 Mar 2019

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The Loop Final Four Countdown: Best NCAA Cinderellas

Pioneer Press 07 Feb 2019

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