Terry Stotts

Stotts in 2006.
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Personal information
Born	(1957-11-25) November 25, 1957 (age 54) Cedar Falls, Iowa
Nationality	American
High school	Bloomington High School North
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	Oklahoma (1976–1980)
NBA Draft	1980 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Pro career	1980–1989
Career history
As player:
1980	Squibb Cantù (Italy)
1980–1983	Montana Golden Nuggets (CBA)
1983–1984	Estudiantes (Madrid) (Spain)
1985–1987	Étoile de Voiron (France)
1988–1989	Chorale Roanne (France)
As coach:
1990–1991	Albany Patroons (CBA) (asst.)
1991–1992	Fort Wayne Fury (CBA)
1992–1997	Seattle SuperSonics (asst.)
1997–2001	Milwaukee Bucks (asst.)
2002–2004	Atlanta Hawks
2005–2007	Milwaukee Bucks
2008–present	Dallas Mavericks (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
As coach: NBA champion (2011) As player: All-Big Eight Conference Honors (1980) Academic All-American (1979, 1980)

Terry Stotts (born November 25, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball forward and current assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. His most recent head coaching job was with the Milwaukee Bucks. Stotts was fired by the Milwaukee Bucks on March 14, 2007. Before becoming the head coach of the Bucks, Stotts was an assistant for the Golden State Warriors, head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, and an assistant coach of the Seattle SuperSonics. Terry played in Europe for a few years before becoming a Sonics assistant. He also was the star player for George Karl's CBA team, the Montana Golden Nuggets in the early 1980s.

His total NBA coaching record is 115-168.

Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Stotts grew up in Illinois, Wisconsin, Guam, and Indiana and graduated from Bloomington High School North at Bloomington, Indiana in 1976.^[1][2] Stotts started all his four seasons with the University of Oklahoma Sooners basketball team and was an Academic All-American selection in his junior and senior seasons and an All-Big Eight Conference selection in his senior season. He graduated from Oklahoma in 1980 with a B.S. in zoology and a Master's in Business Administration from Oklahoma in 1988 on a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA.^[1]

The Dallas Mavericks hired Stotts as an assistant coach in September 2008.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Stotts' biography on NBA.com
• News release announcing Stotts as head coach of the Bucks
• Coaching statistics on Basketball-Reference.com

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Neil Olshey (born January 10, 1965) is General Manager & Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers. He was named GM on March 9, 2010 upon the firing of former Clippers GM and Head Coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr.^[1] He joined the Clippers as Director of Player Personnel prior to the start of the 2003–04 season and became an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2004–05 season. Prior to the start of the 2008–09 season, Olshey was elevated to the position of Assistant General Manager.^[2] Olshey has overseen the drafting of such talented players as Blake Griffin as well as the draft day trade to draft promising rookie Eric Bledsoe.

Prior to his roles with the Clippers, Olshey served as Director of Player Development for SFX Sports Group, Inc., where he created, organized and conducted NBA pre-draft training camps that produced 15 NBA lottery picks, 25 first-round selections and 57 current NBA players.^[3] He was also an assistant coach at Artesia High School (Lakewood, California), where he coached future college and NBA player Jason Kapono. A graduate of Le Moyne College, Olshey originally sought to become a professional actor following his graduation from college, and moved to New York City to pursue this career. "He appeared in several television commercials, print ads and had roles on All My Children, One Life to Live, and Loving. Eventually, he made his way to Los Angeles, where he tested for a lead role on the soap opera General Hospital."^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• www.nba.com/clippers

Kaleb Canales (born July 7, 1978) is an American basketball coach and the current interim head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.

Early career[link]

Born in Laredo, Texas, Canales is a graduate of John B. Alexander High School. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in kinesiology.^[1][2] He later earned a master's degree in sports leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.^[2]

Canales began his coaching career as an assistant coach at United High School and Martin High School, both in Laredo, and then at the college level at Texas-Arlington.^[1][3]

NBA coaching career[link]

In 2005, Canales was hired as a video intern for the Portland Trail Blazers, and was eventually hired as the team's video coordinator. In 2009, he was promoted to an assistant coach for the team.^[1][4] In 2010, Canales served as the Blazers' head coach during the NBA Summer League.^[5] He was promoted to interim head coach of the Trail Blazers after head coach Nate McMillan was dismissed on March 15, 2012.^[6] Canales became the youngest active head coach in the NBA and the first Mexican-American coach in NBA history.^[7][8]

Coaching record[link]

Footnotes[link]

Further reading[link]

• Dan McCarney, "Canales Blazing His Own Trail as NBA Coach," Spurs Nation blog, San Antonio News, March 25, 2012.

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Dwane Casey (born April 17, 1957) is a former NCAA basketball player and coach who currently is a head coach in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors.^[1]

Early years[link]

Casey was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, and graduated from Union County High School in 1975.^[2]

At the University of Kentucky Casey had a career average of 1.3 points, and 0.6 assists per game.^[3] Casey served as team captain during his senior year. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in business administration in 1979.^[4]

Coaching[link]

Casey began his coaching career in 1979, as an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky. In late March 1988 while still serving as an assistant coach there, Emery Worldwide employees discovered $1,000 in cash in an envelope that was accidentally opened. The envelope was addressed to Claud Mills, the father of recruit Chris Mills, and the sender was identified as Casey. The University of Kentucky said that the evidence collected during the investigation is inconclusive, and does not prove that Casey sent the money.^{[5] [6]} The scandal resulted in Casey's resignation, and Casey being placed on probation for 5 years by the NCAA.^[7]

After his resignation from the NCAA, Casey served as an assistant coach for the Seattle SuperSonics. During his time there, the team won 4 division titles.

During the summers, Casey served as a coach for the Japanese National Basketball Team, and in the summer of 1998 the team appeared in the FIBA World Championship basketball tournament, which would be the team's first appearance there in over 30 years.^[4]

At the start of the 2005-06 NBA season, Casey landed his first job as head coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves, replacing Kevin McHale. Casey's overall record with the team was 53-69, he was fired on January 23, 2007 lasting only a season and a half with the Timberwolves.^[8] At the time of his firing, the Timberwolves were 20-20, he was replaced by assistant coach Randy Wittman, who went 12-30 for the rest of the season.^[9]

For the 2008-09 NBA season Casey served as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks. During the 2009-10 NBA season the Mavericks won a division title. In 2011 the Mavericks defeated the Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals, and received their first championship.

In early June 2011 the Toronto Raptors decided not to pick up the option on Jay Triano's contract. Casey was named the new Raptors head coach on June 21 for the 2011-12 NBA season.^[1]

Head coaching record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dwane Casey coach profile at NBA.com
• NCAA career stats as a player at BBH
• NBA career stats as a head coach at Basketball-Reference