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Dave Cowens
Cowens in January 2005
NameDave Cowens
Imagesize200px
CaptionCowens in January 2005
PositionCenter / Power forward
Height Ft6
Height In9
Weight Lbs230
Number18, 36
NationalityUSA
Birth Date 
Birth PlaceNewport, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
High SchoolNewport Central Catholic
CollegeFlorida State
Draftyear1970
DraftteamBoston Celtics
Draftround1
Draftpick4
Debutyear1970
Finalyear1983
Years1  �  
Team1Boston Celtics
Years2 
Team2Milwaukee Bucks
Cyears1 
Cteam1Boston Celtics
Cyears2  �  
Cteam2Charlotte Hornets
Cyears3  �  
Cteam3Golden State Warriors
Highlights * 2× NBA Champion (1974, 1976) * NBA Most Valuable Player (1973) * 7× NBA All-Star (  �  ) * NBA All-Star Game MVP (1973) * NBA Rookie of the Year (1971) * NBA All-Defensive First Team (1976) * 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1975, 1980) * 3× All-NBA Second Team (1973, 1975 � 1976) * NBA All-Rookie First Team (1971) * NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team * #18 Retired by the Boston Celtics
Stat1labelPoints
Stat1value13,516 (17.6 ppg)
Stat2labelAssists
Stat2value2,910 (3.8 apg)
Stat3labelRebounds
Stat3value10,444 (13.6 rpg)
Letterc
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David William Cowens (born October 25, 1948, in Newport, Kentucky) is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6'9", he played the center and occasionally the power forward position. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. He was recently an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons, and currently serves as a special assistant to Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars.

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Preceded by
Satch Sanders
Boston Celtics head coach
 
Succeeded by
Bill Fitch
Preceded by
Allan Bristow
Charlotte Hornets head coach
 - 
Succeeded by
Paul Silas
Preceded by
Garry St. Jean (interim)
Golden State Warriors head coach
 - 
Succeeded by
Brian Winters (interim)
Preceded by
Initial coach
Chicago Sky head coach
2006
Succeeded by
Bo Overton

1970 NBA Draft

First round
Bob Lanier * Rudy Tomjanovich * Pete Maravich * Dave Cowens * Sam Lacey * Jim Ard * John Johnson * Geoff Petrie * George Johnson * Greg Howard * Jimmy Collins * Al Henry * Jim McMillian * John Vallely * John Hummer * Gary Freeman * Mike Price
Second round
Calvin Murphy * Nate Archibald * Jake Ford * Rex Morgan * Doug Cook * Pete Cross * Cornell Warner * Walt Gilmore * Dave Sorenson * Fred Taylor * Paul Ruffner * Joe DePre * Earnie Killum * Dan Hester * Ken Warzynski * Bill Zopf * Howie Wright

Boston Celtics 1973 �74 NBA Champions

7 Williams * 10 White * 12 Chaney * 17 Havlicek (Finals MVP) * 18 Cowens * 19 Nelson * 20 Hankinson * 29 Finkel * 32 Downing * 33 Kuberski * 35 Silas * 44 Westphal *
Head coach Heinsohn
Assistant coach Killilea

Boston Celtics 1975 �76 NBA Champions

10 White (Finals MVP) * 11 Scott * 17 Havlicek * 18 Cowens * 19 Nelson * 27 Stacom * 30 McDonald * 31 Boswell * 33 Kuberski * 34 Ard * 35 Silas * 42 Anderson *
Head coach Heinsohn
Assistant coach Killilea

Milwaukee Bucks

The FranchiseFranchise * Expansion Draft * All-time roster * Seasons * Head coaches * Current season
ArenasMECCA Arena * Bradley Center
CoachesCostello * Nelson * Harris * Hamblen * Dunleavy * Ford * Karl * Porter * Stotts * Krystkowiak * Skiles
D-League AffiliateFort Wayne Mad Ants
AdministrationOwner: Herb Kohl * General Manager: John Hammond * Head Coach: Scott Skiles
Notable FiguresKareem Abdul-Jabbar * Ray Allen * Vin Baker * Andrew Bogut * Junior Bridgeman * Sam Cassell * Larry Costello * Dave Cowens * Terry Cummings * Alex English * Dan Gadzuric * Brandon Jennings * Marques Johnson * Bob Lanier * Luc Richard Mbah a Moute * Jon McGlocklin * Sidney Moncrief * Don Nelson * Gary Payton * Michael Redd * Oscar Robertson * Glenn Robinson * Mo Williams * Brian Winters
Retired Numbers1 * 2 * 4 * 14 * 16 * 32 * 33
Hall of FamersKareem Abdul-Jabbar * Nate Archibald * Dave Cowens * Wayne Embry * Alex English * Bob Lanier * Moses Malone * Oscar Robertson
NBA Championships (1)1971
MascotBango
MediaTV: FSN Wisconsin * Radio: WTMJ-AM * Announcers: Jim Paschke * Jon McGlocklin * Ted Davis * Dennis Krause

New Orleans Hornets

The FranchiseFranchise * Expansion Draft * All-Time roster * Seasons * Broadcasters * Draft history * Head coaches * Current season
ArenasCharlotte Coliseum * Ford Center * Pete Maravich Assembly Center * Lloyd Noble Center * New Orleans Arena
Head CoachesHarter * Littles * Bristow * Cowens * Silas * Floyd * Scott * Bower * Williams
General ManagersScheer * Bass * Bower * Bass * Bristow * Bower
Important FiguresBob Bass * Muggsy Bogues * Allan Bristow * P. J. Brown * Tyson Chandler * Rex Chapman * Derrick Coleman * Dave Cowens * Dell Curry * Baron Davis * Ricky Davis * Vlade Divac * Kendall Gill * Larry Johnson * Eddie Jones * George Lynch * Jamaal Magloire * Jamal Mashburn * Anthony Mason * Tony Massenburg * Alonzo Mourning * Robert Parish * Chris Paul * Bobby Phills * J. R. Reid * Glen Rice * Byron Scott * George Shinn * Paul Silas * Peja Stojaković * David Wesley * David West
Retired Numbers7 * 13
Culture and loreGeorge Shinn * Hugo * Hurricane Katrina and Oklahoma City * Oklahoma City Thunder * CP3
D-League AffiliateNew Mexico Thunderbirds

Golden State Warriors

The franchiseFranchise * Team History * All-Time roster * Seasons * Head coaches * Current season
ArenasPhiladelphia Arena * Philadelphia Convention Hall * Cow Palace * San Francisco Civic Auditorium * USF War Memorial Gymnasium * HP Pavilion * Oracle Arena
Head coachesGottlieb * Senesky * Cervi * Johnston * McGuire * Feerick * Hannum * Sharman * Lee * Attles * Bach * Attles * Bach * Karl * Gregory * Nelson * Lanier * Adelman * Carlesimo * St. Jean * Cowens * Winters * Musselman * Montgomery * Nelson
General managersTyrell * Gottleib * Feerick * Vertlieb * Sterling * Attles * Nelson * Twardzik * St. Jean * Mullin * Riley
D-League affiliateBakersfield Jam
Retired numbers13 * 14 * 16 * 24 * 42
Hall of FamersPaul Arizin * Rick Barry * Wilt Chamberlain * Joe Fulks * Tom Gola * Neil Johnston * Jerry Lucas * Robert Parish * Andy Phillip * Nate Thurmond
NBA Championships (3)1947 * 1956 * 1975
Conference Championships (5)1947 * 1956 * 1964 * 1967 * 1975
RivalsSacramento Kings * Dallas Mavericks
MediaTV: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area * Radio: KNBR/KTCT * Announcers: Bob Fitzgerald * Jim Barnett * Tim Roye

National Basketball Association's 50 Greatest Players in NBA History

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * Nate Archibald * Paul Arizin * Charles Barkley * Rick Barry * Elgin Baylor * Dave Bing * Larry Bird * Wilt Chamberlain * Bob Cousy * Dave Cowens * Billy Cunningham * Dave DeBusschere * Clyde Drexler * Julius Erving * Patrick Ewing * Walt Frazier * George Gervin * Hal Greer * John Havlicek * Elvin Hayes * Magic Johnson * Sam Jones * Michael Jordan * Jerry Lucas * Karl Malone * Moses Malone * Pete Maravich * Kevin McHale * George Mikan * Earl Monroe * Hakeem Olajuwon * Shaquille O'Neal * Robert Parish * Bob Pettit * Scottie Pippen * Willis Reed * Oscar Robertson * David Robinson * Bill Russell * Dolph Schayes * Bill Sharman * John Stockton * Isiah Thomas * Nate Thurmond * Wes Unseld * Bill Walton * Jerry West * Lenny Wilkens * James Worthy

NBA Most Valuable Player Award

1956: Pettit * 1957: Cousy * 1958: Russell * 1959: Pettit * 1960: Chamberlain * 1961: Russell * 1962: Russell * 1963: Russell * 1964: Robertson * 1965: Russell * 1966: Chamberlain * 1967: Chamberlain * 1968: Chamberlain * 1969: Unseld * 1970: Reed * 1971: Abdul-Jabbar * 1972: Abdul-Jabbar * 1973: Cowens * 1974: Abdul-Jabbar * 1975: McAdoo * 1976: Abdul-Jabbar * 1977: Abdul-Jabbar * 1978: Walton * 1979: M. Malone * 1980: Abdul-Jabbar * 1981: Erving * 1982: M. Malone * 1983: M. Malone * 1984: Bird * 1985: Bird * 1986: Bird * 1987: Johnson * 1988: Jordan * 1989: Johnson * 1990: Johnson * 1991: Jordan * 1992: Jordan * 1993: Barkley * 1994: Olajuwon * 1995: Robinson * 1996: Jordan * 1997: K. Malone * 1998: Jordan * 1999: K. Malone * 2000: O'Neal * 2001: Iverson * 2002: Duncan * 2003: Duncan * 2004: Garnett * 2005: Nash * 2006: Nash * 2007: Nowitzki * 2008: Bryant * 2009: James * 2010: James

NBA Rookie of the Year Award

1953: Meineke * 1954: Felix * 1955: Pettit * 1956: Stokes * 1957: Heinsohn * 1958: Sauldsberry * 1959: Baylor * 1960: Chamberlain * 1961: Robertson * 1962: Bellamy * 1963: Dischinger * 1964: Lucas * 1965: Reed * 1966: Barry * 1967: Bing * 1968: Monroe * 1969: Unseld * 1970: Alcindor * 1971: Cowens & Petrie * 1972: Wicks * 1973: McAdoo * 1974: DiGregorio * 1975: Wilkes * 1976: Adams * 1977: Dantley * 1978: Davis * 1979: Ford * 1980: Bird * 1981: Griffith * 1982: Williams * 1983: Cummings * 1984: Sampson * 1985: Jordan * 1986: Ewing * 1987: Person * 1988: Jackson * 1989: Richmond * 1990: Robinson * 1991: Coleman * 1992: Johnson * 1993: O'Neal * 1994: Webber * 1995: Hill & Kidd * 1996: Stoudamire * 1997: Iverson * 1998: Duncan * 1999: Carter * 2000: Brand & Francis * 2001: Miller * 2002: Gasol * 2003: Stoudemire * 2004: James * 2005: Okafor * 2006: Paul * 2007: Roy * 2008: Durant * 2009: Rose * 2010: Evans

NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

1951: Macauley * 1952: Arizin * 1953: Mikan * 1954: Cousy * 1955: Sharman * 1956: Pettit * 1957: Cousy * 1958: Pettit * 1959: Baylor & Pettit * 1960: Chamberlain * 1961: Robertson * 1962: Pettit * 1963: Russell * 1964: Robertson * 1965: Lucas * 1966: A. Smith * 1967: Barry * 1968: Greer * 1969: Robertson * 1970: Reed * 1971: Wilkens * 1972: West * 1973: Cowens * 1974: Lanier * 1975: Frazier * 1976: Bing * 1977: Erving * 1978: R. Smith * 1979: Thompson * 1980: Gervin * 1981: Archibald * 1982: Bird * 1983: Erving * 1984: Thomas * 1985: Sampson * 1986: Thomas * 1987: Chambers * 1988: Jordan * 1989: Malone * 1990: Johnson * 1991: Barkley * 1992: Johnson * 1993: Stockton & Malone * 1994: Pippen * 1995: Richmond * 1996: Jordan * 1997: Rice * 1998: Jordan * 1999: No Game Played * 2000: O'Neal & Duncan * 2001: Iverson * 2002: Bryant * 2003: Garnett * 2004: O'Neal * 2005: Iverson * 2006: James * 2007: Bryant * 2008: James * 2009: Bryant & O'Neal * 2010: Wade

Florida Sports Hall of Fame

A - C
Ruth Alexander - Michelle Akers - Bobby Allison - Ottis Anderson - Don Aronow - Paul Azinger - Walter Lanier Barber - Rick Barry - Deane Beman - Patty Berg - Fred Biletnikoff - Otis Birdsong - Otis Boggs - Tommy Bolt - Wade Boggs - Bobby Bowden - Julius Barrows - Nick Bollettieri - Scot Brantley - Pat Bradley - Jerome Brown - Bill Buchalter - Lew Burdette - Nick Buoniconti - Norm Carlson - Steve Carlton - Harold Carmichael - JoAnne Carner - Jimmy Carnes - Don Carter - Gary Carter - Rick Casares - Charles Casey - Tracy Caulkins - Wes Chandler - Chandra Cheeseborough - Dean Chenoweth - Torchy Clark - Jerry Collins - Michael Collins - Cris Collinsworth - Pete Cooper - Leland "Lee" Corso - Jim Courier - Dave Cowens - Gene Cox - Larry Csonka - Hugh Culverhouse - Fran Curci
D - I
Darryl Dawkins - Andre Dawson - Jim Dooley - Herb Dudley - Angelo Dundee - James Everett - Chris Evert - J. Rex Farrior - Forrest K. "Fergie" Ferguson - Joe Fields - Don Fleming - Raymond Floyd - Ed Flynn - Bill France, Sr. - Betty Skelton Erde - Ron Fraser - Shirley Fry - Rowdy Gaines - Jake Gaither - Willie Galimore - Don Garlits - Steve Garvey - Ben Geraghty - Althea Gibson - Artis Gilmore - Laffayette G. Golden - Mary Ann Gonzalez - Ray Graves - Curt Gowdy - Bob Griese - Peter Gregg - Andy Gustafson - Nicole Haislett - Jack Harding - Doris Hart - Bill Hartack - "Bullet" Bob Hayes - Hurley Haywood - Ted Hendricks - Nash Higgins - Hulk Hogan - Nancy Hogshead - Dick Howser - Marcelino Huerta - H. Wayne Huizenga - Fred Hutchinson - Michael Irvin
J - Q
Julian E. Jackson - Davey Johnson - Jimmy Johnson - Deacon Jones - Jim Kelly - Bernie Kosar - Nick Kotys - Al Lang - Floyd E. Lay - Bernie Little - Larry Little - Pop Lloyd - Al Lopez - Dan Marino - Mike Martin - Tino Martinez - Bob Masterson - Walter Mayberry - Dick Mayer - Tim McDowell - Jack McEwen - Bill McGrotha - Hal McRae - George Mira - Hubert Mizell - Nat Moore - Perry Moss - Gardnar Mulloy - Bob Murphy - Jack Nelson - Jack Nicklaus - Greg Norman - Tom Nugent - Stephen C. O'Connell - George R. Olsen - Charlie Owens - Dick Pace - Arnold Palmer - John Pennel - Newton Perry - Bill Peterson - Lou Piniella - Dick Pope, Jr. - Dick Pope, Sr. - Edwin Pope - Boog Powell - Paul Quinn
R - Z
Tim Raines - Jim Rathmann - Bobby Riggs - Ken Riley - Joe Robbie - Glenn Robert - Robin Roberts - Chi Chi Rodriguez - Al Rosen - Pete Sampras - Deion Sanders - Doug Sanders - Gene Sarazen - Herb Score - Howard Schnellenberger - Pancho Segura - Monica Seles - Earnie Seiler - Ron Sellers - Lee Roy Selmon - Rip Sewell - Frank Shorter - Don Shula - Hal Smeltzy - Emmitt Smith - Freddie Solomon - Steve Spurrier - George Steinbrenner - Payne Stewart - Lyn St. James - Roger Strickland - Pat Summerall - Don Sutton - Charlie Tate - Zack Taylor- Vinny Testaverde - James Van Fleet - Dale Van Sickel - Don Vellwe - Dick Vitale - Don Wallen - Paul Warner - Paul Warfield - Danny Wuerffel - Glenn Wilkes - Ted Williams - Early Wynn - Garo Yepremian - Jack Youngblood.



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