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Pat Riley

PositionGuard, Forward
Number42, 12
Height Ft6
Height In4
Weight Lbs205
BirthdateMarch 20, 1945(age 65)
Rome, New York
Debutyear1967
Finalyear1976
Draftyear1967
Draftround1
Draftpick7
DraftteamSan Diego Rockets
CollegeKentucky
Teams *San Diego Rockets (1967 � 1970) *Los Angeles Lakers (1971 � 1976) *Phoenix Suns (1976)
Stat1labelPoints
Stat1value3,906
Stat2labelRebounds
Stat2value855
Stat3labelAssists
Stat3value913
Letterr
Bbrrileypa01
Highlights ;Player * 1× NBA Champion (1972) ;Coach * 6× NBA Champion (1980 as assistant coach), (1982, 1985, 1987,1988, and 2006 as head coach) * 3× NBA Coach of the Year (1990, 1993, 1997) * Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996)
HOF Coachpat-riley
Coach *Los Angeles Lakers (1981 � 1990) *New York Knicks (1991 � 1995) *Miami Heat (1995-2003, 2005-2008)

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Patrick (Pat) James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is a former American professional basketball player and then head coach in the NBA. Currently, he is team president of the Miami Heat. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams and an assistant coach to another. He most recently won the 2006 NBA Championship with the Miami Heat. Prior to his tenure in Miami, he served as head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks. He was named NBA Coach of the Year three times (1989-90, 1992-93 and 1996-97, as head coach of the Lakers, Knicks and Heat, respectively). He was head coach of the NBA All-Star Game teams nine times: eight of the Western team (1982, 1983, 1985 � 1990, all as head coach of the Lakers) and once of the Eastern team (1993, as head coach of the Knicks). In 1996 he was named one of 10 Greatest Coaches in the NBA history. As a player he played for the Los Angeles Lakers' championship team in 1972, bringing his personal total to seven NBA titles. He is known as "Coach Slick" and "Mr. GQ".

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paul Westhead		Los Angeles Lakers head coach
{{nbay|1981|start}}		Succeeded by
Mike Dunleavy
Preceded by
John MacLeod		New York Knicks head coach
 - 		Succeeded by
Don Nelson
Preceded by
Alvin Gentry (interim)		Miami Heat head coach
 - 		Succeeded by
Stan Van Gundy
Preceded by
Stan Van Gundy		Miami Heat head coach
 - 		Succeeded by
Erik Spoelstra

Miami Heat : Retirement
 University of Kentucky
Season Games
Played		 Minutes FG FGA % FT FTA % Total
Rebs		 RPG Asst. APG F Total
Points		 PPG
1964-65 25 825 160 370 43.2 55 89 61.8 212 8.5 27 1.1 98 375 15.0
1965-66 29 1078 265 514 51.6 107 153 69.9 259 8.9 64 2.3 106 637 22.0
1966-67 26 953 165 373 44.2 122 156 78.2 201 7.7 68 2.6 90 452 17.4
Total 80 2856 590 1257 46.9 284 398 71.4 672 8.4 159 2.0 294 1464 18.1

Miami Heat : Retirement
 Regular Season Stats
Year Age Team G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1967-68 22 San Diego Rockets 80 1263 628 7.9 250 660 .379 128 202 .634 0 0 .000 177 2.2 138 1.7 0 0 0
1968-69 23 San Diego Rockets 56 1027 494 8.8 202 498 .406 90 134 .672 0 0 .000 112 2.0 136 2.4 0 0 0
1969-70 24 San Diego Rockets 36 474 190 5.3 75 180 .417 40 55 .727 0 0 .000 57 1.6 85 2.4 0 0 0
1970-71 25 Los Angeles Lakers 54 506 266 4.9 105 254 .413 56 87 .644 0 0 .000 54 1.0 72 1.3 0 0 0
1971-72 26 Los Angeles Lakers 67 926 449 6.7 197 441 .447 55 74 .743 0 0 .000 127 1.9 75 1.1 0 0 0
1972-73 27 Los Angeles Lakers 55 801 399 7.3 167 390 .428 65 82 .793 0 0 .000 65 1.2 81 1.5 0 0 0
1973-74 28 Los Angeles Lakers 72 1361 684 9.5 287 667 .430 110 144 .764 0 0 .000 128 1.8 148 2.1 54 3 0
1974-75 29 Los Angeles Lakers 46 1016 507 11.0 219 523 .419 69 93 .742 0 0 .000 85 1.8 121 2.6 36 4 0
1975-76 30 Phoenix Suns 62 813 289 4.7 117 301 .389 55 77 .714 0 0 .000 50 0.8 57 0.9 22 6 0
9 Season Totals 528 8187 3906 7.4 1619 3914 .414 668 948 .705 0 0 .000 855 1.6 913 1.7 112 13 0

Miami Heat : Retirement
 Playoff Stats
Year Team G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1968-69 San Diego Rockets 5 76 37 7.4 16 37 .432 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 11 2.2 2 0.4 0 0 0
1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers 7 135 66 9.4 29 69 .420 8 11 .727 0 0 .000 15 2.1 14 2.0 0 0 0
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers 15 244 78 5.2 33 99 .333 12 16 .750 0 0 .000 29 1.9 14 0.9 0 0 0
1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers 7 53 18 2.6 9 27 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 0.7 7 1.0 0 0 0
1973-74 Los Angeles Lakers 5 106 39 7.8 18 50 .360 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 6 1.2 10 2.0 0 0 0
1975-76 Phoenix Suns 5 27 13 2.6 6 15 .400 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 5 1.0 0 0 0
Totals 44 641 251 5.7 111 297 .374 29 38 .763 0 0 .000 66 1.5 52 1.2 0 0 0

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost
Post season PG Games coached PW Games won PL Games lost

Team Year G W L W - L% Finish PG PW PL Result


Current general managers of the National Basketball Association

Central Division
Forman (Chicago Bulls)
Grant (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Dumars (Detroit Pistons)
Morway (Indiana Pacers)
Hammond (Milwaukee Bucks)


1967 NBA Draft

First round
Jimmy Walker * Earl Monroe * Clem Haskins * Sonny Dove * Walt Frazier * Al Tucker * Pat Riley * Tom Workman * Mel Daniels * Dave Lattin * Mal Graham * Craig Raymond
Second round
Jimmy Jones * Steve Sullivan * Byron Beck * Randolph Mahaffey * Phil Jackson * Bob Netolicky * Bob Rule

National Basketball Association's Top Ten Coaches in NBA History

Red Auerbach * Chuck Daly * Bill Fitch * Red Holzman * Phil Jackson * John Kundla * Don Nelson * Jack Ramsay * Pat Riley * Lenny Wilkens

Los Angeles Lakers 1971 �72 NBA Champions

5 McMillian * 11 Cleamons * 12 Riley * 13 Chamberlain (Finals MVP) * 14 Ellis * 21 Robinson * 24 Erickson * 25 Goodrich * 31 Trapp * 44 West * 52 Hairston *
Head coach Sharman
Assistant coaches Jones

Los Angeles Lakers 1981 �82 NBA Champions

5 Jordan * 8 Brewer * 10 Nixon * 11 McAdoo * 21 Cooper * 25 Kupchak * 31 Rambis * 32 E. Johnson (Finals MVP) * 33 Abdul-Jabbar * 34 C. Johnson * 40 McGee * 52 Wilkes * 54 Landsberger
Head coach Riley
Assistant coaches Bertka * Thibault

Los Angeles Lakers 1984 �85 NBA Champions

4 Scott * 11 McAdoo * 12 Lester * 21 Cooper * 25 Kupchak * 31 Rambis * 32 Johnson * 33 Abdul-Jabbar (Finals MVP) * 35 Spriggs * 40 McGee * 42 Worthy * 43 Nevitt * 52 Wilkes
Head coach Riley
Assistant coaches Bertka * Wohl

Los Angeles Lakers 1986 �87 NBA Champions

1 Matthews * 4 Scott * 21 Cooper * 24 Branch * 31 Rambis * 32 Johnson (Finals MVP) * 33 Abdul-Jabbar * 42 Worthy * 43 M. Thompson * 45 Green * 52 Smrek * 55 B. Thompson
Head coach Riley
Assistant coaches Bertka * Pfund

Los Angeles Lakers 1987 �88 NBA Champions

1 Matthews * 4 Scott * 19 Campbell * 20 Wagner * 21 Cooper * 31 Rambis * 32 Johnson * 33 Abdul-Jabbar * 42 Worthy (Finals MVP) * 43 M. Thompson * 45 Green * 52 Smrek * 55 B. Thompson
Head coach Riley
Assistant coaches Bertka * Pfund

Miami Heat 2005 �06 NBA Champions

1 Wright * 3 Wade (Finals MVP) * 5 D. Anderson * 8 Walker * 20 Payton * 24 Kapono * 25 Simien * 30 Barron * 32 O'Neal * 33 Mourning * 40 Haslem * 42 Posey * 49 S. Anderson * 51 Doleac * 55 Williams
Head coach Riley
Assistant coaches Spoelstra * McAdoo * Rothstein * Askins * Coles

NBA Coach of the Year Award

1963: Gallatin * 1964: Hannum * 1965: Auerbach * 1966: Schayes * 1967: Kerr * 1968: Guerin * 1969: Shue * 1970: Holzman * 1971: Motta * 1972: Sharman * 1973: Heinsohn * 1974: R. Scott * 1975: P. Johnson * 1976: Fitch * 1977: Nissalke * 1978: H. Brown * 1979: Fitzsimmons * 1980: Fitch * 1981: McKinney * 1982: Shue * 1983: Nelson * 1984: Layden * 1985: Nelson * 1986: Fratello * 1987: Schuler * 1988: Moe * 1989: Fitzsimmons * 1990: Riley * 1991: Chaney * 1992: Nelson * 1993: Riley * 1994: Wilkins * 1995: Harris * 1996: Jackson * 1997: Riley * 1998: Bird * 1999: Dunleavy * 2000: Rivers * 2001: L. Brown * 2002: Carlisle * 2003: Popovich * 2004: H. Brown * 2005: D'Antoni * 2006: A. Johnson * 2007: Mitchell * 2008: B. Scott * 2009: M. Brown * 2010: Brooks

New York Knicks

The FranchiseFranchise * All-Time roster * Head coaches * Seasons * Current season
ArenasMadison Square Garden III * 69th Regiment Armory * Madison Square Garden IV
Head CoachesCohalan * Lapchick * Boryla * Levane * Braun * Donovan * Gallatin * McGuire * Holzman * Reed * Holzman * H. Brown * Hill * Pitino * Jackson * MacLeod * Riley * Nelson * Van Gundy * Chaney * Williams * Wilkens * Williams * L. Brown * Thomas * D'Antoni
General ManagersPodesta * Boryla * Donovan * Holzman * Donovan * DeBusschere * Stirling * Bianchi * Checketts * Grunfeld * Layden * Thomas * Walsh
D-League AffiliateSpringfield Armor
AdministrationMadison Square Garden, Inc. (Owner) * James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) * Donnie Walsh (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) * Mike D'Antoni (Head Coach)
Notable FiguresDick Barnett * Walt Bellamy * Bill Bradley * Carl Braun * Marcus Camby * Bill Cartwright * Dave Checketts * Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton * Dave DeBusschere * Patrick Ewing * Walt Frazier * Harry Gallatin * Marty Glickman * Ernie Grunfeld * Richie Guerin * Red Holzman * Allan Houston * Ned Irish * Mark Jackson * Phil Jackson * Larry Johnson * Bernard King * David Lee * Jerry Lucas * Anthony Mason * Stephon Marbury * Dick McGuire * Earl Monroe * Charles Oakley * Cal Ramsey * Willis Reed * Micheal Ray Richardson * Pat Riley * Nate Robinson * Latrell Sprewell * John Starks * Kurt Thomas * Trent Tucker * Kiki Vandeweghe * Jeff Van Gundy * Gerald Wilkins * Max Zaslofsky
Retired Numbers10 * 12 * 15 * 15 * 19 * 22 * 24 * 33 * 613
NBA Championships (2)1970 * 1973
RivalsPhiladelphia 76ers * Boston Celtics * Los Angeles Lakers * Chicago Bulls * Indiana Pacers * Miami Heat * New Jersey Nets * Toronto Raptors
Culture and LoreWillis Reed limping onto the court * Eddie * Spike Lee * Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen * 1994 NBA Finals * New York Rangers win Game 7 of 1994 Stanley Cup Finals * 1999 NBA Finals * Scott Layden * Isiah Thomas * Knickerbocker * Knicks �Nuggets brawl * Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? * Mike Walczewski * George Kalinsky
MediaTV: MSG Network * Radio: WEPN-AM * Current announcers: Mike Breen * Walt Frazier * Gus Johnson * John Andariese * Kelly Tripucka * Former announcers: Marv Albert * Bob Wolff

NBA on NBC

Related programsNBA Showtime * NBA Inside Stuff * College Basketball on NBC * NBA on USA
Related articlesRatings * NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
CommentatorsAll-Star Game * Eastern Conference Finals * Western Conference Finals * NBA Finals
Key figuresMarv Albert * Mike Breen * Quinn Buckner * P. J. Carlesimo * Doug Collins * Bob Costas * Dick Enberg * Julius Erving * Cotton Fitzsimmons * Mike Fratello * Curt Gowdy * Jim Gray * Matt Guokas * Tom Hammond * Kevin Johnson * Lewis Johnson * Magic Johnson * Steve Jones * Lindsey Nelson * Bud Palmer * Ahmad Rashād * Pat Riley * John Salley * Hannah Storm * Isiah Thomas * Tom Tolbert * Peter Vecsey * Bill Walton * Bob Wolff
NBA Finals1955 * 1956 * 1957 * 1958 * 1959 * 1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002
All-Star Game1959 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002
Music"Roundball Rock" * "Crockett's Theme" * "Winning It All" * "Return to Innocence" * "I Believe I Can Fly" * "How's It Going to Be" * "All Fired Up" * "To the Flemish Cap" * "Unbelievable" * "An American Symphony" * "These Are Days" * "Titan Spirit"
LoreClutch City * Memorial Day Miracle * Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals * The Shot (1998 NBA Finals) * Bulls �Knicks rivalry * Lakers �Kings rivalry



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