Alvin Gentry
Gentry in 2015.
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| New Orleans Pelicans | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 5, 1954 Shelby, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Shelby (Shelby, North Carolina) |
| College | Appalachian State (1973–1977) |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 1980–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1980–1981 | Baylor (assistant) |
| 1981–1986 | Colorado (assistant) |
| 1986–1989 | Kansas (assistant) |
| 1989–1990 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) |
| 1990–1991 | Los Angeles Clippers (assistant) |
| 1991–1995 | Miami Heat (assistant) |
| 1995 | Miami Heat |
| 1995–1997 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| 1998–1999 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2000–2003 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2003–2004 | New Orleans Hornets (assistant) |
| 2004–2008 | Phoenix Suns (assistant) |
| 2008–2012 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2013–2014 | Los Angeles Clippers (Associate HC) |
| 2014–2015 | Golden State Warriors (Associate HC) |
| 2015–present | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Alvin Harris Gentry (born November 5, 1954) is an American basketball coach who is head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Gentry was a former college basketball player, who has led four different National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. He served as an interim head coach for the Miami Heat at the end of the 1994–95 season, and later coached the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, and Phoenix Suns.
Gentry was born in Shelby, North Carolina, where he grew up and attended Shelby High School. His first cousin is former NC State and NBA star David Thompson.
Gentry played college basketball at Appalachian State University, where he was a point guard under Press Maravich and Bobby Cremins. In 1978 he spent one year as a graduate assistant at the University of Colorado. After one year working in private business, he returned to the bench when he received his first full-time collegiate assistant coaching job at Baylor University under Jim Haller in 1980. After one year at Baylor, Gentry returned to the University of Colorado as an assistant coach from 1981-1986 under Tom Apke. From 1986-1989, Gentry served as an assistant at the University of Kansas under Larry Brown, where they won the 1988 NCAA National Championship.
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