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Gene Littles

Gene Littles
Personal information
Born (1943-06-29) June 29, 1943 (age 73)
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school McKinley (Washington, D.C.)
College High Point (1965–1969)
NBA draft 1969 / Round: 5 / Pick: 68th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career 1969–1975
Position Point guard
Number 23
Career history
As player:
19691974 Carolina Cougars
19741975 Kentucky Colonels
As coach:
1976–1977 Cleveland Cavaliers (asst.)
1977–1979 North Carolina A&T
1985–1986 Cleveland Cavaliers
1988–1990 Charlotte Hornets (asst.)
1990–1991 Charlotte Hornets
1994–1995 Denver Nuggets
Career NBA statistics
Points 4,066 (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds 1,475 (3.3 rpg)
Assists 1,336 (3.0 spg)

Eugene Scapes "Gene" Littles (born June 29, 1943) is a retired American basketball player and current coach. He played professional basketball for six years.

Littles played college basketball at High Point University where he was the all-time leading scorer in High Point school history, and a NAIA All-American. Afterward Littles was selected in the 5th round of the 1969 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks and in the 1969 ABA Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals. Littles opted to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA).

Littles played for five seasons with the Carolina Cougars (1969–74). He was named to the All-Rookie Team in 1970. He then played for one season (1974–75) with the Kentucky Colonels. With Kentucky, Littles was a member of the Colonels team that won the 1975 ABA Championship.

After his playing career, Littles got into coaching, and became an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Littles then served as the Head Basketball Coach at North Carolina A&T from 1977 to 1979. Littles led the team to two stright MEAC Tournament Championships. He got his first taste of NBA head coaching when George Karl was dismissed at the end of the 1985–86 season. The Cavaliers next year hired Lenny Wilkens, however.

In 1990, Littles got a second NBA head coaching job, with the Charlotte Hornets—replacing Dick Harter. He lasted as season and a half with the recent-expansion Hornets, until he was replaced with Allan Bristow at the end of the 1990–91 season. Littles later became an assistant with the Denver Nuggets, and served as an interim coach during the 1994–95 season, in between Dan Issel and Bernie Bickerstaff.


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