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George Karl

George Karl
George Karl.jpg
Karl in 2011
Personal information
Born (1951-05-12) May 12, 1951 (age 65)
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Penn Hills
(Penn Hills, Pennsylvania)
College North Carolina (1970–1973)
NBA draft 1973 / Round: 4 / Pick: 66th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career 1973–1978
Position Guard
Number 22
Coaching career 1978–2016
Career history
As player:
19731978 San Antonio Spurs
As coach:
19781980 San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
1980–1983 Montana Golden Nuggets
19841986 Cleveland Cavaliers
19861988 Golden State Warriors
1988–1989 Albany Patroons
1989–1990 Real Madrid
1990–1991 Albany Patroons
1991–1992 Real Madrid
19921998 Seattle SuperSonics
19982003 Milwaukee Bucks
20052013 Denver Nuggets
20152016 Sacramento Kings
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA/NBA statistics
Points 1,703 (6.5 ppg)
Rebounds 369 (1.4 rpg)
Assists 795 (3.0 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional basketball coach and former player. He is one of 9 coaches in NBA history to have won 1,000 NBA games, though he never won a championship.

Karl was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, where he starred at Penn Hills High School. He played collegiality at the University of North Carolina for three years. Drafted in the fourth round of 1973 NBA draft by the New York Knicks, Karl opted instead to sign with the ABA's San Antonio Spurs. He spent three years as the team's starting point guard, playing with George Gervin. After the Spurs joined the NBA in 1976, Karl played limited minutes over the next two years, retiring as a player in 1978.

After his playing career, Karl spent two years with the Spurs coaching staff as an assistant coach. He was then named head coach of the Montana Golden Nuggets of the Continental Basketball Association. As coach of the Golden Nuggets, Karl guided the team to the CBA Finals in 1981 and 1983, winning Coach of the Year both seasons.

In 1984, Karl returned to the NBA, when he became the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his first season he took them back to the playoffs for the first time in six seasons. He was dismissed by the Cavaliers after a disappointing 25–42 start in his second season with the team, though Cleveland would finish just 29–53 on the season. For the remainder of the 1985-86 season and early portion of the offseason, Karl worked as a scout and adviser to the Milwaukee Bucks.


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