Jeff Bower (basketball)
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| Detroit Pistons | |
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| Position | General manager |
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| Born |
April 26, 1961 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Coaching career | 1983–present |
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| As coach: | |
| 1983–1986 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1986–1995 | Marist (assistant) |
| 2009–2010 | New Orleans Hornets |
| 2013–2014 | Marist |
Jeff Bower (born April 26, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and executive. He is the current general manager of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bower is the former general manager and head coach of the New Orleans Hornets. Bower held the Hornets head coaching position during most of the 2009–10 season, and the general manager position twice, in 2002–03 and from 2005–10.
Bower helped rebuild the Hornets, despite the troubles Hurricane Katrina placed on the club and the city of New Orleans in general. He took a giant step in re-writing Hornets history by trading franchise piece Baron Davis to the Warriors, then selecting guard Chris Paul fourth overall in the 2005 NBA draft. The disaster Katrina caused forced the Hornets to move to Oklahoma City until the 2007–08 NBA season, but Bower continued to build his club. Through trade, draft, and signings, the Hornets actually competed in their two seasons in Oklahoma with a 38–44 record in 2005–06 and 39–43 in 2006–07. Yet again, another series of trials and tribulations, the Hornets improved and contended. Injuries to Paul (for 18 games), Peja Stojaković (for sixty-nine), and scoring big man David West (for thirty) dampened the opportunity to make the playoffs.
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