Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank in 2012 as Detroit Pistons head coach
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| Los Angeles Clippers | |
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| Position | Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 23, 1970 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Teaneck (Teaneck, New Jersey) |
| College | Indiana |
| Coaching career | 1992–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1992–1994 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | Tennessee (assistant) |
| 1997–2000 | Vancouver Grizzlies (assistant) |
| 2000–2004 | New Jersey Nets (assistant) |
| 2004–2010 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2010–2011 | Boston Celtics (assistant) |
| 2011–2013 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nets (assistant) |
| 2013–2014 | Brooklyn Nets (evaluator) |
| 2014–2016 | Los Angeles Clippers (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Los Angeles Clippers (Executive VP) |
Lawrence Adam Frank (born August 23, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach who is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the Nets (then-called the New Jersey Nets), and has been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets.
Frank was born in New York City and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. Frank graduated from Teaneck High School, but he never made the school's basketball team. He attended Camp Greylock for Boys, a sports camp in the Berkshires. He earned his B.S. in education from Indiana University in 1992, where he spent four seasons as a manager for the Hoosier basketball team led by Bob Knight. During his time at Indiana the Hoosiers won the Big Ten Conference championship twice, once in the 1988–1989 season and again in the 1990-91 season. His senior year, during the 1991-92 season, Indiana reached the 1992 NCAA Final Four, but fell to Duke in a foul-plagued game in Minneapolis.
Frank frequently cites Knight as a role model and mentor. Asked what he learned most of Knight, he said, "It's more of what he stood for. If you work hard and are trustworthy it will carry you a long way. Master your subject matter, have confidence, be reliable and sincere. He is a great mentor and teacher to have at age 18. With him you started at the bottom and were given nothing. Everything you got, you earned – sweat equity."
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