Lionel Hollins
Lionel Hollins during an interview
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
October 19, 1953 Arkansas City, Kansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Rancho (North Las Vegas, Nevada) |
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| NBA draft | 1975 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 1975–1985 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 14, 9 |
| Coaching career | 1985–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1975–1980 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1980–1982 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1982–1983 | San Diego Clippers |
| 1983–1984 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1984–1985 | Houston Rockets |
| As coach: | |
| 1985–1988 | Arizona State (asst.) |
| 1988–1995 | Phoenix Suns (asst.) |
| 1995–1999 | Vancouver Grizzlies (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | Vancouver Grizzlies (interim) |
| 2000–2001 | Las Vegas Silver Bandits |
| 2002 | Saint Louis Skyhawks |
| 2002–2007 | Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) |
| 2004 | Memphis Grizzlies (interim) |
| 2008–2009 | Milwaukee Bucks (asst.) |
| 2009–2013 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2014–2016 | Brooklyn Nets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 7,809 (11.6 ppg) |
| Assists | 3,006 (4.5 apg) |
| Steals | 1,053 (1.6 spg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Lionel Eugene Hollins (born October 19, 1953) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
During his ten-year NBA career playing as a point guard he played for five teams, averaging 11.6 points and 4.5 assists per game.
Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the sixth pick of the 1975 NBA draft out of Arizona State University, Hollins was bestowed All-Rookie first team honors that season, averaging 10.8 points in 78 games for the Blazers. Prior to his two seasons at Arizona State, he played two years at Dixie College in St. George, Utah.
He graduated from Arizona State University in 1986 with a degree in sociology.
He was a member of Trail Blazers' 1976–77 championship team, and made his only All-Star Game appearance one year later. He was a member of the NBA All-Defensive team twice, in 1978 and 1979.
On April 18, 2007, the Portland Trail Blazers retired his #14 jersey.
Prior to his head coaching career, Hollins served as an assistant coach at Arizona State in the 1985–86 season and again in the 1987–88 season. He then served as an assistant for the Phoenix Suns under head coaches Cotton Fitzsimmons and Paul Westphal from 1988 to 1995.
In the 1999–2000 season, Hollins acted as the interim head coach while the Grizzlies were still located in Vancouver. He served another stint as interim coach of the Grizzlies in 2004, after the team had moved to Memphis.
On May 14, 2008, Hollins was hired as one of Milwaukee Bucks head coach Scott Skiles' assistants.
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