Mike D'Antoni
D'Antoni as the Knicks head coach in 2010
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| Houston Rockets | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 8, 1951 Mullens, West Virginia |
| Nationality | American / Italian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mullens (Mullens, West Virginia) |
| College | Marshall (1970–1973) |
| NBA draft | 1973 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20th overall |
| Selected by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings | |
| Playing career | 1973–1990 |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 5, 8, 10, 14 |
| Coaching career | 1990–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1973–1975 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
| 1975–1976 | Spirits of St. Louis |
| 1976 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1977–1990 | Olimpia Milano |
| As coach: | |
| 1990–1994 | Olimpia Milano |
| 1994–1997 | Benetton Basket |
| 1997–1998 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
| 1998–1999 | Denver Nuggets |
| 2001–2002 | Benetton Basket |
| 2002–2003 | Phoenix Suns (assistant) |
| 2003–2008 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2008–2012 | New York Knicks |
| 2012–2014 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2015–2016 | Philadelphia 76ers (associate coach) |
| 2016–present | Houston Rockets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA/ABA statistics | |
| Points | 605 (3.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 262 (1.5 rpg) |
| Assists | 363 (2.0 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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Michael Andrew "Mike" D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an American-Italian professional basketball coach who was formerly a professional basketball player. He is currently the head coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While head coach of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, he won NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 2004–05 NBA season after the Suns posted 41 more wins than the previous season. He coached the New York Knicks starting in 2008 before resigning in 2012. He was hired by the Lakers after seven games into the 2012–13 season. D'Antoni, who holds American and Italian dual citizenship, is known for favoring a fast-paced, offense-oriented system. On June 1, 2016, D'Antoni was named as the new head coach for the Houston Rockets.
After a college career at Marshall University, D'Antoni was drafted by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in the 2nd round of the 1973 NBA draft. He was all-NBA Rookie Second Team choice for 1974. After 3 seasons for the Kings (1973–1975), he played for the Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association in 1975–1976, and for the San Antonio Spurs (again in the NBA) in 1976–1977. His Spurs career lasted just two games before he found an opportunity to play successfully overseas.
D'Antoni was then called by the Italian team of Olimpia Milano, starting a career which saw him become the club's all-time leading scorer. He was voted the Italian LBA league's top point guard of all time in 1990, and he paced his team to five Italian League titles, two FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague) titles, two Italian Cups, one FIBA Korać Cup, and one FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Being of Italian origin, D'Antoni was also selected to play on the Italian national team for the EuroBasket in 1989.
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