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| name | Avery Johnson |
|---|---|
| width | 130 |
| position | Point guard |
| height ft | 5 |
| height in | 11 |
| weight lbs | 185 |
| number | 15, 6, 5 |
| birth date | March 25, 1965 |
| birth place | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| nationality | American |
| highschool | St. Augustine HS (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| college | New Mexico JC (1983–1984)Cameron (1984–1985)Southern (1986–1988) |
| draft year | 1988 |
| career start | 1988 |
| career end | 2004 |
| Years1 | 1988 |
| Team1 | Palm Beach Stingrays (USBL) |
| years2 | – |
| team2 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| years3 | |
| team3 | Denver Nuggets |
| years4 | |
| team4 | San Antonio Spurs |
| years5 | |
| team5 | Houston Rockets |
| years6 | |
| team6 | San Antonio Spurs |
| years7 | |
| team7 | Golden State Warriors |
| years8 | – |
| team8 | San Antonio Spurs |
| years9 | |
| team9 | Denver Nuggets |
| years10 | – |
| team10 | Dallas Mavericks |
| years11 | |
| team11 | Golden State Warriors |
| cyears1 | |
| cteam1 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
| cyears2 | – |
| cteam2 | Dallas Mavericks |
| cyears3 | –present |
| cteam3 | New Jersey Nets |
| highlights | |
| Stats league | NBA |
| stat1label | Points |
| stat1value | 8,817 (8.4 ppg) |
| stat2label | Rebounds |
| stat2value | 1,751 (1.7 rpg) |
| stat3label | Assists |
| stat3value | 5,846 (5.5 apg) |
| letter | j |
| bbr | johnsav01 }} |
Avery Johnson (born March 25, 1965) is a former American professional basketball player and current head coach of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team New Jersey Nets. He has also coached the Dallas Mavericks, leading them to their first NBA Finals appearance and four consecutive 50+ win seasons. During his playing days, Johnson was known as the "Little General" for his small (by NBA standards) stature, his leadership skills as a point guard and floor general, and his close friendship with former San Antonio Spurs teammate David "The Admiral" Robinson.
Under Johnson, the Mavericks closed out the 2004–2005 season with a 16–2 run and a first-round playoff victory over the Houston Rockets, before bowing out to the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the playoffs. Johnson was named the April 2005 NBA Coach of the Month, only one month after becoming a head coach for the first time.
The 2005–06 season was even more successful for Johnson and was marked by a series of milestones. In November 2005 Johnson again won the NBA Coach of the Month award (his second and second consecutive, following his award from April the previous season), making him the first NBA coach to win the award in his first two months as a head coach. On January 28, 2006, when the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Utah Jazz, Johnson's record as coach reached 50–12, making Johnson the fastest coach to reach 50 wins. In February 2006, he was chosen to coach the 2006 NBA All-Star team for the Western Conference. On March 15, 2006, Johnson set the record for most wins over the course of a coach's first 82 games (the equivalent of a full season), with 66 wins over the span. Although Johnson ultimately led the Mavericks to the second-best record in the Western Conference, the team entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the west, due to the structure of the 2006 NBA Playoffs seeding. In April 2006, Johnson was rewarded for this success with the 2006 NBA Coach of the Year Award.
In June 2006, after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies, the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, and the Phoenix Suns in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Johnson led the Dallas Mavericks to their first ever NBA Finals appearance. However, the Mavs were defeated in the series by the Miami Heat, losing 4 straight after winning the first two games.
On December 31, 2006, Johnson became the fastest head coach to win 100 games by defeating the Denver Nuggets. In the 2006–07 season, Johnson's Mavericks had the best record in the NBA with 67 wins and entered the playoffs as first seed. However, his Mavericks eventually lost to the 8th seed Golden State Warriors, led by former Mavericks head coach Don Nelson, in one of the biggest upsets in recent NBA history.
With his win on November 18, 2007 against the Grizzlies, Johnson became the fastest coach to reach 150 wins. Following the 2007–2008 season, the Mavericks, under Johnson, were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. A day later, on April 30, 2008, Johnson was dismissed as head coach of the Mavericks.
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| name | Mike Riley |
|---|---|
| sport | Football |
| current title | Head coach |
| current team | Oregon State |
| current conference | Pac-10 |
| current record | 69–54 |
| birth date | July 06, 1953 |
| birth place | Wallace, Idaho |
| player years | 1971–1974 |
| player teams | Alabama |
| player positions | Cornerback |
| coach years | 197519761977–19821983–198519861987–19901991–19921993–19961997–19981999–200120022003–present |
| coach teams | California (GA)Whitworth (GA)Linfield (DC)Winnipeg Blue Bombers (assistant)Northern Colorado (assistant)Winnipeg Blue BombersSan Antonio RidersUSC (OC/QB)Oregon StateSan Diego ChargersNew Orleans (assistant)Oregon State |
| overall record | 69–54 (college)14–34 (NFL) |
| bowl record | 5–1 |
| cfbdwid | 1983 |
| awards | Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2008) |
| cbbaskhof year | }} |
Riley was a hometown hero from his athletic days at Corvallis High School, where he was the starting quarterback and led the Spartans to the state title game in 1969 and 1970. They came up short against Medford High School in 1969, 27–0, but avenged the loss the following season when they met Medford again and came out victorious 21–10. Riley considers the college town of Corvallis his hometown.
Riley played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide under legendary head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. In his four seasons at Alabama as a defensive back, he helped the Tide to four Southeastern Conference titles and the 1973 UPI (Coaches' Poll) National Championship.
In 1977, he was hired as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Linfield College. During his stay at Linfield he assisted head coach Ad Rutschman’s Wildcats to a six-year record of 52–7–1, which included five conference titles and an undefeated NAIA Division II championship season in 1982.
Riley was the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL from 1987–1990 and won two Grey Cups during his tenure. He also coached the San Antonio Riders of the defunct WLAF. He was hired to coach the San Antonio Texans of the CFL in 1993, but the team folded before it could begin play.
He returned to the college ranks in 1993 when USC head coach John Robinson offered him the position of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; he later became assistant head coach. The ''Mesa Tribune'' named him the league’s top assistant coach in 1993 after leading the Trojan offense to record setting numbers. USC quarterback Rob Johnson earned numerous Pac-10 and NCAA records under Riley's tutelage and would later become a fourth-round NFL Draft pick. "He's a player's coach, who gets the most out of you by treating you like normal," Johnson later said.
Riley remained at USC through the 1996 season, helping the Trojans to victories in the Rose, Cotton, and Freedom Bowls. USC won an outright league title, shared another, and finished second once.
Although his first stint with the Beavers only lasted two seasons, Riley is considered, by FSN commentators, to have laid the foundation for the success of the Beavers in the years to come. The 1999 team, led by Dennis Erickson, posted a 7–5 record and earned a trip to the Oahu Bowl, ending a record 28 season streak of sub .500 seasons.
Riley was fired as head coach of the Chargers after three seasons and was an assistant coach with the New Orleans Saints in 2002. He was offered the Alabama job in December 2002 after Dennis Franchione left for Texas A&M. Riley was also under consideration for the UCLA job during that period. After spending one season with the Saints, Riley returned to Corvallis to become the head coach at Oregon State in 2003 following Erickson's departure to San Francisco of the NFL.
In 2007, the Beavers again started 2–3 and finished 8–4 on the regular season, including an upset of #2 Cal in Berkeley. The Beavers finished the year 9–4 with a win in the 2007 Emerald Bowl in San Francisco over the Maryland Terrapins.
In 2008 Riley's Beavers knocked off #1-ranked USC 27–21 at Reser Stadium. The Beavers went into the Civil War with a chance to reach the Rose Bowl as Pac-10 champions but were defeated by Oregon, 65–38, and instead accepted another invitation to the third place Sun Bowl, where they beat Pittsburgh, 3–0.
Riley has a 5–1 NCAA football bowl record as a head coach, having won the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl, 2004 Insight Bowl, 2006 Sun Bowl, 2007 Emerald Bowl, and 2008 Sun Bowl. Riley is a combined 8–1 in bowl games as a head or assistant coach. In the 2009 Las Vegas Bowl, the Beavers lost to the BYU Cougars of the Mountain West Conference.
In Riley's second stint at OSU, the Beavers have produced three current NFL quarterbacks, Sean Canfield, Matt Moore, and Derek Anderson.
Riley was rumored to be up for the USC vacancy created by the resignation of Pete Carroll, but those rumors were put to rest by signing a three-year extension through the 2019 season.
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| position | Forward |
|---|---|
| shot | Left |
| height ft | 5 |
| height in | 10 |
| weight lb | 180 |
| played for | Minnesota North StarsCalgary Flames |
| ntl team | USA |
| birth date | June 10, 1956 |
| birth place | Denver, CO, USA |
| career start | 1978 |
| career end | 1986 |
| draft | 133rd overall |
| draft year | 1976 |
| draft team | St. Louis Blues |
Michael Gordon Eaves (born June 10, 1956 in Denver, Colorado and raised in Windsor, Ontario) is an American former NHL player and the current head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers Men's Ice Hockey team. Eaves appeared in 324 NHL regular season games between 1978 and 1985, and has coached since 1985. His father, Cecil Eaves, is a former Denver University ice hockey and football player who became a professor and hockey coach at Ohio State and the University of Windsor. Eaves is also the father of current Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves and brother of former NHL player Murray Eaves.
From 1974 to 1978 he played for the University of Wisconsin–Madison hockey team, where he was a two-time All-American and a member of Coach Bob Johnson's 1977 NCAA championship team. Eaves remains the Badgers' all-time leading career scorer with 267 points (94 goals, 173 assists) in 160 games. He was also a member of the United States national team at the 1976 and 1978 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.
He was selected 113th overall in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft by St. Louis, who traded his rights to the Cleveland Barons for Len Frig in 1977. Eaves ended up on the Minnesota North Stars roster after the Barons and North Stars were merged in 1978.
However, this was not the end of his playing career.
In the midst of the 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs Flames forward Carey Wilson sustained an injury, forcing him out of the lineup. Eaves was persuaded to end his retirement in order to shore up the Flames' player roster. With his family's permission he rejoined the Flames, playing 8 of their final 11 games in the playoffs. After the Flames lost in the Stanley Cup finals he ended his playing career permanently.
He took the head coach position at HIFK in the Finnish SM-Liiga in 1996 and coached there for the following season. He quit and joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as an assistant coach from 1997 to 2000. The following year he was named head coach of the United States National Junior Team. In the 2002–2003 season Eaves joined his old college team, the Wisconsin Badgers, as their head coach. His first season at UW was full of hardship and controversy, including one of the worst records in the modern era. He had a physical confrontation with Alex Leavitt in November 2002 that led to the University reprimanding Eaves, and Leavitt suing Eaves and the University. The suit was settled by paying Leavitt the value of his lost scholarship, $55,000. However, in 2003-2004, Eaves brought the Badgers just short of the Frozen Four, falling in overtime to Maine. Eaves has improved the Badger's skill level, conditioning, and teamwork. He was the head coach of the 2004 United States National Junior Team which won the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. After the Badgers had a disappointing finish to the 2004-2005 season, the Badgers returned to national prominence by winning the 2006 NCAA championship by winning the Frozen Four held in Milwaukee, WI. Eaves' 2010 squad returned to the Frozen Four, Wisconsin's 11th Frozen Four appearance, losing in a bid for the Badgers' seventh NCAA title.
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