Del Harris
- For the English squash player, see Del Harris (squash player).
Delmer W. Harris (June 18 1937, Plainfield (or Orleans), Indiana) is a former NBA head coach and current assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks under head coach Avery Johnson.
United States
Early in his career Harris was coach at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana before entering professional ranks as an assistant coach for the Utah Stars of the ABA, under head coach Tom Nissalke. When that franchise folded, Nissalke and Harris were hired as head and assistant coach, respectively for the Houston Rockets.When Nissalke was let go by the club, Harris was asked to take over head coaching duties.Harris led the Rockets to the NBA Finals in the 1981 season, where they were defeated by the Boston Celtics four games to two. Don Nelson brought Harris to Milwaukee as his assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks team, where he later became head coach and, later, also General Manager. After his stint with the Bucks, Harris became head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning NBA coach of the year Honors in '94-'95. A few seasons later found Harris as assistant coach, once again under head coach Don Nelson, and currently under Head coach Avery Johnson. Born in Orleans, in southern Indiana, and a native of Plainfield, Indiana, he is the father of Bucks general manager Larry Harris.
International
He was an assistant coach under Rudy Tomjanovich with the US national team in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[1]
Del Harris also served as coach of the China national basketball team, where he coached NBA All-Star center Yao Ming and led China to a surprising upset victory over Serbia and Montenegro in the 2004 Athens Olympic games.
Prior to becoming the Lakers' head coach Harris was also a special consultant of Canadian national men's basketball team and their then head coach Ken Shields.
| Preceded by Tom Nissalke |
Houston Rockets Head
Coach 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by Bill Fitch |
| Preceded by Don Nelson |
Milwaukee Bucks Head
Coach 1987–1991 |
Succeeded by Frank Hamblen |
| Preceded by Magic Johnson |
Los Angeles Lakers Head
Coach 1994–1999 |
Succeeded by Kurt Rambis |
| San Diego/Houston Rockets Head Coaches |
|---|
| McMahon • Hannum • Winter • Egan • Nissalke • Harris • Fitch • Chaney • Tomjanovich • Van Gundy • Adelman |
| Milwaukee Bucks Head Coaches |
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| Costello • Nelson • Harris • Hamblen • Dunleavy • Ford • Karl • Porter • Stotts • Krystkowiak |
| Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers Head Coaches |
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| Kundla • Mikan • Kundla • Castellani • Pollard • Schaus • van Breda Kolff • Mullaney • Sharman • West • McKinney • Westhead • Riley • Dunleavy • Pfund • Johnson • Harris • Rambis • Jackson • Tomjanovich • Hamblen • Jackson |
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