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Bill Russell, who was a player-coach for the Boston Celtics from 1966 to 1969. He was the first African-American head coach to win an NBA title, earning back-to-back championships in 1968 and 1969.
Earl Lloyd was the first black NBA player in 1950. *Became the first African-American to play in an NBA game on October 31, 1950 *Became the first African-American to win an NBA championship (1955 with Syracuse) *Became first African-American Assistant Coach with Detroit Pistons (1968-70) *Became second African-American head coach and first African-American bench coach with Detroit Pistons (1970-71) Earl Lloyd, who in 1950 became the first African-American to play in a NBA game with the Washington Capitols, was instrumental in integrating professional basketball as a player and coach.
Bill Russell won NBA rings in 1968 and 1969 when he was the player-coach for the Boston Celtics.
Alvin Gentry has not played in the NBA. He played college basketball at Appalachian State University. After he held various college position assistant jobs. Eventually, he was hired as an assistant coach under Larry Brown's San Antonio Spurs. He was the head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers and currently he is the coach for the Phoenix Suns.
Yes, there are usually several assistant coaches on a basketball team. These coaches can be in charge of offense, defense, shooting, playmaking, and other parts of the game. The Washington team in the NBA has an assistant coach in charge of free throw shooting.
Assistant coaches in the NBA usually have a salary in the 6 digit range. Kevin O'Neill was once offered $575,000 to be an assistant coach. In 2009, the Sacramento Kings gave its head coach a budget of $500,000 to hire 3 assistant coaches, so evenly broken down each coach would have earned about $166,667
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Mo cheeks played for the portland trail blazers and is now the assistant coach of the thunder
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