Del Harris
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Delmer William Harris (born June 18, 1937, Plainfield, Indiana) is a former NBA head coach and former assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks under head coach Avery Johnson.
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Early in his career Harris was coach at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana before entering professional ranks in 1975 as an assistant coach for the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association, under head coach Tom Nissalke. When that franchise folded, Nissalke and Harris were hired as head and assistant coach, respectively for the NBA's 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 formerly under Head coach Avery Johnson. Born in Orleans, in southern Indiana, and a native of Plainfield, Indiana, he is the father of former Bucks general manager Larry Harris.
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He was an assistant coach under Rudy Tomjanovich with the US national team in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[1]
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 the Serbia and Montenegro national team in the 2004 Athens Olympic Basketball Tournament.
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.
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| 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 |
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