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Coach (basketball) Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as well as overall physical conditioning. Coaches also have the responsibility to ...
James Naismith. James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was an American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [ 1][ 2][ 3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of ...
Head coach. Rudolph Tomjanovich Jr. (born November 24, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He won two NBA Championships with the Houston Rockets (1994, 1995) and coached Team USA to the gold medal in men's basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics . His professional playing career, which lasted between 1970 and ...
Mark Edward Pope (born September 11, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team . As a player, Pope played power forward and small forward. He was Pac-10 Freshman of the Year with the Washington Huskies and then transferred to Kentucky, where he served as ...
Most important terms related to the basketball court. This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball.Like any other major sport, basketball features its own extensive vocabulary of unique words and phrases used by players, coaches, sports journalists, commentators, and fans.
Joanne P. McCallie. Joanne Palombo-McCallie (born Joanne Elizabeth Palombo; September 6, 1965) [ 1][ 2] is an American college basketball coach and advocate for mental health who most recently served as the head coach of the Duke University women's basketball team. McCallie became the first Division I head coach to win a conference title in ...
Jim Boeheim. James Arthur Boeheim Jr. ( / ˈbeɪhaɪm / BAY-hyme; born November 17, 1944) is an American former college basketball coach and current Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at Syracuse University. From 1976 until 2023, he was the head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Phog Allen. Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, D.O. (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American basketball coach and physician. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching," [ 1] he served as the head basketball coach at Baker University (1905–1908), the University of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell Institute—now Haskell ...