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Rivers was given his nickname from then-Marquette assistant coach Rick Majerus. Rivers attended a summer Basketball camp wearing "Dr. J" T-shirt. Majerus immediately called him "Doc" and the players at camp followed suit. The name stuck ever since.

(the answer was taken from "doc rivers" page on wikipedia)

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