Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman
Ray Malavasi has: Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "The NFL on CBS" in 1956. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played himself in "Fantasy Island" in 1977. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "1978 NFC Championship Game" in 1979. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "1979 NFC Championship Game" in 1980. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "Super Bowl XIV" in 1980.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has the most NCAA championship wins that totals to 11. The coach of the ten championship wins was John Wooden.
The Rams have been in the NFL since 1937 and have played in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and St. Louis. The first head coach of the Cleveland Rams was Hugo Bezdek in 1937. The first head coach of the Los Angeles Rams was Adam Walsh in 1946. The first head coach of the St. Louis Rams was Rich Brooks in 1995.
Bill Russell won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957, 1959-1966, and 1968-1969 with the Boston Celtics. He was player/coach of the Boston Celtics in 1968 and 1969. Red Holzman won the NBA Championship as a player in 1951 with the Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings) and as a coach in 1970 and 1973 with the New York Knicks. Tommy Heinsohn won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957 and 1959-1965 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1974 and 1976 with the Boston Celtics. KC Jones won the NBA Championship as a player in 1959-1966 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1984 and 1986 with the Boston Celtics. Bill Sharman won the NBA Championship as a player in 1957 and 1959-1961 with the Boston Celtics and as a coach in 1972 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Billy Cunningham won the NBA Championship as a player in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers and as a coach in 1983 with the Philadelphia 76ers. Pat Riley won the NBA Championship as a player in 1972 wth the Los Angeles Lakers and as a coach in 1982, 1985, and 1987-1988 with the Los Angeles Lakers and in 2006 with the Miami Heat. Phil Jackson won the NBA Championship as a player in 1970 and 1973 with the New York Knicks and as a coach in 1991-1993 and 1996-1998 with the Chicago Bulls and in 2000-2002 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Buddy Jeannette won the NBA Championship in 1948 as the player/coach of the now defunct Baltimore Bullets.
The Lakers winning this (2009) championship will cement Phil Jackson as the greatest coach of all time and the Los Angeles Lakers as the winning team in NBA history
Mike Brown has agreed to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Chuck Knox has: Played Himself - Seattle Seahawks Head Coach in "The NFL on NBC" in 1965. Played Himself - Buffalo Bills Head Coach in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - Seattle Seahawks Head Coach in "NFL Monday Night Football" in 1970. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "1975 NFC Championship Game" in 1976. Played Himself - Los Angeles Rams Head Coach in "1976 NFC Championship Game" in 1976. Played Himself - Seattle Seahawks Head Coach in "1983 AFC Championship Game" in 1984. Played himself in "ESPN SportsCentury" in 1999.
The Los Angeles Clippers coach, who was an All-Star point guard for the Atlanta Hawks in 1988 and member of three other teams, never won an NBA championship as a player. His first and only title and championship ring were won as the head coach of the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics. That team won 66 games in the regular season and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, four games to two.
The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2010 NBA Championship.