No, college is not necessary.
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for college indiana state and for nba Boston Celtics
NBA coaches get paid more. College coaches only get paid for about 40 games while the NBA coaches have to coach 82 or more games.
Some include:You can see NBA players every day (NBA)You can get paid highly (NBA, College)You can coach the sports you love (any level)
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.
Larry Brown is a basketball coach. He coached in both the NBA and college ranks.
NBA Coach of the Year Award was created in 1963.
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Bill Russell won NBA rings in 1968 and 1969 when he was the player-coach for the Boston Celtics.
There are plenty, the best player to stay all 4 years is probably Tim Duncan. He earned a degree in psychology from Wake Forest before making it big in the NBA.
I guess it doesn't really matter, if you're talking about the NBA. You have to go to college and get a sports degree, then be drafted by a team, but it all depends on whether the college accepts you or not to get a degree in sports.