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href="/wiki/File:Avery_Johnson_Alabama_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Avery_Johnson_Alabama_2016.jpg/220px-Avery_Johnson_Alabama_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Avery_Johnson_Alabama_2016.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="475" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Johnson coaching Alabama in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1965-03-25</span>) </span>March 25, 1965<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 59)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">185 lb (84 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/St._Augustine_High_School_(New_Orleans)" title="St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)">St. Augustine</a><br />(New Orleans, Louisiana)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Junior_College" title="New Mexico Junior College">New Mexico JC</a> (1983–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Aggies_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameron Aggies men's basketball">Cameron</a> (1984–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Jaguars_basketball" title="Southern Jaguars basketball">Southern</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1986</a>–<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1988</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Undrafted" class="mw-redirect" title="Undrafted">undrafted</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1988–2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">Point guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">15, 6, 5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Coaching career</th><td class="infobox-data">2004–2019</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As player:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_USBL_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 USBL season (page does not exist)">1988</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_Stingrays" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm Beach Stingrays">Palm Beach Stingrays</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988</a>–<a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1990</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1991</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1992</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–1993</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">San Antonio Spurs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–1994</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994</a>–<a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2001</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">San Antonio Spurs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–2002</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Denver Nuggets</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2002</a>–<a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2003</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–2004</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Golden State Warriors</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–2005</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2005</a>–<a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2008</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Dallas Mavericks</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2015</a>–<a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2019</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Alabama</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"><b>As player:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a>)</li> <li><a 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Year Award">NBA Coach of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_head_coaches" title="List of NBA All-Star Game head coaches">NBA All-Star Game head coach</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">8,817 (8.4 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">1,751 (1.7 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">5,846 (5.5 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/422">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676481#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Avery DeWitt Johnson</b> (born March 25, 1965) is an American <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> television commentator, former player and coach who previously served as head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball</a> team. He is an NBA and college basketball analyst for <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a>. </p><p>Johnson spent 16 years in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> as a player, and subsequently served as the head coach of two NBA teams: the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets</a>. He led the Mavericks to their first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> appearance and to three consecutive 50+ win seasons. During his playing days, Johnson was known as the "Little General" for his small stature (by NBA standards), his leadership skills as a <a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">point guard</a>, and his close friendship with former <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> teammate <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">David Robinson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a high school senior in 1983, Johnson led New Orleans' <a href="/wiki/St._Augustine_High_School_(New_Orleans)" title="St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)">St. Augustine High School</a> to a 35–0 record and the Class 4A Louisiana State Championship. Johnson matriculated to <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Junior_College" title="New Mexico Junior College">New Mexico Junior College</a> before moving on to <a href="/wiki/Cameron_University" title="Cameron University">Cameron University</a>, and finally <a href="/wiki/Southern_University" title="Southern University">Southern University</a>, at which in his senior season in 1988 he led <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> with 13.3 assists per game, an all-time record as of 2007<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that season, he also averaged 11.4 points per game, making him the first men's Division I player ever to average double figures in points and assists in the same season—a feat that was not duplicated until <a href="/wiki/Jason_Brickman" title="Jason Brickman">Jason Brickman</a> of <a href="/wiki/LIU_Brooklyn_Blackbirds_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball">LIU Brooklyn</a> did so in <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_LIU_Brooklyn_Blackbirds_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2013–14 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team">2013–14</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon <a href="/wiki/Graduation" title="Graduation">graduation</a> in 1988, Johnson was not selected in the <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_draft" title="1988 NBA draft">NBA draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NCAA_Records">NCAA Records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: NCAA Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most assist per game in a career: 12.0 (note: played 2 seasons)</li> <li>Most assists per games in a season : 13.3 <ul><li>(note: 399 total in 30 games as a senior which is second all time)</li></ul></li> <li>Most assists in a Junior season: 333</li> <li>Most assist per game in a junior season: 10.74</li> <li>Most 20+ assists games in a career: 4 <ul><li>Accomplished in only 2 seasons, only 1 other player has 2 which was in 4 seasons</li></ul></li> <li>Most 20+ assists in a season: 2 <ul><li>Twice in both Junior & Senior seasons</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional">Professional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Professional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Palm_Beach_Stingrays_(1988)"><span id="Palm_Beach_Stingrays_.281988.29"></span>Palm Beach Stingrays (1988)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Palm Beach Stingrays (1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson spent the summer of 1988 with the <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach</a> Stingrays of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Basketball_League" title="United States Basketball League">United States Basketball League</a>. Johnson also played in six playoff games for the Stingrays.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_player_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_player-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Various_NBA_teams_(1988–1994)"><span id="Various_NBA_teams_.281988.E2.80.931994.29"></span>Various NBA teams (1988–1994)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Various NBA teams (1988–1994)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the Stingrays, Johnson signed with the Seattle SuperSonics for the 1988–89 season. In 43 games, Johnson averaged 1.6 points and 1.7 assists as a reserve. In the 1989–90 season, Johnson played 53 games with 10 starts for the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a>. He made 18 assists on January 5, 1990, against the Miami Heat.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_player_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_player-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 24, 1990, the SuperSonics traded Johnson to the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1990–91 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> for a conditional pick in the <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_draft" title="1997 NBA draft">1997 NBA draft</a>. After playing 21 games, Johnson was waived from the Nuggets in December before signing with the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> on January 17, 1991. Johnson played 47 games with seven starts for the Spurs and averaged 9.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 5.4 assists.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_player_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_player-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the beginning of the 1991–92 season, Johnson played 20 games and averaged 5.0 points and 6.8 assists for the Spurs before being waived in December. On January 10, 1992, Johnson signed the first of several 10-day contracts with the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1991–92 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> that preceded a longer-term contract. Johnson scored a then-career-high 22 points against the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> on January 28.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_player_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_player-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Signed as an unrestricted free agent, Johnson returned to the Spurs on November 19, 1992. Promoted to starter, Johnson averaged 8.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 7.5 assists and improved his field goal percentage to .502 in 75 games. In the playoffs, Johnson averaged 8.2 points and 8.1 assists.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_player_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_player-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johnson signed with the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1993–94 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> on October 25, 1993, and was named team captain just nine days into his signing. Starting 70 of 82 games, Johnson reached a new career high 10.9 points per game along with 5.3 assists per game.<sup id="cite_ref-NBA_player_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBA_player-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="San_Antonio_Spurs_(1994–2001)"><span id="San_Antonio_Spurs_.281994.E2.80.932001.29"></span>San Antonio Spurs (1994–2001)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: San Antonio Spurs (1994–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avery_Johnson_March_2,_2000_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Avery_Johnson_March_2%2C_2000_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Avery_Johnson_March_2%2C_2000_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Avery_Johnson_March_2%2C_2000_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="498" /></a><figcaption>Johnson at the <a href="/wiki/Alamodome" title="Alamodome">Alamodome</a> in March 2000</figcaption></figure> <p>Johnson was with the Spurs from 1994 to 2001, and played an integral role on the <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1998–99 San Antonio Spurs season">1998–99 Spurs team</a> that won the <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">NBA championship</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>. Johnson made the go-ahead, championship-clinching shot in Game 5 on a jumper with 47 seconds remaining in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spurs retired Johnson's number 6 on December 22, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame on February 20, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="After_the_Spurs">After the Spurs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: After the Spurs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 19, 2001, Johnson signed as a free agent with the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2001–02 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a>. Johnson played 51 games (13 starts) with the Nuggets and averaged 9.4 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 5.1 assists.<sup id="cite_ref-bbr_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbr-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nuggets traded Johnson, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raef_LaFrentz" title="Raef LaFrentz">Raef LaFrentz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Abdul-Wahad" title="Tariq Abdul-Wahad">Tariq Abdul-Wahad</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a> on February 21, 2002, for <a href="/wiki/Donnell_Harvey" title="Donnell Harvey">Donnell Harvey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Tim Hardaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juwan_Howard" title="Juwan Howard">Juwan Howard</a>, and draft considerations. Johnson played 17 games all as a reserve with the Mavericks for the rest of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-bbr_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbr-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2002–03 season, Johnson played in 48 games as a reserve for the Mavericks, averaging 9.0 minutes per game. During the 2003 offseason, the Mavericks traded Johnson, Van Exel, <a href="/wiki/Popeye_Jones" title="Popeye Jones">Popeye Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Rigaudeau" title="Antoine Rigaudeau">Antoine Rigaudeau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Evan_Eschmeyer" title="Evan Eschmeyer">Evan Eschmeyer</a> to the Golden State Warriors for <a href="/wiki/Antawn_Jamison" title="Antawn Jamison">Antawn Jamison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Welsch" title="Jiří Welsch">Jiří Welsch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Mills_(basketball)" title="Chris Mills (basketball)">Chris Mills</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Fortson" title="Danny Fortson">Danny Fortson</a>. Johnson ended his NBA career in the 2003–04 season in his second stint with the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2003–04 Golden State Warriors season">Warriors</a>. He played 46 games with one start and averaged 4.6 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.<sup id="cite_ref-bbr_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbr-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dallas_Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dallas Mavericks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 28, 2004, Johnson retired from playing and signed as an assistant coach with the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> under <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a>. Johnson had played under Nelson from 1993 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2003, and it was understood from the beginning that he was being groomed to eventually succeed Nelson as <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a>. His transition from assistant to head coach came five months later on March 19, 2005, after Nelson resigned. </p><p>Under Johnson, the Mavericks closed out the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05 season</a> with a 16–2 run and a first-round playoff victory over the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, before being eliminated by the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_playoffs" title="NBA playoffs">playoffs</a>. Johnson was named the April 2005 NBA Coach of the Month, only one month after becoming a head coach for the first time. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avery_Johnson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Avery_Johnson.jpg/170px-Avery_Johnson.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Avery_Johnson.jpg/255px-Avery_Johnson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Avery_Johnson.jpg/340px-Avery_Johnson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Johnson as the head coach of the Mavs, 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06 season</a> was even more successful for Johnson and was marked by a series of milestones. In November 2005, Johnson won his second NBA Coach of the Month award (which was also his second consecutive award, following the one he had won in April the previous season), making him the first NBA coach to win the award in his first two months as a head coach. On January 28, 2006, when the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>, Johnson's record as head coach improved to 50–12, making Johnson the fastest coach to reach 50 wins. In February 2006, he was chosen to coach the <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006 NBA All-Star team</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a>. Although Johnson ultimately led the Mavericks to the second-best record in the Western Conference, the team entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the West due to the structure of the <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 NBA Playoffs">2006 NBA Playoffs</a> seeding. In April 2006, Johnson was rewarded for his success throughout the season with the 2006 <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">NBA Coach of the Year Award</a>. </p><p>In June 2006, after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>, the defending champion <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Johnson led the Mavericks to their first ever <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> appearance. However, the Mavs were defeated in <a href="/wiki/Best-of-seven_playoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-of-seven playoff">six games</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>, losing four straight after winning the first two games. </p><p>On December 31, 2006, Johnson became the fastest head coach (at the time) to win 100 games when his squad defeated the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>. This record was later broken by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Thibodeau" title="Tom Thibodeau">Tom Thibodeau</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07 season</a>, Johnson's Mavericks had the best record in the NBA with 67 wins and entered the playoffs as the top seed. However, his Mavericks lost to the eighth-seeded <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>, led by former Mavericks head coach <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a>, in one of the biggest upsets in recent NBA history. </p><p>With the Mavs' win over the Grizzlies on November 18, 2007, Johnson became the fastest coach to reach 150 wins. Following the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season">2007–08 season</a>, the Mavericks under Johnson were eliminated in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a> for the second year in a row. A day later, on April 30, 2008, Johnson was dismissed as head coach of the Mavericks and replaced by former <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year" title="NBA Coach of the Year">NBA Coach of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Carlisle" title="Rick Carlisle">Rick Carlisle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_stint_at_ESPN">First stint at ESPN</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First stint at ESPN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 17, 2008, Johnson joined <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> as a studio analyst. He remained in that role for two seasons, until he received an offer to become head coach of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Jersey/Brooklyn_Nets"><span id="New_Jersey.2FBrooklyn_Nets"></span>New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 10, 2010, Johnson was hired as head coach of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had just finished a dismal <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2009–10 New Jersey Nets season">2009–10 campaign</a> with a 12–70 record. In his first year as coach of the Nets, the team improved slightly, doubling its win total from the previous season and finishing 24–58. However, the next year saw no such improvement, as his team went 22–44 in the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">lockout-shortened season</a>. </p><p>Johnson remained with the Nets when the team moved to Brooklyn in 2012. He was named the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> Coach of the Month for October and November 2012 following an 11–4 start to the season. Despite that early success, the team went on to lose ten of its next 13 games, and subsequently Johnson was fired from his head coaching position on December 27, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_stint_at_ESPN">Second stint at ESPN</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Second stint at ESPN"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, Johnson rejoined ESPN to appear as an analyst on <i><a href="/wiki/SportsCenter" title="SportsCenter">SportsCenter</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coast_to_Coast" title="NBA Coast to Coast">NBA Coast to Coast</a></i>, and <i>NBA Tonight</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alabama">Alabama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Alabama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 5, 2015, ESPN reported that Johnson had verbally agreed to become the new head basketball coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Grant_(basketball)" title="Anthony Grant (basketball)">Anthony Grant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, the university officially announced Johnson's hiring as the school's 21st men's basketball coach.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After losing in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/2019_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2019 National Invitation Tournament">2019 National Invitation Tournament</a>, Alabama and Johnson agreed to mutually part ways.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Johnson and his wife Cassandra have two children, Avery Jr. and Christianne.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avery Jr. played for the Alabama basketball team, coached by his father.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson is a <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a very memorable cameo in the movie <a href="/wiki/Eddie_(film)" title="Eddie (film)">Eddie</a> even being referred to by <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> as "looking like a little roach".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>43</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>.349</td> <td>.111</td> <td>.563</td> <td>.6</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.1</td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>53</td> <td>10</td> <td>10.8</td> <td>.387</td> <td>.250</td> <td>.725</td> <td>.8</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.0</td> <td>2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1990–91 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>4</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>.426</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.656</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.1</td> <td>3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>47</td> <td>10</td> <td>15.8</td> <td>.483</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.691</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.0</td> <td>5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>20</td> <td>14</td> <td>23.3</td> <td>.509</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.750</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.2</td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1991–92 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>49</td> <td>1</td> <td>15.8</td> <td>.464</td> <td><b>.300</b></td> <td>.609</td> <td>.9</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.1</td> <td>5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>75</td> <td>49</td> <td>27.1</td> <td>.502</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>.791</b></td> <td>1.9</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.2</td> <td>8.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1993–94 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>70</td> <td>28.4</td> <td>.492</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.704</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>.1</td> <td>10.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td>36.7</td> <td><b>.519</b></td> <td>.136</td> <td>.685</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td>8.2</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>.2</td> <td><b>13.4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1995–96 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td><b>37.6</b></td> <td>.494</td> <td>.194</td> <td>.721</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td><b>9.6</b></td> <td><b>1.5</b></td> <td><b>.3</b></td> <td>13.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1996–97 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>76</td> <td>32.5</td> <td>.477</td> <td>.231</td> <td>.690</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.2</td> <td>10.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1997–98 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>75</td> <td>73</td> <td>35.7</td> <td>.478</td> <td>.154</td> <td>.726</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.2</td> <td>10.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1998–99 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">50*</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">50*</td> <td>33.4</td> <td>.473</td> <td>.083</td> <td>.568</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.2</td> <td>9.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season" title="1999–2000 NBA season">1999–00</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1999–2000 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>82</b>*</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>.473</td> <td>.111</td> <td>.735</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.2</td> <td>11.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2000–01 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>55</td> <td>20</td> <td>23.5</td> <td>.447</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.683</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.1</td> <td>5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2001–02 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td> <td>51</td> <td>13</td> <td>23.5</td> <td>.486</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.747</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>5.1</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.2</td> <td>9.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>.429</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.706</td> <td>.3</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.1</td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>48</td> <td>0</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>.420</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.769</td> <td>.6</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.0</td> <td>3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2003–04 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td> <td>46</td> <td>1</td> <td>13.8</td> <td>.402</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>.7</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.1</td> <td>4.6 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>1,054</td> <td>637</td> <td>25.3</td> <td>.479</td> <td>.145</td> <td>.706</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.1</td> <td>8.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">1989</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>.417</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.0</td> <td>1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 NBA Playoffs">1991</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1990–91 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.0</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>.0</td> <td>.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 NBA Playoffs">1993</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1992–93 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>.514</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.714</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.1</td> <td>8.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 NBA Playoffs">1994</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1993–94 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>13.7</td> <td>.529</td> <td>.000</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.3</td> <td>6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NBA Playoffs">1995</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>38.3</td> <td>.517</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.621</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>8.3</td> <td>1.3</td> <td><b>.4</b></td> <td>14.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 NBA Playoffs">1996</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1995–96 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>40.7</b></td> <td>.430</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.704</td> <td><b>3.6</b></td> <td><b>9.4</b></td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>.1</td> <td>12.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 NBA Playoffs">1998</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1997–98 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>38.0</td> <td><b>.604</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.0</td> <td><b>17.3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NBA Playoffs">1999</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1998–99 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>38.4</td> <td>.487</td> <td><b>.333</b></td> <td>.681</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.1</td> <td>12.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NBA Playoffs">2000</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1999–2000 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>36.0</td> <td>.452</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.714</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.0</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 NBA Playoffs">2001</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2000–01 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio</a> </td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>21.6</td> <td>.386</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.533</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.1</td> <td>5.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>90</td> <td>65</td> <td>31.2</td> <td>.486</td> <td>.063</td> <td>.661</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.1</td> <td>10.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA">NBA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Regular season </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">G </td> <td>Games coached </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">W </td> <td>Games won </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">L </td> <td>Games lost </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">W–L % </td> <td>Win–loss % </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Playoffs </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PG </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px">Playoff games </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PW </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px">Playoff wins </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PL </td> <td>Playoff losses </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PW–L % </td> <td>Playoff win–loss % </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games">G</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Win–loss perecentage">W–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Finish </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games">PG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games won">PW</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games lost">PL</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games win–loss percentage">PW–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2004–05 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>.889</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Southwest Division (NBA)">Southwest</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>.462 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Lost in <a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NBA Playoffs">Conference semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>60</td> <td>22</td> <td>.732</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd in Southwest</td> <td>23</td> <td>14</td> <td>9</td> <td>.609 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Lost in <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2006–07 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>67</td> <td>15</td> <td>.817</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1st in Southwest</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>.333 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Lost in <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NBA Playoffs">first round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>51</td> <td>31</td> <td>.622</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4th in Southwest</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>.200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Lost in <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 NBA Playoffs">first round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2010–11 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4th in <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NBA)" title="Atlantic Division (NBA)">Atlantic</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Missed playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2011–12 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2011–12</a> </td> <td>66</td> <td>22</td> <td>44</td> <td>.333</td> <td style="text-align:center;">5th in Atlantic</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Missed playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13</a> </td> <td>28</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>.500</td> <td style="text-align:center;">(fired)</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career</td> <td>440</td> <td>254</td> <td>186</td> <td>.577</td> <td> </td> <td>47</td> <td>23</td> <td>24</td> <td>.489</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_2">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avery_Johnson&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption>Statistics overview </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference </th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Postseason </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" colspan="9" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball">Alabama Crimson Tide</a> </b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2015–2019)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2015–16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2015–16 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team">Alabama</a> </td> <td>18–15</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>10th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2016 National Invitation Tournament">NIT First Round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2016–17</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team">Alabama</a> </td> <td>19–15</td> <td>10–8</td> <td>T–5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2017 National Invitation Tournament">NIT First Round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2017–18</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2017–18 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team">Alabama</a> </td> <td>20–16</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>T–9th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I Round of 32</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">2018–19</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_team" title="2018–19 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team">Alabama</a> </td> <td>18–16</td> <td>8–10</td> <td>T–9th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2019 National Invitation Tournament">NIT First Round</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><b>Alabama:</b> </td> <td>75–62 (.547)</td> <td>34–38 (.472)</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>75–62 (.547)</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Zaslofsky" title="Max Zaslofsky">Max Zaslofsky</a> (1967–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/York_Larese" title="York Larese">York Larese</a> (1969–1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Lou Carnesecca</a> (1970–1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a> (1973–1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_MacKinnon" title="Bob MacKinnon">Bob MacKinnon</a> # (1980–1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a> (1981–1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Blair_(basketball)" title="Bill Blair (basketball)">Bill Blair</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Albeck" title="Stan Albeck">Stan Albeck</a> (1983–1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wohl" title="Dave Wohl">Dave Wohl</a> (1985–1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_MacKinnon" title="Bob MacKinnon">Bob MacKinnon</a> (1987–1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Willis Reed</a> (1988–1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a> (1989–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a> (1992–1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Butch_Beard" title="Butch Beard">Butch Beard</a> (1994–1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">John Calipari</a> (1996–1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Casey" title="Don Casey">Don Casey</a> (1999–2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" 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J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a> # (2012–2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> (2013–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hollins" title="Lionel Hollins">Lionel Hollins</a> (2014–2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(basketball)" title="Tony Brown (basketball)">Tony Brown</a> # (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Atkinson" title="Kenny Atkinson">Kenny Atkinson</a> (2016–2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacque_Vaughn" title="Jacque Vaughn">Jacque Vaughn</a> # (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> (2020–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacque_Vaughn" title="Jacque Vaughn">Jacque Vaughn</a> (2022–2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Ollie" title="Kevin Ollie">Kevin Ollie</a> # (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jordi_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Jordi Fernández">Jordi Fernández</a> (2024– )</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men&#039;s_basketball_head_coaches125" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B30838;color:white;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_coach_navbox" title="Template:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coach navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_coach_navbox" title="Template talk:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coach navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball_coach_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coach navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men&#039;s_basketball_head_coaches125" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_men%27s_basketball" title="Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball"><span style="color:white">Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball head coaches</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/D._V._Graves" title="D. V. Graves">D. V. Graves</a> (1912–1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Griff_Harsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Griff Harsh (page does not exist)">Griff Harsh</a> (1915–1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kelley_(coach)" title="Thomas Kelley (coach)">Thomas Kelley</a> (1916–1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/B._L._Noojin" title="B. L. Noojin">B. L. Noojin</a> (1917–1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yancey_Goodall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yancey Goodall (page does not exist)">Yancey Goodall</a> (1918–1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Moore_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Moore (basketball) (page does not exist)">Bill Moore</a> (1919–1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Bernier" title="Charles A. Bernier">Charles A. Bernier</a> (1920–1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Crisp" title="Hank Crisp">Hank Crisp</a> (1923–1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Burnum" title="Paul Burnum">Paul Burnum</a> (1942–1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1943–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Laney" title="Malcolm Laney">Malcolm Laney</a> (1944–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Crisp" title="Hank Crisp">Hank Crisp</a> (1945–1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Burdette" title="Floyd Burdette">Floyd Burdette</a> (1946–1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Dee_(basketball)" title="John Dee (basketball)">John Dee</a> (1952–1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Lambert_(coach)" title="Eugene Lambert (coach)">Eugene Lambert</a> (1956–1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hayden_Riley" title="Hayden Riley">Hayden Riley</a> (1960–1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">C. M. Newton</a> (1968–1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wimp_Sanderson" title="Wimp Sanderson">Wimp Sanderson</a> (1980–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Hobbs_(basketball)" title="David Hobbs (basketball)">David Hobbs</a> (1992–1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Gottfried" title="Mark Gottfried">Mark Gottfried</a> (1998–2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Pearson" title="Philip Pearson">Philip Pearson</a> # (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Grant_(basketball)" title="Anthony Grant (basketball)">Anthony Grant</a> (2009–2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Brannen_(basketball)" title="John Brannen (basketball)">John Brannen</a> # (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Avery Johnson</a> (2015–2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nate_Oats" title="Nate Oats">Nate Oats</a> (2019– )</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="San_Antonio_Spurs_1998–99_NBA_champions2026" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #C4CED4 !important; 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Johnson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Av. Johnson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Glenn_Williams_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glenn Williams (basketball) (page does not exist)">Williams</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Lehmann" title="Todd Lehmann">Lehmann</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Corchiani" title="Chris Corchiani">Corchiani</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Van_Usher" title="Van Usher">Usher</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Sam Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Haggerty" title="Nelson Haggerty">Haggerty</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Raimonds_Miglinieks" title="Raimonds Miglinieks">Miglinieks</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Mitchell_(basketball)" title="Kenneth Mitchell (basketball)">Mitchell</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahlon_Lewis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahlon Lewis (page does not exist)">Lewis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Gottlieb" title="Doug Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dickel" title="Mark Dickel">Dickel</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Markus_Carr" title="Markus Carr">Carr</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Ford" title="T. J. Ford">Ford</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Martell_Bailey" title="Martell Bailey">Bailey</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Davis_(basketball)" title="Greg Davis (basketball)">Davis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Damitrius_Coleman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Damitrius Coleman (page does not exist)">Coleman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Will_Funn" title="Will Funn">Funn</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Jordan" title="Jared Jordan">Jordan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Jordan" title="Jared Jordan">Jordan</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Richards_(basketball)" title="Jason Richards (basketball)">Richards</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Johnathon_Jones" title="Johnathon Jones">Jones</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Moore_(basketball)" title="Ronald Moore (basketball)">R. Moore</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Aaron Johnson (basketball)">Aa. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Machado" title="Scott Machado">Machado</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Brickman" title="Jason Brickman">Brickman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Brickman" title="Jason Brickman">Brickman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Jalan_West" title="Jalan West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Kay_Felder" title="Kay Felder">Felder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Lonzo_Ball" title="Lonzo Ball">Ball</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Trae_Young" title="Trae Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Ja_Morant" title="Ja Morant">Morant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kameron_Langley" title="Kameron Langley">Langley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Moore_(basketball,_born_1999)" title="Jalen Moore (basketball, born 1999)">J. Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Collins" title="Yuri Collins">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Collins" title="Yuri Collins">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Kolek_(basketball)" title="Tyler Kolek (basketball)">Kolek</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Men&#039;s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year2486" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#000000; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #ED192D, inset -2px -2px 0 #ED192D;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Template:Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Template talk:Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Men&#039;s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year2486" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the_Year" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year"><span style="color:white;">Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Archibald_(basketball,_born_1952)" title="Nathaniel Archibald (basketball, born 1952)">Archibald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Short" title="Gene Short">E. Short</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Short" title="Gene Short">E. Short</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Wright_(basketball)" title="Larry Wright (basketball)">Wright</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Purvis_Short" title="Purvis Short">P. Short</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Purvis_Short" title="Purvis Short">P. Short</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(basketball,_born_1958)" title="Larry Smith (basketball, born 1958)">Smith</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(basketball,_born_1958)" title="Larry Smith (basketball, born 1958)">Smith</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kelly_(basketball)" title="Harry Kelly (basketball)">Kelly</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Williams_(Grambling_State_basketball)" title="Robert Williams (Grambling State basketball)">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kelly_(basketball)" title="Harry Kelly (basketball)">Kelly</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kelly_(basketball)" title="Harry Kelly (basketball)">Kelly</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Jackson_(basketball,_born_1962)" title="Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)">Jackson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Phelps" title="Mike Phelps">Phelps</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sillmon" title="Frank Sillmon">Sillmon</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/George_Ivory_(basketball)" title="George Ivory (basketball)">Ivory</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Johnson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">A. Johnson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Terry Brooks (basketball)">T. Brooks</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Faulkner" title="Joe Faulkner">Faulkner</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rogers_(basketball)" title="Steve Rogers (basketball)">Rogers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rogers_(basketball)" title="Steve Rogers (basketball)">Rogers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Hunter" title="Lindsey Hunter">Hunter</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Jervaughn_Scales" title="Jervaughn Scales">Scales</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Sykes" title="Kenny Sykes">Sykes</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mann_(basketball)" title="Marcus Mann (basketball)">Mann</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bolden" title="Randy Bolden">Bolden</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bolden" title="Randy Bolden">Bolden</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Adarrial_Smylie" title="Adarrial Smylie">Smylie</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Adarrial_Smylie" title="Adarrial Smylie">Smylie</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Dewayne_Jefferson" title="Dewayne Jefferson">Jefferson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Haynes_(basketball)" title="Paul Haynes (basketball)">Haynes</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Burks" title="Gregory Burks">Burks</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Attarius_Norwood" title="Attarius Norwood">Norwood</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Obie_Trotter" title="Obie Trotter">Trotter</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Brion_Rush" title="Brion Rush">Rush</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Trey_Johnson" title="Trey Johnson">T. Johnson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hayles" title="Andrew Hayles">Hayles</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Brandon Brooks (basketball)">B. Brooks</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Johnson" title="Garrison Johnson">G. Johnson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Travele_Jones" title="Travele Jones">Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Crosby_(basketball)" title="Paul Crosby (basketball)">Crosby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Omar_Strong" title="Omar Strong">Strong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Aaric_Murray" title="Aaric Murray">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Madarious_Gibbs" title="Madarious Gibbs">Gibbs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Griffin" title="Derrick Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Zach_Lofton" title="Zach Lofton">Lofton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Martaveous_McKnight" title="Martaveous McKnight">McKnight</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Combs" title="Jeremy Combs">Combs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Devonte_Patterson" title="Devonte Patterson">Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Tristan_Jarrett" title="Tristan Jarrett">Jarrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/M._J._Randolph" title="M. J. Randolph">Randolph</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Christon" title="Cameron Christon">Christon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Evans_Jr." title="Ken Evans Jr.">Evans</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_Sportsmanship_Award27" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NBA_Sportsmanship_Award_Winners" title="Template:NBA Sportsmanship Award Winners"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NBA_Sportsmanship_Award_Winners" title="Template talk:NBA Sportsmanship Award Winners"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NBA_Sportsmanship_Award_Winners" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NBA Sportsmanship Award Winners"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NBA_Sportsmanship_Award27" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sportsmanship_Award" title="NBA Sportsmanship Award">NBA Sportsmanship Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Brandon" title="Terrell Brandon">Brandon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins" title="Hersey Hawkins">Hawkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Snow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Brand</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Luol_Deng" title="Luol Deng">Deng</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conley_Jr." title="Mike Conley Jr.">Conley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Korver" title="Kyle Korver">Korver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conley_Jr." title="Mike Conley Jr.">Conley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conley_Jr." title="Mike Conley Jr.">Conley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Jrue_Holiday" title="Jrue Holiday">Holiday</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Patty_Mills" title="Patty Mills">Mills</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Conley_Jr." title="Mike Conley Jr.">Conley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Tyrese_Maxey" title="Tyrese Maxey">Maxey</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award31" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NBA_Coaches_of_the_Year" title="Template:NBA Coaches of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NBA_Coaches_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:NBA Coaches of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NBA_Coaches_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NBA Coaches of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award31" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">NBA Coach of the Year Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">J. Kerr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Shue" title="Gene Shue">Shue</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Motta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Scott_(basketball)" title="Ray Scott (basketball)">R. Scott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1941)" title="Phil Johnson (basketball, born 1941)">P. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Nissalke" title="Tom Nissalke">Nissalke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. 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