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class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BC945C !important;">Cleveland Cavaliers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data role">Sr. Basketball Advisor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BC945C !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">1943-11-02</span>) </span>November 2, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Benham,_Kentucky" title="Benham, Kentucky">Benham, Kentucky</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 3 in (1.91 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: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BC945C !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">East Benham (Benham, Kentucky)</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/Rio_Grande_Red_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Rio Grande Red Storm">Rio Grande CC</a> (1961–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Toreros_men%27s_basketball" title="San Diego Toreros men's basketball">San Diego</a> (1964–1966)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Coaching career</th><td class="infobox-data">1968–2014</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BC945C !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 coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1968–1969</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">San Diego (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1969–1973</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">San Diego</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NBA_season" title="1973–74 NBA season">1973</a>–<a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1985</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Capital/Washington Bullets (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985</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/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994</a>–<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996</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;"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996</a>–<a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1999</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Washington Bullets/Wizards</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1999–2001</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Swarm" title="St. Louis Swarm">St. Louis Swarm</a></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">2004</a>–<a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2007</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008</a>–<a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2010</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> (assistant)</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/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2012</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–2013</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><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;">Los Angeles Lakers (interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NBA_season" title="2013–14 NBA season">2013–2014</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BC945C !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;"> <dl><dt>As head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award">Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award</a> (2014)</li></ul> <dl><dt>As assistant coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>As executive</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #860038 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BC945C !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em">NBA</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">419–518 (.447)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height: 1.2em"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/bickebe99c.html">Record</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826528#P4718" 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" 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><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bernard Tyrone Bickerstaff</b> (born February 11, 1944) is an American <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> coach and front office executive, currently serving as the Senior Basketball Advisor for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cavs_BB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cavs_BB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> As a coach, he previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Bullets/Wizards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. He has also been an assistant for the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-quick_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, and Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" title="Harlem Globetrotters">Harlem Globetrotters</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernie_Bickerstaff&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bickerstaff was born in <a href="/wiki/Benham,_Kentucky" title="Benham, Kentucky">Benham, Kentucky</a>, where his father and grandfather worked in the <a href="/wiki/Coal_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal mines">coal mines</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He often had to endure open racism.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He attended East Benham High School, where he was the starting <a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">point guard</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After graduating in 1961, Bickerstaff moved to Cleveland where he had relatives, with the idea of joining the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a>, but he instead accepted a <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> scholarship to play for <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rio_Grande" title="University of Rio Grande">Rio Grande College</a>. The racial tension he experienced during his time playing there made him leave school early and head back to Cleveland to work in a <a href="/wiki/Steel_mill" title="Steel mill">steel mill</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, the difficult working conditions prompted him<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> to accept a second opportunity to play <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Diego" title="University of San Diego">University of San Diego</a> from 1964 to 1966. As a senior, he was named team captain and MVP, when the Toreros finished 17–11 and went on to play at the Small College Regional Playoffs. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Psi" title="Kappa Alpha Psi">Kappa Alpha Psi</a> fraternity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernie_Bickerstaff&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After finishing his college eligibility, Bickerstaff was hired by his coach <a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Phil Woolpert</a> to serve as an assistant for the 1968–69 season. After three seasons at 25 years old, he was named the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Diego" title="University of San Diego">University of San Diego</a> after Woolpert's abrupt resignation, keeping this position for the next four years. In 1972–1973 his team finished 19–9 and his four-year overall record was 54–49. </p><p>In 1973, Bickerstaff was hired as an assistant for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> by then coach <a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. C. Jones</a> and was a part of the <a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978 Bullets NBA Championship</a>. He left the team after 12 seasons to become head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a>, who had been elevated from coach to GM in 1985, hired Bickerstaff for the head coaching position to replace himself. Bickerstaff was head coach of the Sonics from 1985 to 1990, with the team reaching the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals">Western Conference Finals</a> in 1987. </p><p>Bickerstaff was the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>' president and general manager from 1990 to 1997, also coaching the team from 1994 to 1996. </p><p>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> hired Bickerstaff to coach the Bullets, making the playoffs for the first time since 1988 and becoming the league's all-time 34th-winningest coach. After parting ways with the team in <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NBA season">1999</a>, he had a two-year stint with the <a href="/wiki/International_Basketball_League_(1999%E2%80%932001)" title="International Basketball League (1999–2001)">International Basketball League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Swarm" title="St. Louis Swarm">St. Louis Swarm</a>. Bickerstaff was twice named IBL Coach of the Year.<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> </p><p>In 2003, Bickerstaff was hired by <a href="/wiki/Ed_Tapscott" title="Ed Tapscott">Ed Tapscott</a> to become the expansion <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>' first head coach and general manager. </p><p>Bickerstaff was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2012–13 Los Angeles Lakers season">2012–13</a> as an assistant coach to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a>.<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> On November 9, 2012, Bickerstaff was named interim head coach of the Lakers after Brown was fired after 5 games, going 1–4 in those games.<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> Three days later, the Lakers signed former Knicks coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a> as their official head coach, although D'Antoni's on-court debut was delayed as he recovered from knee-replacement surgery. Bickerstaff continued to coach the Lakers in D'Antoni's absence,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ending his stint with a 4–1 record, the highest winning percentage in Lakers' history, albeit in only five games. He continued with the team as an assistant coach,<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> but was fired after the season.<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> </p><p>In the summer of 2013, Bickerstaff became an assistant coach with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>.<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> The following year, he moved up to the Cavaliers' front office, serving as a senior advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-Cavs_BB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cavs_BB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a member of the Cavaliers front office, he was part of Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016 NBA Championship</a> team. </p> <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=Bernie_Bickerstaff&action=edit&section=3" 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=Bernie_Bickerstaff&action=edit&section=4" 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 align="left"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1985–86 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>.378</td> <td align="center">5th in Pacific</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td align="center">4th in Pacific</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>.500 </td> <td align="center">Lost in <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NBA Playoffs">Conf. Finals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td align="center">3rd in Pacific</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>.400 </td> <td align="center">Lost in <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NBA Playoffs">First round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1988–89 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td align="center">3rd in Pacific</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>.375 </td> <td align="center">Lost in <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">Conf. Semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1989–90 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td align="center">4th in Pacific</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1994–95 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95</a> </td> <td>32</td> <td>20</td> <td>12</td> <td>.625</td> <td align="center">4th in Midwest</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>.000 </td> <td align="center">Lost in <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NBA Playoffs">First round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1995–96 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>35</td> <td>47</td> <td>.427</td> <td align="center">4th in Midwest</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1996–97 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97</a> </td> <td>13</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>.308</td> <td align="center">(fired)</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1996–97 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97</a> </td> <td>35</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>.628</td> <td align="center">4th in Atlantic</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>.000 </td> <td align="center">Lost in <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 NBA Playoffs">First round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Washington_Wizards_season" title="1997–98 Washington Wizards season">Washington</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1997–98</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td align="center">4th in Atlantic</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Washington_Wizards_season" title="1998–99 Washington Wizards season">Washington</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99</a> </td> <td>50</td> <td>18</td> <td>32</td> <td>.360</td> <td align="center">6th in Atlantic</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Charlotte_Bobcats_season" title="2004–05 Charlotte Bobcats season">Charlotte</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>18</td> <td>64</td> <td>.220</td> <td align="center">4th in Southeast</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Charlotte_Bobcats_season" title="2005–06 Charlotte Bobcats season">Charlotte</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td align="center">4th in Southeast</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Charlotte_Bobcats_season" title="2006–07 Charlotte Bobcats season">Charlotte</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>33</td> <td>49</td> <td>.402</td> <td align="center">4th in Southeast</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">Missed Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2012–13 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>.800</td> <td align="center">(interim)</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td align="left"><b>Career</b> </td> <td></td> <td>937</td> <td>419</td> <td>518</td> <td>.447</td> <td></td> <td>33</td> <td>12</td> <td>21</td> <td>.364 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_accolades">Awards and accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernie_Bickerstaff&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1987, he received the Horace Mann Award for Leadership and was also named the 1987 Sports Person of the Year, presented by the New York Pro-Am Basketball Association.</li> <li>In 1995, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Diego" title="University of San Diego">University of San Diego</a>'s Hall of Fame.</li> <li>Inducted into the West Coast Conference's inaugural Hall of Honor.</li> <li>In 2010, he was inducted into the John McClendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame.</li> <li>In 2011, he was named a Kappa Legend and Icon in Sports.</li> <li>In 2012, he was inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame.</li> <li>His hometown of <a href="/wiki/Benham,_Kentucky" title="Benham, Kentucky">Benham, Kentucky</a>, named a street – Bernard Bickerstaff Boulevard – in his honor.</li> <li>In 2014, he was awarded the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award">Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award</a>.</li></ul> <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=Bernie_Bickerstaff&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bickerstaff also worked as a TV and radio analyst with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, NBA.com and the Sporting News Radio. His son, <a href="/wiki/J._B._Bickerstaff" title="J. B. Bickerstaff">J. B. Bickerstaff</a>, is the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>. His wife Eugenia is retired. 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Brovelli</a> (1973–1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_Egan" title="Hank Egan">Hank Egan</a> (1984–1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Holland" title="Brad Holland">Brad Holland</a> (1994–2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Grier" title="Bill Grier">Bill Grier</a> (2007–2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lamont_Smith_(basketball)" title="Lamont Smith (basketball)">Lamont Smith</a> (2015–2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Scholl" title="Sam Scholl">Sam Scholl</a> (2018–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Lavin" title="Steve Lavin">Steve Lavin</a> (2022– )</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" 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