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Connecticut">Darien, Connecticut</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Playing career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1968–1971</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies men's basketball">UConn</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1973–1975</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies men's basketball">UConn</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1975–1976</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe_men%27s_basketball" title="William & Mary Tribe men's basketball">William & Mary</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1976–1979</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Penn Quakers men's basketball">Penn</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1979–1985</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a 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normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1999</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2002</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link 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basketball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Professional_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional basketball">professional basketball</a> coach. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Staak&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staak attended <a href="/wiki/Darien_High_School" title="Darien High School">Darien High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Darien,_Connecticut" title="Darien, Connecticut">Darien, Connecticut</a>, where he played basketball and became the all-time leading scorer with 1,166 points, a mark that still stands. He graduated in 1966, and he was recruited by about 100 universities.<sup id="cite_ref-UConn_Legends_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn_Legends-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Staak&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staak attended <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_University_(New_York_City)" title="St. John's University (New York City)">St. John's University</a> as a freshman, taking business courses. However, living off-campus didn't provide the atmosphere he was looking for, and when he decided that he wanted to someday be a basketball coach and St. John's didn't offer the academic concentration he sought, he transferred to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a>. Due to transfer rules, he had to sit out a year before playing basketball for UConn.<sup id="cite_ref-UConn_Legends_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn_Legends-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played three years of varsity basketball for the Huskies, ending his career as the school's fourth all-time leading scorer. He was named All-New England and All-<a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee Conference</a>. A two-year co-captain, he was named UConn's Most Valuable Player his senior year and he earned the UConn Club Award as the Outstanding Senior Athlete. He graduated in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-UConn_Legends_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn_Legends-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Bob_Staak&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating, he signed to play professional basketball with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Condors" title="Pittsburgh Condors">Pittsburgh Condors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA), but was cut in preseason. He returned to Connecticut and played in the New York State Pro League on weekends for a year while also coaching at <a href="/wiki/East_Hartford_High_School" title="East Hartford High School">East Hartford High School</a>. The following year, he was invited to tryout for the ABA's <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a>, but they had a contract dispute and Staak decided to end his playing career.<sup id="cite_ref-UConn_Legends_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn_Legends-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Staak&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staak became an assistant coach at UConn for two years under his college coach <a href="/wiki/Dee_Rowe" title="Dee Rowe">Dee Rowe</a>. He then served as an assistant for one season at the <a href="/wiki/College_of_William_and_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="College of William and Mary">College of William and Mary</a> in Virginia. He then served as an assistant at the <a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> under future Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a>. In 1979, the Quakers advanced to the NCAA Final Four.<sup id="cite_ref-UConn_Legends_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn_Legends-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After their tournament run, Staak got his first college basketball head coaching job when he was named head coach/athletic director at <a href="/wiki/Xavier_University" title="Xavier University">Xavier University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, where he coached from 1979 to 1985. Staak compiled an 88–86 record (.506) in six seasons as the Musketeers head coach. He worked to rebuild, compiling a 28-54 (.341) record in his first three years and a 60-32 (.652) record in his final three years.<sup id="cite_ref-Archived_copy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archived_copy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He then became head coach at <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a> from 1985 to 1989, where his teams posted a 45–69 record in four seasons.<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> </p><p>For the next 12 seasons he was an assistant coach and/or scout in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA), for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UConn_Legends_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn_Legends-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> He spent two years (2003–05) as a referee observer with the NBA followed by one season as a scout for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>. He then spent seven-plus seasons with the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> from January 2005 to July 2012.<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> </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=Bob_Staak&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Staak was inducted into the Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-Archived_copy_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archived_copy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002, the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, and the UConn Fairfield County 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Meyer</a> (1920–1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clem_Crowe" title="Clem Crowe">Clem Crowe</a> (1933–1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1943–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Burns_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Burns (basketball) (page does not exist)">Ed Burns</a> (1945–1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lew_Hirt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lew Hirt (page does not exist)">Lew Hirt</a> (1946–1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ned_Wulk" title="Ned Wulk">Ned Wulk</a> (1951–1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCafferty" title="Jim McCafferty">Jim McCafferty</a> (1957–1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Ruberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Ruberg (page does not exist)">Don Ruberg</a> (1963–1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Krajack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Krajack (page does not exist)">George Krajack</a> (1967–1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dick_Campbell_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dick Campbell (basketball) (page does not exist)">Dick Campbell</a> (1971–1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tay_Baker" title="Tay Baker">Tay Baker</a> (1973–1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bob Staak</a> (1979–1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Gillen" title="Pete Gillen">Pete Gillen</a> (1985–1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Skip_Prosser" title="Skip Prosser">Skip Prosser</a> (1994–2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thad_Matta" title="Thad Matta">Thad Matta</a> (2001–2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Miller" title="Sean Miller">Sean Miller</a> (2004–2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mack_(basketball)" title="Chris Mack (basketball)">Chris Mack</a> (2009–2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Travis_Steele" title="Travis Steele">Travis Steele</a> (2018–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Hayes" title="Jonas Hayes">Jonas Hayes</a> # 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href="/wiki/Joe_Sexson" title="Joe Sexson">Sexson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Sullivan_(basketball)" title="Gene Sullivan (basketball)">Sullivan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Gillen" title="Pete Gillen">Gillen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Don_Sicko" title="Don Sicko">Sicko</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crews" title="Jim Crews">Crews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Gillen" title="Pete Gillen">Gillen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crews" title="Jim Crews">Crews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Gillen" title="Pete Gillen">Gillen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Collier_(basketball)" title="Barry Collier (basketball)">Collier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crews" title="Jim Crews">Crews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Gillen" title="Pete Gillen">Gillen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Gillen" title="Pete Gillen">Gillen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Skip_Prosser" title="Skip Prosser">Prosser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Heideman" title="Mike Heideman">Heideman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Collier_(basketball)" title="Barry Collier (basketball)">Collier</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Collins_(basketball)" title="Jimmy Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Perry_Watson" title="Perry Watson">Watson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Collier_(basketball)" title="Barry Collier (basketball)">Collier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Collier_(basketball)" title="Barry Collier 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