Pat Riley

• Graduate of Linton High School 1963

• 3 year varsity basketball player at Linton (46-7)

• High school basketball All-American in 1963 (also, high school All-American)

• Scored 1,000 career points

• Won Class A league title, Class A Sectional title and Class A-B Section II Championship (1961)

• Led Linton to 1961 Holiday Festival Tournament title defeating Power Memorial with Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the final

• Lettered in basketball, football, baseball, and track

• First player to win the Union Star's County Player of the Year as a junior and senior

• Played basketball for legendary coach, Adolph Rupp, at the University of Kentucky (1964-67)

• Member of "Rupp's Runts" that advanced to NCAA championship game in 1966

• At 6'4", he jumped center and won vast majority of jump balls

• MVP at Kentucky for 3 years, averaging 22 points per game as a junior

• Wildcats captain as a senior

• Collegiate basketball All-American

• First round NBA draft pick of San Diego Rockets in 1967 (7th overall pick)

• Played 9 years in NBA 9scored 3,906 points, averaging 7.4 points per game)

• Joined Lakers in 1970 - 71

• Averaged 6.7 points per game on Lakers 1971-72 NBA championship team (played with Chamberlain, West and Goodrich)

• 1971-72 Lakers won 33 consecutive games (NBA record)

• Completed his NBA career with Phoenix Suns

• After retirement, he broadcasted Laker games with Chick Hearn

• Assistant coach with NBA champion Lakers in 1980

• Became Laker head coach in 1981

• Won NBA title in his first season as head coach

• Won 4 NBA championships with Lakers including back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988

• Coach of the Eighties

• Host for NBA games on NBC

• Coached the New York Knicks (1991 - 1995), leading them to the NBA finals in 1994

• Currently President and head coach of the Miami Heat

• Has coached in 9 All-Star games

• NBA Coach of the Year 3 times (L.A., NY, Miami)

• Has won 16 of 18 division titles, including 4 in a row in Miami

• Overall regular season record:  999 - 434 (.697)

• Second most career wins in NBA history

• Playoff record:  155-97 (.615)

• Most career playoff wins

• Has won 8 conference titles

• 6 World Championships (player and coach)

• Coached legendary players:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Bob McAdoo, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway

• Motivational speaker

• His books Showtime, and The Winner Within, have appeared on the NY Times Best Seller list

• Central Park basketball courts named in his honor

• Introduced D.A.R.E. program to Schenectady School District

• Selected by the Times Union as one of the Capital Region's Top 10 Athletes of the Century

• Sports Illustrated's Greatest Athletes/Sports Figures of the Century (39th on the New York State list)
  

Athletic Hall of Fame

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