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Pat Riley
Sign in to saveAlso known as Patrick James Riley, Riles, Riley, Patrick James "Pat" Riley, MacGyver
American basketball player, coach and executive
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pat Riley is referenced by 1,201 other articles, and connects out to National Basketball Association, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Associated Press.
Vinony files it under 1945 births, 20th-century American sportsmen and All-American college men's basketball players.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- ha-Tseṿet ha-menatseaḥ
- Weight=Extinction
- Serpent Child
- The Royal Priesthood by Pat Riley (2006, Paperback)
- Executive Deception
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 682
- Total plays
- 2,596
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Patrick+Riley">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A modified single solution method for the determination of phosphate in natural waters
· 1962 · cited 16,564x
- 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2016 · cited 11,107x
- The Chemical Composition of the Sun
· 2009 · cited 8,211x
- Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics
· 2014 · cited 6,826x
- The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
· 2007 · cited 6,824x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Title
- President
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1945-03-20 ) March 20, 1945 (age 81) , Rome, New York , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- High school
- Linton ( Schenectady, New York )
- College
- Kentucky (1964–1967)
- Nba draft
- 1967 : 1st round, 7th overall pick
- Drafted by
- San Diego Rockets
- Playing career
- 1967–1976
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Number
- 42, 12
- Coaching career
- 1979–2008
- 1967 1970
- San Diego Rockets
- 1970 1975
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 1975 1976
- Phoenix Suns
- 1979 1981
- Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
- 1981 1990
- Los Angeles Lakers
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- American Football
- Team
- _Retired American Football
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 93
- Image
- Pat Riley speaks at Eglin Air Force Base (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 193
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1945-03-20
- Commons category
- Pat Riley
- end of work period
- 1976-00-00
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also served as the team's head coach from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Often referred to as "the Godfather", Riley is regarded as one of the greatest NBA figures of all time both as a coach and executive. He has won five NBA championships as a head coach, four with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s and one with the Heat in 2006. Riley is a nine-time NBA champion across his tenures as a player (1972), assistant coach (1980), head coach (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2006), and executive (2012, 2013). He is the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, as an assistant coach, as a head coach, and as an executive. Since the start of his NBA career through 2023, Riley has reached 19 NBA finals across six different decades, making 25 percent of all NBA Finals as a player, coach, or executive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pat Riley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.