Pat Riley

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National Basketball Association coach National Basketball Association executive basketball coach basketball executive basketball player human

Pat Riley is a Hall of Fame NBA coach and executive best known for leading the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers and later building championship teams with the Miami Heat.

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Pat Riley (basketball coach) 1

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instanceOf National Basketball Association coach ⓘ
National Basketball Association executive ⓘ
basketball coach ⓘ
basketball executive ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
almaMater University of Kentucky ⓘ
authored Showtime: Inside the Lakers' Breakthrough Season ⓘ
The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players ⓘ
awardReceived NBA Coach of the Year ⓘ
surface form: NBA Coach of the Year Award
coachedTeam Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
Miami Heat ⓘ
New York Knicks ⓘ
coachingStyle defense-oriented, physical style with Knicks and early Heat ⓘ
up-tempo offense with Lakers ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-03-20 ⓘ
draftedBy Houston Rockets ⓘ
surface form: San Diego Rockets
draftPickOverall 7 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1967 ⓘ
executiveRole team president ⓘ
familyName Riley ⓘ
father Leon Riley ⓘ
fullName Pat Riley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Patrick James Riley
givenName Patrick ⓘ
HallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 2008 ⓘ
headCoachEndYear 2008 ⓘ
headCoachStartYear 1981 ⓘ
jerseyNumberAsPlayer 12 ⓘ
knownFor Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
surface form: Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers

building Miami Heat championship teams ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
NBAChampionshipsAsExecutive 3 ⓘ
NBAChampionshipsAsHeadCoach 5 ⓘ
numberOfCoachOfTheYearAwards 3 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rome, New York, United States ⓘ
playedCollegeBasketballFor Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball ⓘ
playedFor Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
Houston Rockets ⓘ
surface form: San Diego Rockets
playingPosition guard ⓘ
small forward ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Chris Rodstrom ⓘ
teamPresidentOf Miami Heat ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipAsExecutiveWith Miami Heat ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipAsHeadCoachWith Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
Miami Heat ⓘ

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Chick Hearn → associatedWithCoach → Pat Riley ⓘ
Pat Riley → fullName → Pat Riley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patrick James Riley
Riley → fullName → Pat Riley ⓘ
subject surface form: Pat Riley
this entity surface form: Patrick James Riley
Riley → isBorneBy → Pat Riley ⓘ
New York Knicks → notableCoach → Pat Riley ⓘ
subject surface form: Rome, New York
subject surface form: Rome, New York
this entity surface form: Pat Riley (basketball coach)
Miami Heat → president → Pat Riley ⓘ