Don Nelson

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Don Nelson is a Hall of Fame NBA coach and former player best known for his innovative, up-tempo offensive systems and record-setting total for career coaching wins.

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Don Nelson canonical 10

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instanceOf basketball coach ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
almaMater University of Iowa ⓘ
birthName Donald Arvid Nelson ⓘ
careerNBARegularSeasonWinsAsCoach 1335 ⓘ
coachedTeam Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
surface form: Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors (second tenure) ⓘ
Milwaukee Bucks ⓘ
New York Knicks ⓘ
coachingStyle small-ball lineups ⓘ
up-tempo offense ⓘ
college University of Iowa ⓘ
creditedFor popularizing the point forward role ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-05-15 ⓘ
draftedBy Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 17 ⓘ
draftRound 3 ⓘ
draftYear 1962 ⓘ
familyName Nelson ⓘ
fullName Donald Arvid Nelson ⓘ
givenName Don ⓘ
surface form: Donald
hallOfFameInductionYear 2012 ⓘ
height 6 ft 6 in ⓘ
heldRecordFor most coaching wins in NBA history ⓘ
jerseyNumberWorn 19 ⓘ
knownFor innovative up-tempo offensive systems ⓘ
record-setting total for career NBA coaching wins ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
NBAChampionshipsAsPlayer 5 ⓘ
NBACoachOfTheYearAward 3 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Muskegon, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Muskegon, Michigan, United States
playedCollegeFor Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball ⓘ
playedFor Boston Celtics ⓘ
Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
positionPlayed forward ⓘ
small forward ⓘ
retiredFromCoachingYear 2010 ⓘ
shoots left ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipAsPlayerWith Boston Celtics ⓘ
wonNBACoachOfTheYearWith Golden State Warriors (second tenure) ⓘ
surface form: Golden State Warriors

Milwaukee Bucks ⓘ

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NBA Coach of the Year → notableMultipleTimeWinner → Don Nelson ⓘ
NBA Comeback Player of the Year → notableWinner → Don Nelson ⓘ
Red Auerbach Trophy → notableMultipleTimeWinners → Don Nelson ⓘ
1982–83 NBA season → coachOfTheYear → Don Nelson ⓘ
San Antonio Spurs–Dallas Mavericks rivalry → notableCoachAssociationTeam2 → Don Nelson ⓘ
Golden State Warriors–Los Angeles Lakers rivalry → notableCoachInvolved → Don Nelson ⓘ
GSW → notableCoach → Don Nelson ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors (second tenure) → coach → Don Nelson ⓘ
Golden State Warriors (second tenure) → headCoach → Don Nelson ⓘ
Golden State Warriors (second tenure) → coachBecameAllTimeWinsLeader → Don Nelson ⓘ