George Karl

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George Karl is an American former NBA head coach best known for leading multiple franchises, including the Seattle SuperSonics, to sustained regular-season success and deep playoff runs.

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instanceOf American
NBA head coach
basketball coach
human
activeInPeriod early 21st century
late 20th century
awardReceived NBA Coach of the Year
surface form: NBA Coach of the Year Award
awardReceivedForSeason 2012–13 NBA season
bestKnownFor head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics
coachedNotablePlayers Carmelo Anthony
Chauncey Billups
Gary Payton
Ray Allen
Shawn Kemp
coachedTeam Cleveland Cavaliers
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Milwaukee Bucks
Sacramento Kings
Seattle SuperSonics
collegeAttended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1951-05-12
draftedBy New York Knicks
draftLeague National Basketball Association
surface form: NBA
familyName Karl
fullName George Karl self-linksurface differs
surface form: George Matthew Karl
genreOfWork basketball coaching
givenName George
healthIssue cancer survivor
knownFor outspoken personality
strong regular-season records
up-tempo offensive style
languageSpoken English
leagueCoachedIn National Basketball Association
ledTeamTo 1996 NBA Finals with the Seattle SuperSonics
nationality American
notableFor leading multiple NBA franchises to sustained regular-season success
leading teams to deep NBA playoff runs
occupation basketball coach
basketball player
placeOfBirth Penn Hills
surface form: Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, United States
playedCollegeBasketballFor Tar Heels
surface form: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
playedPosition point guard
residence United States of America
surface form: United States
sport basketball

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George Karl fullName George Karl self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: George Matthew Karl
Seattle SuperSonics notableCoach George Karl