Lenny Wilkens

Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is the National Basketball Association's winningest coach with over a thousand wins. He is also the coach with the most losses in NBA history. He is a former NBA player.

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October 28 - 1937 - Brooklyn - New York - National Basketball Association

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He played for St. Louis Hawks, Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trailblazers.

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St. Louis Hawks - Seattle Supersonics - Cleveland Cavaliers - Portland Trailblazers

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Wilkens won one NBA Championship with Seattle back in the 1978 - 79 season.

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The Hall Of Famer was named head coach of the New York Knicks on January 15, 2004. Wilkens has coached for 31 seasons. After the Knicks's slow start to the 2004-2005 campaign, Wilkens resigned from the team on January 22, 2005.

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New York Knicks - January 22 - 2005

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He coached the 1996 Olympic Champion Men's Basketball team.

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1996 - Olympic

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Wilkens is one of three players to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach (the other two being John Wooden and Bill Sharman), joining the Hall in 1989 as a player and 1998 as a coach.

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Basketball Hall of Fame - John Wooden - Bill Sharman - 1989 - 1998

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Wilkens is a prominent member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

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