George Karl

George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951 in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania) is a former National Basketball Association player and current head coach of the Denver Nuggets. Karl is currently 13th on the all-time win list for coaches in the NBA. After a college career at the University of North Carolina he played for the San Antonio Spurs from 1973-[1978]]. Immeadiately after his playing career ended Karl became an assistant coach for the Spurs. Karl then moved on to the Continental Basketball Association as head coach of the Montanna Golden Nuggets. As coach of the Golden Nuggets, Karl won CBA Coach of the Year two two times, in 1981 & 1983. Karl was then given the chance to coach in the NBA as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1984-1986 before moving on to the Golden State Warriors where he would coach until 1988. After being fired from the Warriors, Karl returned to the CBA as coach of the Albany Platoons, once again winning coach of the year in 1991. Karl returned to the NBA as coach of the Seattle Supersonics. He would hold this position from 1991-1998, leading them to the NBA Finals in 1996 where they would lose to the Chicago Bulls 4 games to 2. In 1998, he moved to the Milwaukee Bucks where he served as head coach and general manager, where he would stay until he resigned following the 2003 season. He returned to the NBA in 2005 when he took over the job of head coach of the Nuggets from interim head coach Michael Cooper on January 27. ==Sources== *[http://www.hoopshype.com/coaches/george_karl.htm Coaching Record] *[http://www.nba.com/coachfile/george_karl/ NBA Coaching Profile] *[http://www.leadingauthorities.com/4603/George_Karl.htm Paid Speaker Biography] 1951 births People from Pennsylvania San Antonio Spurs players Pro basketball coaches

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