Bill Laimbeer
Laimbeer in 2007 as Detroit Shock head coach.
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| New York Liberty | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 19, 1957 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes, California) |
| College | Notre Dame (1975–1979) |
| NBA draft | 1979 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65th overall |
| Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Playing career | 1979–1993 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 41, 40 |
| Coaching career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1979–1980 | Basket Brescia |
| 1980–1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1982–1993 | Detroit Pistons |
| As coach: | |
| 2002–2009 | Detroit Shock |
| 2009–2011 | Minnesota Timberwolves (assistant) |
| 2013–present | New York Liberty |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Points | 13,790 (12.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 10,400 (9.7 rpg) |
| Blocks | 965 (0.9 bpg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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William "Bill" Laimbeer Jr. (born May 19, 1957) is an American retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player who spent most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. Teaming with Hall of Fame backcourt guards Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, Laimbeer won back to back NBA Championships in both 1989 and 1990. He is the current head coach of the WNBA's New York Liberty. Playing at center, the 6'11" Laimbeer was a four-time NBA All-Star and integral part of the Pistons teams that won two championships. Initially raised in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Clarendon Hills, Laimbeer attended Palos Verdes High School in Southern California and then the University of Notre Dame.
After his playing career, Laimbeer served as the head coach and general manager of the Detroit Shock in the WNBA from 2002 to 2009, coaching the team to three league championships, and New York Liberty since 2013.
Laimbeer was born and raised in the wealthy outskirts of Chicago, before moving with his family to Palos Verdes Estates, California. His father William Laimbeer Sr. was an Owens-Illinois executive who rose as high as company president. The younger Laimbeer once famously joked, "I'm the only player in the NBA who makes less money than his father."
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