Paul Westhead
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 21, 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school |
West Catholic Preparatory (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Saint Joseph's (1958–1961) |
| Coaching career | 1970–2014 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1970–1979 | La Salle |
| 1979 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| 1979–1981 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1982–1983 | Chicago Bulls |
| 1985–1990 | Loyola Marymount |
| 1990–1992 | Denver Nuggets |
| 1993–1997 | George Mason |
| 1997–1999 | Golden State Warriors (assistant) |
| 2000–2001 | Los Angeles Stars |
| 2001–2003 | Panasonic Super Kangaroos |
| 2003 | Long Beach Jam |
| 2003–2005 | Orlando Magic (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2007–2008 | Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant) |
| 2009–2014 | Oregon (women's) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As head coach: |
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As head coach:
Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American basketball coach who most recently was the head coach of the University of Oregon women's team. In his first year as an NBA head coach, he led a rookie Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers to the 1980 NBA Title. He has previously been a head coach for three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and an assistant for four others, and has also coached in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), American Basketball Association (ABA) and Japan Basketball League (JBL). He won titles in both the NBA and WNBA, and is also remembered as the coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) men's basketball team during that school's era of greatest basketball glory. Westhead is known for an unorthodox, run-and-gun style called "The System." He attended Saint Joseph's University.
Westhead started his coaching career at Cheltenham High School in suburban Philadelphia; in 1968, he coached the Panthers to a loss in the Pennsylvania state championship. One of his players at Cheltenham was future University of Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage. Westhead coached the La Salle University men's basketball team starting in 1970. Westhead led the Explorers to one NIT and two NCAA tournament appearances in nine seasons (1970–1979). He finished with a record of 142–105.
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