William Clifford Musselman was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA.
19 Facts About Bill Musselman
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Bill Musselman's father, Clifford Musselman, was an auto mechanic and band promoter.
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The young Bill Musselman played basketball, football, and baseball at Wooster High School in Wooster, Ohio.
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In 1963, at the age of 23, Bill Musselman was hired as the head men's basketball coach at Kent State University High School in Kent, Ohio.
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In 1964, after one season of coaching high school basketball, Bill Musselman was hired to assist with the football and basketball teams at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.
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Bill Musselman's starting lineup that season featured Flip Saunders, who would go on to have a successful NBA coaching career.
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Bill Musselman maintained that he had nothing to do with the incident.
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On July 28,1975, Bill Musselman left the college ranks to join the pro game when he was hired to coach the San Diego Sails of the American Basketball Association.
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Bill Musselman was derisively called "Musclehead" by WWWE sports radio host Pete Franklin who was a vociferous critic of how Stepien was operating the Cavaliers.
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That's one thing that Bill Musselman always gave us: a chance to win.
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In March 1995, Bill Musselman returned to the NCAA after a 25-year absence with the University of South Alabama.
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Bill Musselman resigned as coach of the Jags on October 7,1997, to return to the NBA.
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On October 8,1997, after two successful seasons as head coach at the University of South Alabama, Bill Musselman returned to the NBA as an assistant with the Portland Trail Blazers, under Mike Dunleavy Sr.
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Bill Musselman served as an assistant for three seasons with the Blazers before his death in May 2000.
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Bill Musselman drove the same way to get to practice, the same way to get to the airport.
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Bill Musselman taught me the ropes, how to play with toughness.
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Bill Musselman reportedly said, "'If I can't win a game fairly, then I'd rather lose'".
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Bill Musselman suffered a stroke on October 30,1999, following Portland's preseason game against the Phoenix Suns.
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Bill Musselman, who had served as head coach during the game after Mike Dunleavy was ejected, collapsed after leaving the arena.