1. Eric Musselman was born on November 19,1964 and is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Southern California.
45 Facts About Eric Musselman
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Eric Musselman is the former head coach at the University of Arkansas, University of Nevada, Reno, the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.
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Between head coaching stints at Golden State and Sacramento, Musselman served as an assistant for the Memphis Grizzlies under Mike Fratello.
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Eric Musselman moved to the college coaching ranks in 2012 as an assistant at Arizona State.
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The son of former NBA head coach Bill Musselman, Eric Musselman was a head coach in the Continental Basketball Association before becoming an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, and Atlanta Hawks.
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Eric Musselman grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and San Diego, California, before moving to suburban Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School in Brecksville, a suburb about 15 miles south of Cleveland.
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Eric Musselman graduated from the University of San Diego, where he played basketball for Jim Brovelli and Hank Egan, both of whom would later work as NBA assistants.
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Eric Musselman was a fifth-round CBA draft choice of the Albany Patroons in 1987.
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Eric Musselman began his CBA career in 1988 as the general manager of the Rapid City Thrillers, a franchise his father Bill had coached to three consecutive CBA titles during the 1980s.
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From 1990 to 1997, Eric Musselman had 24 players called up to the NBA, the highest number in the league during that span.
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Eric Musselman holds the distinction of being the only person in CBA history to coach in five league All-Star Games and was the first coach in professional basketball history to win 100 games by the age of 28.
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When he was 23, Eric Musselman became the youngest coach in CBA history.
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Eric Musselman served as head coach of the Florida Sharks of the United States Basketball League.
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Eric Musselman was selected as USBL Coach of the Year in 1996.
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Eric Musselman holds the highest winning percentage in league history.
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In 2002, Eric Musselman was named the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, a position he held for two years.
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On June 2,2006, Eric Musselman was named head coach of the Sacramento Kings, replacing Rick Adelman.
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Four months into the job, on October 21,2006, Eric Musselman was cited for DUI in Sacramento.
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Eric Musselman was fired by Sacramento President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie on April 20,2007.
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Eric Musselman was named head coach of the Los Angeles D-Fenders on August 18,2011.
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In two seasons with the Sun Devils, Eric Musselman helped ASU to the NIT Tournament in 2013 and the NCAA tournament in 2014.
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In June 2014, Eric Musselman became associate head coach at LSU under Johnny Jones.
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Eric Musselman was named the Coach of the Year for District 17 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Eric Musselman joined Mark Few, Dave Rose, Steve Fisher, Steve Alford, and Shaka Smart, as recent mid-major coaches with four-year spans of 25+ wins per season, 3+ tournament appearances, 2+ tournament wins, and at least one week in AP Top 10.
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Eric Musselman was named Arkansas head coach on April 7,2019.
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Eric Musselman was named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2021 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's Coach of the Year.
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On March 21,2021, Eric Musselman led Arkansas to its first Sweet 16 since 1996 in a 2-point win over 6-seed Texas Tech.
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Eric Musselman ended the Cinderella run of 15-seed Oral Roberts on March 27,2021, to advance Arkansas to its first Elite 8 since 1995.
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Eric Musselman's coaching career at Arkansas was further propelled into success with his 2022 recruiting class, which featured several five-star recruits like Anthony Black, Nick Smith Jr.
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Eric Musselman has an uncanny feel for the game, and ability to read where the game is at.
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Eric Musselman had a problem with his Achilles, and he would throw his crutches down and literally crawl to get after you.
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Eric Musselman was the guy that put the fire into us.
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Eric Musselman said I could score a lot more points in this league if I got to the free throw line.
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Eric Musselman put an emphasis on me night in night out with that part of the game.
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Eric Musselman was always pounding it into me and it paid off.
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In October 2007, ESPN reported that Eric Musselman had a desire to coach at the collegiate level.
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In March 2008, Eric Musselman's name surfaced in published reports about the California and Loyola Marymount head coaching positions.
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On September 2,2012, Katz confirmed Eric Musselman's hiring, describing it as a "bold move" and a "coup" for Sendek.
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Eric Musselman did a great job, I think, teaching and working here.
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In July 2009, Eric Musselman reportedly turned down an offer to coach Spartak St Petersburg in Russia.
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On May 19,2010, Eric Musselman was named head coach of the Dominican Republic national basketball team.
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In May 2011, the FIBA World Championship website reported that Eric Musselman had interviewed for the head coaching position of the Puerto Rico men's national basketball team.
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On June 15,2011, Eric Musselman was named head coach of the Venezuela national basketball team.
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Several of the posts from Eric Musselman's blog were reposted on The Fifth Down, the New York Times' NFL blog.
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Eric Musselman's sister, Nicole, is a fashion designer in Dallas, Texas.