Mike Storen subsequently served as the first general manager of the Indiana Pacers from 1967 to 1969, before assuming the positions of GM and part-owner of the Kentucky Colonels.
20 Facts About Mike Storen
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Mike Storen became the commissioner of the American Basketball Association in 1973, and played an instrumental role in the league's merger with the National Basketball Association three years later.
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Mike Storen graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he played defensive back on their football team during his freshman year.
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Mike Storen proceeded to serve in the Marine Corps, participating in their Toys for Tots program.
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Mike Storen remained with the team after their move to Baltimore in 1963 and subsequently rose to the position of promotions director.
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Mike Storen then became the business manager and assistant general manager of the NBA's Cincinnati Royals.
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Mike Storen became the first vice president and general manager of the Indiana Pacers of the ABA in 1967.
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Mike Storen played a key role in selecting the team's name and colors, as well as in creating their first logo.
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Mike Storen signed the team's first player in Roger Brown and hired the coach for the inaugural season in Larry Staverman; he fired Staverman nine games into the team's second season and replaced him with Bobby Leonard.
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Mike Storen was responsible for the trade for Mel Daniels for $75,000.
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Mike Storen resigned his positions with the Colonels in 1973 as Brown bought out the other investors and assumed more operational involvement than Mike Storen thought appropriate.
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Mike Storen had a rocky relationship with the Louisville media after firing Colonels head coach Gene Rhodes, a favorite of the local reporters, due to Rhodes' allegedly mediocre performance.
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Mike Storen would leave this position to become an owner of the league's Memphis Sounds franchise with Isaac Hayes and Kemmons Wilson.
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Mike Storen became president and general manager of the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA in 1977.
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Mike Storen had three children, Mark, Duke, and Hannah, from his first wife, named Hannah.
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Mike Storen had two stepdaughters from his second marriage to Lynn.
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Mike Storen's daughter Hannah Storm is a broadcast personality on ESPN, and studied at Notre Dame.
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Mike Storen had 14 grandchildren and was a relative of Major League Baseball player Drew Storen.
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Mike Storen died on May 7,2020, at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Mike Storen was 84, and had been suffering from a rare form of cancer.