Michael Dean Woodson was born on March 24,1958 and is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.
24 Facts About Mike Woodson
2.
That summer Mike Woodson won a gold medal as captain of the United States basketball team at the 1979 Pan American Games.
3.
Mike Woodson was named the 1980 Big Ten Player of the Year, an NABC All-American, and awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball.
4.
Mike Woodson played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association after getting drafted by the New York Knicks as the 12th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft.
5.
Mike Woodson appeared in 13 NBA playoff games over five post-seasons.
6.
Mike Woodson worked as an assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Larry Brown's Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, and New York Knicks.
7.
Mike Woodson went on to serve six years as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, where he made the playoffs his last three seasons and his 206 career wins rank fourth-best in Hawks franchise history.
8.
Mike Woodson subsequently spent three seasons as head coach of the New York Knicks, where he reached the playoffs twice and secured the Atlantic Division title.
9.
Mike Woodson was born in 1958 in Indianapolis as the second youngest of 12 children.
10.
Mike Woodson lived for a year with his oldest sister before eventually moving back in with his mom to help support her, giving her half of each pay check.
11.
Mike Woodson elected to play college basketball for Bob Knight and the Indiana University Hoosiers.
12.
Mike Woodson proceeded to lead Indiana to victory and score a career high 48 points.
13.
Mike Woodson finished his career at Indiana with 1,279 points in conference games and 2,061 points in all games.
14.
Mike Woodson played in the league from 1980 until 1991, averaging 14.0 points over 786 games.
15.
On September 29,2014, the Los Angeles Clippers officially announced that Mike Woodson had been hired as an assistant coach under Doc Rivers and he would hold that position with the Clippers throughout the next four years, missing out on the playoffs in only his last season there.
16.
On September 4,2020, Mike Woodson was hired as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks under head coach Tom Thibodeau, but he left that position to serve as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers.
17.
Mike Woodson was an integral mentor to Hawk all-stars such as Kenny Anderson, Al Horford, and Antoine Walker.
18.
On March 14,2012, Mike Woodson was named interim head coach after D'Antoni's resignation.
19.
Mike Woodson was a coach and mentor to Knick all-stars Carmelo Anthony, Baron Davis, Jason Kidd, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Rasheed Wallace.
20.
On March 28,2021, Mike Woodson was hired as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.
21.
Mike Woodson's contract provided him with roughly $3 million per year over six years, including $550,000 per year in base salary and $2.45 million annually in outside, marketing, and promotional income.
22.
Mike Woodson's team was propelled in large part because of Mike Woodson's development of future NBA players Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino.
23.
Mike Woodson played and assisted under well-known coaches such as Bob Knight, Red Holzman, Cotton Fitzsimmons, and Larry Brown.
24.
Mike Woodson avoids e-mail and text messages, preferring a live voice to a keyboard.